Sweet croutons from a loaf with egg and milk are a type of American toast and distant relatives of the Spanish dainty Torrich. They will be able to add satiety to a morning cup of tea (coffee) or become a quick snack. A dish requires a minimum of ingredients, and the cooking process takes minutes.

Classic recipe in a pan

The recipe for this dish has come to us almost unchanged since the knightly times: unpretentious warriors from the remnants of bread and what could be found at the bottom of their bags, tried to cook their own food. These croutons can be salty or sweet.

For the first and second options you will need:

  • 8-10 slices of loaf 1 cm thick;
  • 200 ml of fat cow's milk (from 3.5%);
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • salt and / or sugar to taste;
  • 45 ml of cooking oil for frying.

Cooking in steps:

  1. In a vessel with high walls, in which it will be easy to immerse a slice of a loaf, turn into a homogeneous bump of eggs with a pinch of salt. Then pour in the milk and shake again until smooth. For the sweetest option, add sugar. A pinch of sugar does not place unsweetened croutons. This ingredient will not only act as a natural enhancer of taste, but will also contribute to the formation of a beautiful golden crust.
  2. Pour oil into a pan and put on fire to heat it well, almost to a boil.
  3. Sliced ​​bread bathe on all sides in an egg-milk mixture. For this procedure, it will be enough to take 5 seconds for each piece.
  4. After that, fry the prepared slices of the loaf in hot oil. Transfer the prepared croutons from the pan to a paper towel to remove excess fat.

Sweet croutons from the loaf in the oven

Dishes in the oven always turn out to be less high-calorie, and croutons are no exception.With minimal use of fat you can get the same crisp as in a pan.

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To prepare sweet croutons in the oven you need to take:

  • 6 thin slices of loaf;
  • 100 ml of milk;
  • 2 chicken eggs;
  • 30-50 g of sugar;
  • 20 g butter to grease a baking dish.

Cooking method:

  1. Beat milk, eggs and sugar together with a hand whisk, or sprinkle with an ordinary table fork. The ingredients should combine completely, and the sugar should dissolve to the last grain.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180-200 degrees Celsius. Grease a baking dish with a little oil.
  3. Dip the slices of bread (preferably stale) in the season, transfer to the prepared form and send for 20-25 minutes to bake.

French: with cinnamon and vanilla

Croutons with vanilla and cinnamon - a dish that is not inferior in popularity to more famous croissants in French cafes. To treat yourself to this delicacy for breakfast, you do not need to go to Paris, you only need 10-15 minutes of free time and the following set of ingredients:

  • 1 loaf of white bread or bun;
  • 2 selected chicken eggs;
  • 60 ml cream;
  • 60 g butter;
  • cinnamon, vanilla and icing sugar to taste.

Working process:

  1. Prepare a mixture for dipping slices of bread. Combine eggs, cream, half melted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
  2. Lubricate the ceramic pan with the remaining butter and warm it well.
  3. Cut a long loaf (or roll) into thin slices, if not rifled. Immerse each piece in the prepared mixture and fry in a pan. A ready-to-eat caramel crust will testify to readiness.
  4. Before serving, sprinkle hot croutons with powdered sugar or cinnamon to taste.

Croutons with egg, milk and strawberries

This dish is not only incredibly tasty, but also has an unusual appearance of small rolls with sweet strawberry filling.

To prepare them, you need to prepare:

  • 8 thin slices of loaf or toast bread;
  • 100 g of sweet curd;
  • 100 g ripe strawberries;
  • 100 g of sugar;
  • 5 g of cinnamon;
  • 2-3 eggs;
  • 50 ml of milk;
  • cooking oil for frying.

The cooking process step by step:

  1. Remove a crust from each piece of bread with a thin layer, then walk a little with a rolling pin. On one side of the slice, lay out a strip of curd, cut into slices of strawberries, roll up.
  2. Mix milk and eggs together for batter. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl for sprinkling.
  3. Fry the rolls in a frying pan in hot oil, having previously bathed them in batter. After removing them from the fire, immediately roll in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. You can serve.

With apples

Croutons with apple filling are a wonderful healthy and nutritious breakfast, which is prepared very quickly, especially if you cook the fruit filling the day before.

To prepare croutons with aromatic apple filling, you need to take:

  • 4 thick slices of loaf (2.5-3 cm thick);
  • 125 ml of milk;
  • 1 egg
  • 20 g of vanilla sugar;
  • 200 g of apples;
  • 50 g butter;
  • 50 g of brown or regular sugar;
  • 3-4 g of cinnamon;
  • vegetable oil and icing sugar.

How to cook croutons:

  1. First you need to do the filling. Wash the apples, peel them with a thin layer, cut into cubes, mix with sugar, cinnamon and stew in butter for 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly.
  2. From milk, eggs and vanilla sugar, prepare a binder mix for batter.
  3. In each piece of the loaf, make a longitudinal section without cutting it completely. Fill the resulting pocket with apple filling, then dip on all sides in a batter and fry until golden crisp.
  4. Before serving, top the croutons with powdered sugar.

Sweet Banana Croutons

Slices of yesterday's loaf in a banana batter are a treat that neither adults nor children can resist. It is also a tasty way to dispose of not only a hard-pressed loaf, but also an overripe banana.

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  • slices of loaf;
  • 200 ml of milk;
  • 2 table eggs;
  • 30 ml of condensed milk;
  • 10 g of sugar;
  • 1-2 g of vanilla powder;
  • 200 g ripe banana;
  • cooking oil.

Sequencing:

  1. For a banana-milk lezon, you need to mash a banana with a fork, mix it with sugar, vanilla, condensed milk and ordinary milk. Turn everything into a homogeneous mixture. The easiest way is to make it a mixer.
  2. Dip the slices of bread into the cooked batter and fry in a pan until crusted. You can use both vegetable and butter for frying. In the second case, croutons will be tastier, but much calorie.