Texas Toast French Toast

Ingredients

• 8 slices Texas toast white bread, 1 inch thick
• 5 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
• Powdered sugar and warm maple syrup, for serving

Before you cook

• Leave the bread slices out on a rack for 20 minutes to dry slightly if the loaf is fresh.
• Whisk the eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt together in a wide baking dish until no streaks of white remain.
• Set a wire rack over a baking sheet for the finished slices.
• Heat the oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.

Steps

1. Lay four slices of bread in the custard and let them soak for 45 seconds.
2. Turn the slices and soak the second side for another 45 seconds, until saturated but not falling apart.
3. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium heat until it foams.
4. Lift the soaked slices out, letting the excess custard drip away, and lay them in the skillet.
5. Cook for three minutes, until the underside is evenly brown and crisp at the edges.
6. Flip the slices and cook for three minutes more, until the center is puffed and set.
7. Move the finished slices to the rack in the warm oven and repeat with the remaining bread and butter.
8. Dust the toast with powdered sugar and serve with warm maple syrup.