French Toast

My boyfriend's favorite dish is french toast. He requests it on his birthday. If it wasn't so hard to find good bread around my house I would make it much more often. He is a traditionalist and likes his french toast pretty straight forward which is the recipe below. But don't be afraid to experiment with toppings of berries, whipped cream, or caramel/chocolate toppings. 

Ingredients:

4 eggs
2/3 cup milk
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tbs. Powdered or granular sugar
8 thick slices of 2-day-old bread (better if slightly stale - I like Challah or Brioche Bread)
Butter (can sub vegetable oil)
Maple syrup or powdered sugar

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, sugar and cinnamon. Whisk the mixture until well blended and pour into a shallow bowl, wide enough to place a slice of the bread you will be using.

2. Place each slice of bread into the milk egg mixture, allowing the bread to soak in some of it. Shake off the excess, and place the bread slices onto a metal rack. Allow bread to soak in egg mix for a minute or two and up to 5 minutes.

3. Melt some butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add slices of bread into pan.

4. Fry the French toast until browned on one side, then flip and brown the other side.

5. Store finished toast on a sheet pan  covered with a kitchen cloth towel. Place in a 200 degree oven to keep warm. Serve warm with maple syrup and/or powdered sugar.