This is for mornings when oatmeal looks across the kitchen and realizes it has been given the day off. Warm apples, cinnamon and maple syrup make this feel considerably fancier than the amount of actual work involved.
⏱️ Recipe Information
Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15–20 minutes
Total Time: 25–30 minutes
The cooking time includes preparing the warm cinnamon-apple topping and frying the French toast until golden brown. Both can be prepared simultaneously to save time.
Ingredients
- 4 thick slices bread
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup milk
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- Butter for the pan
For the apples
- 1 large apple, peeled or unpeeled, sliced thin
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- Small splash of water
- Maple syrup for serving
Method: Melt a tablespoon of butter in a small frying pan. Add the apple slices, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat for about 5–7 minutes, adding a splash of water if necessary, until the apples are tender and coated in a light cinnamon syrup.
Meanwhile, whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a shallow bowl. Dip each slice of bread into the mixture, coating both sides without allowing it to become completely waterlogged.
Melt a little butter in another frying pan and cook the bread over medium heat for roughly 2–3 minutes per side, until golden brown.
Pile the warm cinnamon apples over the French toast and finish with maple syrup. A little icing sugar is permitted if Captain Moonboot is entertaining dignitaries.
Moonboot Modification: Add a small handful of chopped pecans or walnuts to the apples during their final couple of minutes in the pan. Or, for the Canadian Federal Breakfast Enhancement Program, add enough maple syrup that the plate technically qualifies as wetlands. 🇨🇦😂
And this one gives us something we haven't put into the collection yet: breakfast/brunch. That's useful because I don't want Making Salsa: Recipes & Other Bad Decisions turning into 73 different ways of putting jalapeños on supper.
WORLD HQ FILING NOTICE: Recipe #4 → Moonboot Recipe Bank → Captain Moonboot Project.
Enjoy that sunshine. It's apparently going to be one of those mornings where the universe tries to convince us it has its act together. 😁