A good french toast in the morning is bliss. The experience of it not only puts me in a state of cheer, but becomes a vehicle for it for the rest of the day. Periodically, we make it here at home but it doesn’t happen too often. We either do not have all the necessary supplies or maybe it is a subconscious diversion–because sad french toast can leave the opposite mark on one’s day. I know I can get grumpy when sad french toast happens.
Last week we had a part of a ciabatta loaf left over so I decided to take a stab at it with some french toast. It was a good decision because I will have a hard time making it now with any other kind of bread! I melted a little coconut oil in the pan, whipped up some eggs, milk, and cinnamon, put the first slices of bread in the mixture to soak and wha-la! It was like magic–and so simple. I love it when magical things happen simply 
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I wanted to share this now-favorite household recipe with you. There was complete silence while we were eating it, except for a half-pause from Andrew who looked at me and said, “did you write this one down?”. And it’s official, now I have!
Our Favorite French Toast
1 loaf day old ciabatta bread
3 eggs
1 1/2 – 2 cups milk
1 – 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 teaspoons coconut oil
Slice the bread to 1/4-1/2 inch thick pieces. Whisk together the eggs, milk, and cinnamon. Put the first two slices in the bowl to soak. Heat the first teaspoon coconut oil in a non stick pan at medium high. When hot and shimmering, turn the heat down to medium, and place the first two pieces of bread on the pan and put your next two pieces of bread in the bowl with the egg/milk mixture to soak. Cook until lightly browned on the outside and when pressed down upon with your spatula, nothing oozes out. When finished, add another teaspoon of coconut oil and repeat, until all of your bread and egg/milk mixture is gone. You may want to add a little more cinnamon to the mix towards the end as the bread tends to soak it up after the first few rounds.
Cheers!
