French Toast Amandine Recipe (2024)

Made this a while back. Instead of cooking them on a skillet, baked them on a 15x20 shallow pan, all at once @350 degrees fahrenheit about 35 minutes. Also used a loaf of home made stale brioche bread. The recipe for the bread is from "Breads from La Brea Bakery" by Nancy Silverton. They were to die for!

This is similar to Ina's recipe for Pain Perdu that I make all the time...only a little simpler. I do like the addition of triple sec, honey and orange zest in Ina's.

Excellent recipe, the best french toast I've made/had...even excluding the compote! The secret to making great french toast, it seems, is in the quality of the bread. I've tried many types of breads and found that splurging on an unsliced, freshly-made loaf of french country bread really made a difference in the end result. The challah has a great flavor but the consistency of the french country can't be beat, in my opinion.

Add a little almond extract to the egg mixture as well and make it more heavenly.

No need to add sugar in the recipe and dusting the bread with cinnamon is a fabulous alternative to dusting with sugar. For more flavor, use cinnamon, ground cloves, a pinch of nutmeg and/or cardamom in the egg mixture.

Along with the vanilla, I add almond extract and or amaretto!

this has become my new staple for french toast. the almonds give it a lovely nutty flavour and the compote.... i just eat that til it is done, with or without french toast!

I used challah and it's better if the bread is really stale. I agree that the addition of zest and triple sec give it a little excitement. All delicious.

My French toast is a little different but similar. I use the soft crusted "French" bread favored in the South. I soak the egg liquid over the bread slices overnight. Since I'm a widow, I have learned to freeze two slices individually in ziplock bags before I cook them for future use. When we were innkeepers, we added the zest of a lemon or an orange to the liquid. After we were no longer innkeepers, we added a couple tablespoons of Bailey's, or Amaretto, or Fra Angelico. Delicious!

Lovely flavor topped with homemade peach preserves. I used store bought cinnamon raisin bread, there being no challah in my rural community. Watch the heat, the sugar can burn!

we enjoyed this for Christmas 2017 breakfast - drop dead gorgeous with stewed berries (always in the freezer) and unsweetened coconut yoghurt.

This sounds good but do the almond slices not burn?

We use coconut flakes instead of almonds. Super yummy.

Portuguese call it "rabanadas" ou "fatias douradas" (golden slices) and sweeten it in a misture of cinnanmon and sugar after their fried in good quality oil (peanuts or sunflower oils). It´s a typical christmas recipe.

Good basic recipe. I added Grand Marnier, orange zest, and used half butter and half olive oil.

Best if the bread soaks in the egg mixture. Even soaking overnight ... that's the best!

I'm a French toast snob, and I was surprised at how great this was. And don't sleep on the suggested, easy to make fruit compote which takes this to a higher level. My only issue is it took a lot of effort and focus to keep the almonds from burning. I like French toast on a hot/medium hot griddle so the outside is crisp but the inside gets soft like bread pudding. Anyone figure that out?

Way too salty as written!! The batter tasted like an omelet or frittata. I had to double the batter to get the salt back to reasonable levels.

I will make this with almond extract. Sounds wonderful!

The warmed oven is referred to in Step 3: “Transfer finished toasts to a platter, and place in oven to keep warm.”

Love it but i didn't use almonds and i caramelized it with cinnamon sugar, would make again.

So I was not blown away here. I found this very filling but not special and not as enjoyable as everyday French toast. The almonds sort of just got in the way.

Made for two. Brioche from Whole Foods. Cut loaf in half and got 8 1” slices. Froze half. Made full batter recipe but half the almonds called for. Did three minutes then probably four or five when flipped. Left in same quarter baking sheet when putting almonds on. Used stainless skillet on medium preheated, then added Kerry butter, then put bread once starting to bubble. Lowered to medium low. Delicious

What?! French Toast without freshly grated nutmeg?! It must be a typo...Also, to really give the kids (or our 96 year old friend) a treat, simply make the toast using cinnamon raisin bread.My next challenge is to find or create a savory French Toast recipe.

Being from TX we always have an abundance of pecans on hand. I make a Pecan Crusted French Toast at least once a month during the winter. The preparation is almost exactly to your almond version. My group loves it with maple syrup or just a sprinkle of light brown sugar, or both!

What is baked @ 200? I see several asking this but don’t see an answer?? Thanks

A few questions about what the warmed oven is for— it’s to keep the cooked product warm while you’re finishing the batches per the last two steps

I'm not a cook so I follow directions exactly. What goes in the oven? Step 2 - is it for the 3 min per side?Step 3 - is this how the almonds will be toasted?thanks

One of my favorite breakfast treats. I make mine omitting sugar and using a small splash of OJ and almond instead of vanilla extract. I always keep a bag of sliced brioche in the freezer for when I want this special treat.

I have made my French toast like this without the almonds for years but I like to add cinnamon to it as well you have a choice to add a cinnamon stick to the butter first and take out or to the mix you put your bread in. I also have used with coconut oil which gives a unique change in flavor as well if you like coconut add some unsweetened on top or sweetened that are toasted first