Banana French Toast – Sustainable Cooks

With buttery brioche and a cinnamon-scented banana custard, this Banana French Toast recipe is a breakfast favourite. It’s a basic French toast recipe with a little bit of a twist!

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This banana French toast just isn’t fully conventional as a result of, as you’ve in all probability guessed by the identify, it’s made with bananas (shock!). We’re not utilizing slices of banana on prime for garnish however mashed/blended banana within the custard itself.

It’s not a French toast casserole or an in a single day recipe. Nope, we’re making griddled French toast, cooked proper on the stovetop to get breakfast (or breakfast for dinner) on the desk quick. 

Elements

This recipe has:

• Bananas – The riper the bananas, the sweeter your French toast will probably be. Ripe bananas even have a extra pronounced banana taste.
• Eggs – Let these come to room temperature.
• Entire milk
• Half-and-half*
• White sugar
• Brown sugar** – Both mild or darkish will work on this recipe.
• Vanilla extract
• Nutmeg – Freshly floor nutmeg is at all times finest, however a jar of floor nutmeg is simply high quality too.
• Floor cinnamon
• Brioche bread – One other enriched bread, like challah or Japanese milk bread, is a good substitute for brioche.
• Butter – Salted or unsalted is okay.

*Half-and-half is a really American/North American product. If it’s not bought in your shops, you may substitute it with half heavy cream and half complete milk. In Canada, it’s labeled as “10% cream”.

**If you happen to’re out of brown sugar, do you know you can also make your personal? Take a look at our tutorial on make brown sugar.

Use leftover ripe bananas for Brown Sugar Banana Bread and Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.

Step By Step Directions

*I’ll stroll you thru it right here with some photographs and ideas, and also you’ll additionally discover a printable recipe card on the backside of the submit with precise measurements, and so forth. You too can click on “leap to recipe” to skip down.

Use a fork or potato masher to mash the bananas in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk the eggs, milk, half-and-half, each sugars, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and cinnamon into the mashed bananas. (You too can use an immersion blender, which is what I favor to do.)

Pour the egg combination into a big baking dish or cake pan. Add the slices of bread to the pan; as many as will match. Use a fork to evenly press the bread into the egg combination. Enable it to soak for 3-5 minutes.

Flip the bread and gently press the opposite facet into the egg combination. Soak for an additional 2-3 minutes.

Whereas the bread is soaking, preheat a heavy skillet over medium-low warmth.

Soften half of the butter within the skillet. I really like utilizing forged iron right here as a result of it offers the perfect sear. You too can use no matter you could have readily available.

Place 1-2 slices of bread into the skillet and prepare dinner till the bottoms are golden brown. Flip and prepare dinner till the opposite facet is golden brown.

Repeat with the remaining bread, melting extra butter within the pan as wanted. Professional tip: If you happen to’re making a double batch, preheat your oven to the bottom temperature (normally about 170˚F), and put the completed French toast on a baking sheet within the oven to maintain heat.

WHAT TO SERVE WITH THIS RECIPE

Spoon blackberry syrup or strawberry syrup over the completed French toast, sprinkle with home made powdered sugar, or serve it alongside oven-baked bacon, make head scrambled eggs, and forged iron potatoes for a whole breakfast.