This is an easy recipe for a cold morning! It is our family's traditional Christmas Morning breakfast. And the absolute best thing about it is that you can fix a lot at once and freeze slices in individual sandwich baggies and heat them in the microwave for breakfast all week (you can warm it in a toaster or oven after it thaws if you want it crispier.) Best served warm, fresh, and with butter or cream cheese and syrup.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 2 cups milk
- 1 or more loaves sliced Brioche bread (Trader Joe's has a good one)
In a small casserole dish or flat-bottomed bowl, whisk together eggs and cinnamon with a wire whisk or hand blender until thoroughly mixed. Whisk in milk. Heat a nonstick pan or griddle (or cast-iron with nonstick spray) over medium-low heat. Briefly (as in "oops! I dropped my brioche in egg and milk mixture!") coat both sides of enough slices of the bread to cover the bottom of the pan or griddle without touching, placing each slice on the hot surface as you pull it from the egg mixture. Cook each side for about 3 minutes or until just golden, flipping once.
Note: Cinnamon incorporates best with just the eggs. If you add it after adding the milk, the cinnamon tends to clump. You can substitute pumpkin pie spices for the cinnamon, or powdered cardamom, or allspice. Experiment and have fun!
