French Toast Recipe for 1 (15 minutes)

Ingredients

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• Bread: I used potato bread in this recipe, it's what I had. You can use your favorite bread.
• Egg
• Milk
• Cinnamon: adds a warm spice flavor
• Vanilla: enhances the sweetness and makes your french toast very flavorful
• Maple Syrup: I am adding syrup instead of sugar because it mixes into the egg mixture better, and is more flavorful than white sugar. You can use sugar too.
• Salt

Instructions

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1. To start making your french toast recipe for 1, heat a large non-stick skillet or griddle over medium heat. Crack one egg into a wide bowl, add milk, vanilla extract, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt too. Whisk together until smooth.

2. Dip both slices of bread into egg mixture. Flip or press down to full cover bread slices, then leave each slice of bread in mixture for 15-30 seconds to soak up lots of the custard.

3. Tap bread on edge of bowl to remove excess custard.

4. Spray skillet with cooking spray. Transfer bread slices from custard to hot skillet.

5. Cook about 3-4 minutes per side, until each is golden brown.

6. Top your french toast recipe for 1 with butter, maple syrup, and additional toppings like powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, fresh berries or fruit, chopped nuts, whipped cream, etc for a delicious breakfast.

Storage/Reheating Tips

Store leftovers from your french toast recipe for 1 in an airtight container in the fridge for about a week. You can also freeze leftovers.

Microwave, toast, or pan fry this french toast to heat it up. Microwave is the easiest, but it will be very soft, which may be fine for you, or not.

Substitutions/Tips

• Thick slices of challah bread or brioche are usually best to make french toast for one because they're sweet. But you can use whatever bread that you have. Slightly dried out bread is usually best.
• If using thick sliced bread, add double the milk mixture. If you want it very flavorful, you can double the vanilla, maple syrup, and even the cinnamon too.
• You can substitute the maple syrup for brown sugar or white sugar, since there's such a small amount in this recipe it's a subtle flavor, so use what you have/want.
• Other great toppings: maple syrup, butter, berries like blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, other fruits, chopped nuts, chocolate chips are all good added to this french toast recipe for 1.

Other great breakfast recipes

• Peanut Butter Banana Chia Pudding
• Pancakes for One
• Baked Oats
• Apple Omelet with Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• Spinach Apple Banana Smoothie
• Chorizo Breakfast Casserole

What to do with leftover ingredients

When you're cooking for one, you often have leftover produce, cans of whatever ingredient, etc. Here are a couple ideas on how to use up the leftover ingredients. It'll help you save money by wasting fewer ingredients.

• Bread: Apple Pecan Chicken Salad, Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich, or serve toasted with Delicata Squash Soup or Instant Pot Mushroom Chicken Soup.
• Eggs: Brownie for One, Baked Oats for One, or Apple Omelet with Sharp Cheddar Cheese.
• Milk: Butterscotch Milkshake, Strawberry Banana Smoothie, or Creamy Mushroom Chicken with Rice.
• Maple Syrup: Bananas Foster Pancakes, Apple Pie Overnight Oats, or Dark Chocolate Waffles.

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