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Caramel French Toast

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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There’s French toast, and then there’s this recipe for caramel French toast. The quick and easy extra step of caramelizing the outside will change your breakfast forever!

 

caramel french toast

French toast is the my sweet daughter’s all-time favorite breakfast, and over the years I have made it it a LOT. Back in the day I could make my traditional version in my sleep, that’s how often she would come into the kitchen with those puppy dog eyes and says, “Mommy, can you make me french toast?”

(It’s the “Mommy” part that still just kills me. She’s now a full grown married woman and I still instinctively whip my head around whenever I hear a little voice call out “Mommy!!” in the supermarket.)

There's french toast, and then there's this recipe for caramel french toast. The quick extra step of caramelizing will change your breakfast forever!Click to TweetAnyway. There is the very wonderful regular way of making french toast, which is to dip bread in a mixture of milk and egg and frying it up.  And then there is the deliciously decadent way of making french toast, which involves one very easy extra step,  and that is that you can caramelize the outside of it with one very easy extra step.

Yep, I said caramelize. Can you STAND it? All the creamy, comforting goodness of french toast, but with a thin, slightly crispy caramel coating on the outside.

Once your glorious caramel French toast is done, sprinkle some confectioner’s sugar on top,  scatter on some blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and/or strawberries, drizzle it with some maple syrup and you are in French Toast Heaven. The world’s best breakfast, although to be totally honest with you, I made this for dinner. Breakfast for dinner. Does it get any better?  Happy sigh.

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Caramel French Toast


★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 12 minutes
  • Total Time: 22 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American
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There’s french toast, and then there’s this recipe for caramel french toast. The quick extra step of caramelizing will change your breakfast forever!


Ingredients

  • 7 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 6 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 8 1-inch-thick slices bread (I like soft Italian bread but any soft bread will do)
  • Confectioner’s sugar for garnish
  • Fresh blueberries and raspberries
  • Your choice of syrup!

Instructions

  1. Mix butter and brown sugar together until well blended.
  2. Whisk milk, eggs, vanilla, and spices together and pour into a 13 x 9 inch casserole. Lay the bread slices in the eg mixture, turn them around a few times and then let them soak for at least 15 minutes.  You can even leave them in the fridge overnight to soak if you are preparing this the night before.
  3. Melt 4 tablespoons brown sugar-butter mixture in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. (If you can’t fit them all in one skillet then melt 2 tablespoons butter mixture cook them in two batches.) Spread remaining butter mixture over the top of the soaked bread.
  4. Add bread slices to each skillet, butter side UP. Cook until bottoms are deep brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn slices over. Cook another 3-4 minutes.
  5. Divide French toast among 4 plates. Sprinkle some confectioner’s sugar on top, scatter some berries and drizzle with syrup.
74629.6 g955.2 mg28.2 g15.5 g0.1 g99.4 g4.2 g23.4 g200.3 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on July 20, 2010

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  1. Kathleen says

    July 21, 2010 at 12:22 am

    What! What!!! This looks soooooo amazing!

    Reply
  2. Sarah says

    July 21, 2010 at 2:22 am

    Oh, darn. I made very bland french toast this morning. I wish I had this recipe this morning!

    Reply
  3. Jennifer says

    July 21, 2010 at 11:31 am

    Now that is some amazing french toast!!! caramelized goodness and the strawberry syrup sounds yum!

    Reply
  4. Vicki says

    July 21, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    Amazing!

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says

    July 21, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Caramel and French toast together?? It's too much! *slips into food coma*

    Reply
    • meg says

      May 5, 2014 at 10:25 am

      caramel & caramelize are two different things. No caramel here.

      Reply
  6. Molly says

    July 21, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    my mouth is watering…

    Reply
  7. Lynne @ CookandBeMerry says

    July 22, 2010 at 1:39 am

    This looks absolutely amazing! I love anything with caramelized sugar, plus the maple syrup! I'm in carbohydrate heaven! By the way, your photos are sooo beautiful.

    Reply
  8. Adriana says

    July 22, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    i'm so happy i just found your blog! it's awesome! i'm drooling over that french toast! looks like heaven!

    Reply
  9. Kitchen Butterfly says

    July 31, 2010 at 6:21 am

    OMW – Oh My Word, that is a gorgeous plate of FTTTTTTTTT, I love the berry surround and the fact that you took this photo at eye level. Absolutely superb and I know the feeling of being called 'Mommy' (well Mama), hopes, dreams, adoration all wrapped up in that one word.

    Reply
  10. Sharon Creech says

    March 22, 2012 at 8:27 am

    Died. Went to heaven. yummmmmmmmmmm.

    Reply
  11. Ken says

    October 21, 2017 at 8:26 am

    What a pleasant surprise! I made this French toast this morning for my girlfriend, and we both loved it!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Kate says

      October 22, 2017 at 12:18 pm

      I’m so glad! There’s nothing better than French toast on the weekend. :)

      Reply

Hi, I’m Kate! I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I’m so glad you’re here!

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