challah french toast

Everyone needs a recipe for classic, foolproof skillet french toast, even stubborn people like me who, despite making it at least once a month and more often when there’s leftoverchallah, are so easily bored by and restless with simple recipes that I’ve resisted writing this up for almost 19 years. I’ve filled the french toast vacuum on the site instead with customizations: casserole-style baked french toasts withcinnamon sugar toastand, uh,bailey’s(ah, the child-free years). There’s even a fancy french toast akin toindividual crème brûlées. But eventually, through a combination of friends texting on random weekend mornings [“Do you seriously not have a challah french toast recipe?!”] and the existence of a teenager, who I cannot teach to make french toast for us if I haven’t written it down, I’ve come to my senses. I mean, mostly. This is a recipe for a very hard to mess up challah french toast with a few tricks I’ve picked up along the way, like the best way to heat a stainless steel or cast-iron pan so that nothing sticks. But why stop there? I’ve included two dreamy toppings that raise this classic into the realm of something you will otherwise pay no less than $22 for at a brunch this weekend: a gorgeous berry sauce (we will use frozen berries and nobody will be the wiser) and a whipped vanilla bean cottage cheese topping that’s fluffy and light and eliminates all cottage cheese skepticism. Despite this, it couldn’t be simpler — no need to stale the bread or use a deep puddle of butter to make it delicious. No need to start it the night before; you can make the whole thing within an hour of rolling out of bed, the best gift ever. Staub x Smitten Kitchen BraiserIt’s been one year since Iannouncedthat I was partnering with Staub to get them to bring back one of my favorite pans, a squat 4-quart Dutch oven I first bought in 2014 and have since cooked so many things in, it barely leaves my stove. The classic black matte pan (sleek, fashionable!) is in stock, as well as — drumroll! — a limited run of a gorgeous deep blue for spring. I hope you get a chance to snag one — or nudge a friend or family member about the perfect gift for you.You can order yours here.I hope you love it as much as I love mine.Podcast!The latest episode of my podcast with J. Kenji Lopez-Alt,The Recipe with Kenji and Debis, fittingly, all aboutFrench Toastand this week we have Chris Kimball (of America’s Test Kitchen and Milk Street) on as a guest. You can listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts and catch up on any episodes you’ve missedright here. New episodes drop every other Monday. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we’re enjoying the conversation.Video Staub x Smitten Kitchen BraiserIt’s been one year since Iannouncedthat I was partnering with Staub to get them to bring back one of my favorite pans, a squat 4-quart Dutch oven I first bought in 2014 and have since cooked so many things in, it barely leaves my stove. The classic black matte pan (sleek, fashionable!) is in stock, as well as — drumroll! — a limited run of a gorgeous deep blue for spring. I hope you get a chance to snag one — or nudge a friend or family member about the perfect gift for you.You can order yours here.I hope you love it as much as I love mine. Podcast!The latest episode of my podcast with J. Kenji Lopez-Alt,The Recipe with Kenji and Debis, fittingly, all aboutFrench Toastand this week we have Chris Kimball (of America’s Test Kitchen and Milk Street) on as a guest. You can listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts and catch up on any episodes you’ve missedright here. New episodes drop every other Monday. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we’re enjoying the conversation.Video Podcast!The latest episode of my podcast with J. Kenji Lopez-Alt,The Recipe with Kenji and Debis, fittingly, all aboutFrench Toastand this week we have Chris Kimball (of America’s Test Kitchen and Milk Street) on as a guest. You can listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts and catch up on any episodes you’ve missedright here. New episodes drop every other Monday. I hope you enjoy listening as much as we’re enjoying the conversation. 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