Coconut French Toast
It’s always kind of tricky talking about Mother’s Day, and what everyone should be doing or making to celebrate mothers, when you are a mother yourself. Isn’t it sort like leaving ear-marked magazine pages lying around before Christmas? And unfortunately, we don’t live close for me to make brunch for my Mum or Ben’s. But if you’ll be spoiling your mother this weekend, you might consider this decadent brunch stunner: coconut French toast. It’s as simple to make as regular old French toast but creates an exotic-scented plate of heaven that will make your Mom know how much you appreciate her. And, you know, if this ended up on my plate this Sunday, well, I wouldn’t hate it. Not that I’m hinting.
Photo by Maya Visnyei
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 8 thick slices of thick bread
- pat of butter for cooking
Method
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Sprinkle the shredded coconut on a baking sheet and place in the oven for about 10 minutes, stirring once, until the coconut just begins to brown.
Remove and set aside.
In a shallow bowl, whisk together coconut milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt until everything is well combined.
Some people just dip their bread in the egg mixture but I am not one of those people.
Particularly if you've got some nice, thick bread happening, it's going to need to soak.
Let the bread drink up the custard for a few minutes on each side.
In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat then lay down your soaked bread.
Allow each side to cook until golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes each side.
Repeat with the second batch.
Serve with a sprinkling of toasted coconut and maple syrup.
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