Pepa's Torrijas (Spanish-Style French Toast)

Name: Pepa's Torrijas (Spanish-Style French Toast)
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 package torrijas bread (or 1 loaf of thick-cut French bread or brioche, sliced); 3 large eggs; 4 1/4 cups whole milk (1 liter); 1 stick cinnamon; 1 small jar ground cinnamon; 2 1/2 cups sugar (about 500 grams); Peel of 1 lemon; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Pepa's Torrijas (Spanish-Style French Toast)

pepa villarte @cook_112865578

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 minutes

Serves 6 servings

1 packagetorrijas bread (or 1 loaf of thick-cut French bread or brioche, sliced)
3large eggs
4 1/4 cupswhole milk (1 liter)
1 stickcinnamon
1small jar ground cinnamon
2 1/2 cupssugar (about 500 grams)
Peel of 1 lemon
1 tablespoonvanilla extract

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Steps

1 hour 30 minutes

1

In a saucepan, heat the milk with the cinnamon stick, lemon peel, 5 tablespoons of sugar, and vanilla extract. Bring to a boil.
2

Arrange the bread slices in a baking dish. Strain the hot milk and pour it over the bread. Let soak for about 1 hour.
3

In a bowl, beat the eggs. Heat oil in a skillet. Dip each soaked bread slice in the beaten eggs, then fry until golden brown on both sides.
4

Mix sugar and ground cinnamon on a plate. Coat each fried torrija in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Plate and serve.