This method for Easy French Toast is a game changer! It is easy, hassle-free, golden brown and I'm pretty sure you'll never make it another way after trying this recipe! 😉
Why This Recipe Works
This easy french toast recipe works because it uses a sturdy white bread as a base that doesn't fall apart when soaking up the custard. It is then baked in the oven on the lowest rack. The dry, even heat of the oven allows the custard to fully cook and brown the bottoms of the bread. Then, the french toast goes directly under the broiler for a short stay where it gets some crunch and browns to create the prettiest french toast you'll ever make. It also only dirties ONE bowl and ONE baking sheet! Score!
This cinnamon french toast recipe makes french toast cooking fun and (almost) mess free! If you've always hated dipping slices of bread in the egg mixture and flipping slice after slice in a skillet while they cooked, you're going to love this method!
You guys, I've made this recipe no less than three times in the last week. I've always LOVED french toast but kind of loathed the process. The drippy egg. The constant flipping. The sometimes soggy center. Welp, not anymore! I'm forever resigning from traditional french toast making methods and adopting this new method as the one-and-only true way to make it.
How To Make Easy French Toast
- Make The Custard: If you've ever made french toast with cinnamon before, you know that the cinnamon doesn't like to incorporate very easily into the egg, leaving you with chunks of cinnamon on your french toast. To curb this, first whisk the egg, vanilla, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon together. The grittiness from the sugar and salt will help break up the egg and allow the cinnamon to be incorporated into the custard more easily. Once this mixture is smooth add the milk, and butter for a homogonous custard that will more evenly coat the bread.
- Choose The Right Bread: French toast is only as good as the bread it is made with, so selecting the right bread is an important step. Choose a sliced white bread that is sturdy and thick. It doesn't have to be expensive, but can't be the $0.88 loaf of wonder bread either. Country white and potato bread work great for this.
- Pour The Custard: Once the custard is mixed, pour all of it directly onto a WELL GREASED baking sheet. Place eight slices of bread on top of the custard. Allow bread to soak in the custard for 1 minute and flip, allowing the other side to rest in the custard. After 1 minute more most all the custard should be absorbed by the bread.
- Bake THEN Broil: Place the sheet pan into the oven on the bottom rack. Cook for 10-15 minutes or until the bottoms of the slices are golden brown. Transfer the cooking sheet to the upper rack and turn on the broiler. Broil until the tops are golden brown. Watch carefully!
For Perfect Baked French Toast Do These Things:
- Mix the custard in stages for the smoothest consistency. Use room temperature milk so the butter doesn't curdle.
- Choose a sturdy sandwich bread like Country White or Potato for the fluffiest french toast.
- Grease your cookie sheet WELL.
- Bake first and then Broil for well-browned bottoms and crispy tops.
Can I Make This Sheet Pan French Toast Ahead?
Absolutely! This is one of the MANY virtues of french toast. Follow the recipe up until just before baking, cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate, and store up to overnight. When ready to bake, preheat the oven and follow the cooking directions as written. Now you never have an excuse for not making breakfast!
Easy French Toast
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon salted butter melted
- 1 cup milk room temperature
- 8 slices sturdy white sandwich bread
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and adjust one oven rack to lowest position and one about 5-6 inches from the broiler.
- Generously spray the bottom of a 18 x 13 inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon until smooth and no streaks of egg remain.
- Whisk milk and butter into the eggs to make the custard mixture.
- Pour custard mixture into prepared baking sheet. Lay slices of bread in a single layer in the egg mixture. Wait for 1 minute and flip each slice so that both slides of the bread are coated in custard.
- Wait an additional minute for the remaining custard mixture to be absorbed and place in the oven on the lower rack.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the bottoms of the slices are golden brown. Transfer baking sheet to the top rack under the broiler, turn on the broiler, and broil until the tops are golden brown, watching carefully!
- Remove from the oven and serve with maple syrup, butter, and powdered sugar
Chef's Notes:
- Mix the custard in stages for the smoothest consistency.
- Choose a sturdy sandwich bread like Country White or Potato
- Grease your cookie sheet WELL.
- Bake first and then Broil for well-browned bottoms and crispy tops.
Nutrition Facts
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Doris Walter says
Watch it!! I left mine in for 15 minutes and it was burned, I mean black!!!! My oven was set to 425, I measured to make sure my rack was 6 inches from the bottom of the oven and I even set my timer. I'll check my oven temp but I haven't had a problem with other recipes. I was stunned, what a terrible loss!