French Toast

 

Ingredients

· 4 eggs

· A good pinch of ground cinnamon

· 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

· 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup, plus extra for drizzling

· 12 slices of brioche, white bread, or panettone

· 4 tablespoons unsalted butter

· Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting

· A star shaped cookie cutter

 

Steps

1) Put the eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, and maple syrup in a mixing bowl and whisk with a balloon whisk.

2) Lay the bread slices out on a cutting board and, using the star-shaped cutter, stamp out a star from the middle of each slice.

3) Ask an adult to help you melt half the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

4) Dip half the bread stars into the mixture and allow to soak thoroughly on both sides.

5) Add the eggy stars to the hot skillet—you will need to fry them in batches because you should have just one layer of stars in the skillet at a time. Cook for about 1 minute or until they turn golden.

6) Turn the stars over and cook the other sides for another minute.

7) Repeat with the remaining butter and stars. You will have 3 per person. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and drizzle with maple syrup to serve.

 

From: Christmas Cooking with Kids

By: Annie Rigg