Cinnamon Cardamom French Toast

With a fluffy interior and a crispy exterior, this Cinnamon Cardamom French Toast tastes indulgent, but is so easy to make. It’ll bring everyone running to the breakfast table!

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French toast is one of the few dishes that evokes an image of my father in the kitchen. He didn’t spend a lot of time there (he was a mow the lawn, play the guitar kind of guy), so there aren’t many of those. But he had his specialties: Biscuits and gravy, hard seared slices of Jimmy Dean sausage with frambled eggs, and French Toast with lots of Log Cabin Syrup.

I hadn’t had French toast in years, when suddenly I found myself craving it to an obsessive degree. I set myself to the task and ended up making the best French Toast I can ever remember eating. (Sorry, Dad.)

The sudden appearance of French toast on this particular day came out of boredom. I needed an activity, I decided to make bread, I went fancy and made a braided challah, thought about how that was too much bread to “just eat”, made Cinnamon-Cardamom French toast. Welcome to Cynthia’s brain! It’s always buzzing in here. Mostly about food.

Ingredients

• Thick Sliced Bread You can make this Cinnamon-Cardamom French Toast with any bread you like. If you can find (or bake) an unsliced loaf of your favorite bread, all the better. I like a nice fat slice so that it doesn’t get too wet when dipped in the egg mixture. I know some recipes go for a real custardy texture, but that’s just not my jam.  If you like it that way, slice thinner, and/or soak your bread longer. Do you.
• Eggs Whenever I write a recipe with eggs, I always use large eggs. It's an industry standard and makes writing and cooking from recipes easier. If you only have medium eggs, use the same number of eggs. If you have small eggs, use one more egg than the recipe calls for. And next time buy large eggs 😊
• Milk Making the custard for dipping the bread requires milk. If you have a milk of choice, almond, oat, soy, feel free to substitute. If you are going for dairy milk, use whole milk if you can. Or cream. We're having French toast here. Treat yo self.
• Sugar Not much. Just a couple of tablespoons.
• Heavy cream for the Greek Yogurt Cream
• Greek yogurt Preferably whole fat. After all, we are using heavy cream too. This is to make the Greek Yogurt Cream which is better than whipped cream on absolutely everything. Try it and you'll agree!
• Maple Syrup Please. Please. Please, don't use "pancake syrup". It's nothing but flavored, colored sugar and so very sad. Invest in real maple syrup. You'll be glad you did.

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

1. Whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom until throughly blended.

2. Preheat pan over medium heat. Dip bread in custard mixture, turning to get both sides moistened.

3. Add one tablespoon of butter to hot pan and place dipped bread in the pan. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on the first side, or until golden brown.

4. Flip over and cook on the other side another 2 to 3 minutes. Place on a sheet pan in a 250°F oven to keep warm while you cook the rest of the toasts.

Serve with Greek yogurt cream or warm real maple syrup - or both or try my Brown Butter Peach French Toast!

Serving suggestion

For a creme brulee twist, after placing your French toast in the pan, sprinkle the tops with a little bit of sugar. When you flip over the slices, that sugar will caramelize and harden as it cools, giving that classic crackly top you love!

Then make my Easy Blender Creme Anglaise Sauce and pour it all over your French Toast. Garnish with fresh blackberries and you are sitting down to an amazingly fancy breakfast that you made in about 30 minutes.