Give into Cravings: French Toast

This morning I had a craving for french toast. I love french toast and have not had it since going gluten free. I have always been scared to make it with a gluten free bread, because my Dad tried it a decade ago when I was first diagnosed and it was terrible. It was Sunday morning and my Grandma was visiting. She is strictly gluten free as she has Celiac and is very sensitive to gluten. My Dad decided he wanted to make gluten free french toast. He found a recipe, I am not sure where now, but it was one that was baked in the oven. You mix all the ingredients together, pour it over the bread slices and bake it in the oven in a rectangular pan. It was so soggy and mushy that I couldn't eat it. Since then if I had a craving for french toast I sucked it up and went for the real thing. Now that I have cut it all out of my life, I miss french toast.

I decided this morning that I would give into my craving and try and make a good gluten free french toast using the regular french toast method. I used my Udi's white sandwich bread as it is the only one I eat. I made my regular egg mixture (2 eggs, 4 egg shells of milk, cinnamon, nutmeg) and added 1/2 tsp honey for sweetness and to help the toasts brown. I dipped the bread into the egg mixture and drained each slice like I usually do, to remove any of the extra egg mixture. I paid special attention to the edges of the bread to make sure they felt a little squishy so they were not hard when cooked. I cooked them on a griddle with lots of butter (I always use butter for french toast not oil, it tastes so much better) until they were browned on each side and cooked in the middle.

All I can say is WOW!

Not quite as fluffy as french toast with a regular texas toast, but they tasted like real french toast. I did find that I needed to eat them hot off the griddle for the best taste, they got hard when cold. I only made 8 slices as I was not sure how they would keep and I only had a few slices of bread left. I will  definitely   try this recipe again when the craving hits.