Barefoot Contessa's Challah French Toast

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 loaf challah, sliced and left out to dry
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk or 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 6 large eggs
• 1 pinch salt, to taste
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• butter (for frying)
• oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow dish large enough to hold three slices of challah side by side, whisk eggs and milk.
• 2 add orange zest, honey and vanilla.
• 3 add salt.
• 4 place three slices of the bread in the egg mixture and let soak about three minutes each side.
• 5 meanwhile melt one tbsp of butter and oil each in a large frying pan.
• 6 transfer challah to pan and cook 3 minutes on each side or until nicely browned.
• 7 add a little more butter for each round of bread.
• 8 if you are making the other recipes transfer french toast to oven until rest of meal is complete.