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Buttermilk Challah French Toast

March 30, 2017 by Mary 7 Comments

Buttermilk Challah French Toast on an antique white platter with powdered sugar and 3 cups of coffee.I love French toast! It’s even better than pancakes for me. Did you know that this past Saturday was National Waffle Day? Me neither, until our totally on-the-ball, wonderful marketing associate, Abby, at MARY’s secret ingredients pointed it out, and that made me think of making French Toast too. But then I thought, how could I make French Toast even better? And I came up with this Buttermilk Challah French Toast recipe – and it was totally yummy!!

It’s less sweet. It sort of tastes like French Toast coated with crème fraiche. It’s a subtle sophisticated difference, but I really liked it. And it’s a whole lot better for you too as buttermilk is considerably lower in calories and fat content but high in calcium, Vitamin B12 and potassium as compared to regular milk. One cup of buttermilk may contain up to 99 calories while milk may contain up to 157 calories. Also, one cup of buttermilk typically has 2.2 grams of fat while the same amount of milk gives you 9 grams of fat. So there!

What makes your French Toast work?

I remember once being on location for a catalog and advertising photo shoot for several days and our crew of five folks spent three days together shooting slippers. Yes, slippers, for Dearfoams, and at one breakfast at the local diner, they had French Toast, but no powdered sugar in the kitchen. Bradley, the photographer looked at me and said, “So you need that to make it work for you?”

I thought that was such a funny yet very true way to put it.

And yes, I do need confectioner’s sugar with a tiny bit a melted butter, to make my French Toast work for me. Ever since I started eating leftover dinners, sliced turkey or only eggs for breakfast, as I need a lot of protein, I rarely make these sweet things. So it’s a good thing we had the sugar on hand, while my husband prefers maple syrup.

Here you go with this super simple recipe. Since there were only two of us, after I made it on Saturday and used just half of the batter, I covered the pie plate with Saran wrap and refrigerated it. The next morning on Sunday, I took the batter out and let it warm up at room temperature for about 20 minutes and then started soaking bread slices again to make a fresh batch of Buttermilk Challah French Toast. This was a way cool, super fast breakfast the second time around. And, it was just as good!!

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BUTTERMILK CHALLAH FRENCH TOAST – serves 4

1 loaf of challah bread
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup of real buttermilk (I use Kate’s)
Pinch of French grey or Kosher salt
1 Tbs. vanilla extract
¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 Tbs. unsalted butter

Slice the challah into generous ½” slices. Lightly beat eggs in a Pyrex pie plate. Add buttermilk, salt, vanilla and cinnamon and whisk to combine thoroughly. 

Soak the bread slices in the egg buttermilk mixture, turning over several times to coat thoroughly.

Heat the butter in a large skillet until sizzling. Add dipped bread slices. Brown on each side for 2 – 3 minutes on medium-high heat. Watch it so it doesn’t brown too quickly because the inside needs to cook as well. You may need to add more butter to the skillet.

Serve with pure warmed maple syrup or a tiny swish of butter and powdered sugar.

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  1. Nadia says

    March 30, 2017 at 7:41 AM

    French toast must be my daughters favourite breakfast food!
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  2. Jovina Coughlin says

    March 30, 2017 at 8:46 AM

    Looks like a wonderful recipe. Makes a breakfast to look forward to.

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  3. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

    March 30, 2017 at 1:15 PM

    This sounds completely amazing! I love the zing buttermilk adds to anything and French toast made with challah is just spectacular no matter what!

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  4. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    March 31, 2017 at 7:16 AM

    Oh you could sweettalk me with this French toast any day of the week. How wonderful! I’ve never made it with buttermilk but I’m eager to try.

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  5. Liz says

    April 2, 2017 at 6:32 AM

    I love your lightened up version!! I’m on team powdered sugar, too, with some berries and the hubby wants maple syrup 🙂

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  6. David @ Spiced says

    April 4, 2017 at 11:02 AM

    Oh I love French toast…it’s totally a weekend treat! I’ve never used challah (mainly because we never have any around), so I’ll have to pick up a loaf soon. Sounds delicious, Mary Frances! 🙂
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  7. John/Kitchen Riffs says

    April 4, 2017 at 8:13 PM

    French toast is good! And much as I like waffles, French toast is better. (Good thing I think so, since I don’t have a waffle iron!) This looks excellent — thanks!
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