Snow Day French Toast

OK, so, full disclosure: I do NOT have today off. It is not a snow day even though there are seventeen inches of accumulation and it took me twenty minutes to pick and slosh my way six blocks to the subway. It is not a snow day even though I want it to be.


Friends of mine who are teachers have the day off. One of them is gluten free and just requested some advice about making french toast. No, I am not upset. I love drinking cold coffee at my desk.

I also love french toast. Usually I eat it for dinner when I am feeling blue or lazy or both. I am in the habit of buying the Food for Life gluten-free brown rice bread. It's not really super-great but I am used to it and have learned to enjoy it. It is tiny and dense and needs, in my opinion, to be burnt to a toasty crisp to be enjoyed, as I like it, with peanut butter. Anyway, I take:

2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons milk

and whisk, and soak the bread for as long as possible (before I hungrily give up and throw it on the cast-iron pan, in butter).

I also like to cut up some apples and saute them alongside.

Then I sprinkle cinnamon and cardamon on top of both items in the pan.

Here is the secret: when one side is lacy brown, pick it up with a fork and DOUBLE DIP it back into the egg batter. As shown:

There's always extra egg but I like it hanging off the side, like a sweet omelet. Then you can add maple syrup or agave nectar or apple butter or butter or all four.


So basically, if you are at home today, F-U. That is all.