Challah French Toast

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The flavor was great butit turned out soggy in the middle and we couldn't cook it in the pan any longer or it would have burned. I also printed out the Food Networks recipe for the same and it said to bake in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes after fryine so we will try that next. Sorry Ina, I always give you 5 stars except for Eli's Salmon.

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I used thinly sliced sourdough from the store and this worked out fine. (I'm not a mushy french toast person. I also added a few sprinkles of cinnamon and nutmeg, omitted the orange zest (didn't have any, and split the half and half between that and skim milk. I will definite use this recipe again and again! I soaked the bread for just about 2 minutes per side in a pie dish one slice at a time. The result was just a little crispy and perfect!

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I made this for my husband and I this morning and it was a major hit. I used potatoe bread because I didn't have Challah and it turned out great. I did let it soak for the five minutes and it tasted more like bread pudding but the crusty outside from the oil and butter still gave it the french toast feel. Next time I will try and not soak it so long but my husband adores bread pudding so this was a nice twist! I don't normally measure much so I cut the recipe back a little since it was just the two of us and only used 4 eggs and for the milk mixture I used part 2% milk and part heavy cream (about 1 cup total. I also added a couple of dashes of hot sauce which doesn't make it hot it just seems to accentuate and bring out the other flavors of a dish when you only use a little. Thanks so much Ina! Keep these awesome recipes coming!
And the orange zest was an amazing start to a day and really MADE the dish :

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I did add Cinnamon, as a personal preference. It was YUMMY!!!!

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This was so good when I made it for the first time two weeks ago, that my wife has been requesting it almost daily since then. The only change I made was to use Tuscan bread, it was excellent. Because of the soaking, which I've always done for myself, my wife even ate the crust, something never done in restaurants. Thanks, Ina.

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Because of the rich egg ingredient, Challah is a wonderful type of bread that makes great French Toast. Challah is further coated with egg and milk batter, but the touch of Orange Zest really helps to freshen up this recipe. I personally would add more Orange zest just because I want the flavor to come out more. I absolutely love this batter,

Also agree with Caroline, be very careful with soaking. Too much soaking will make it taste more like bread pudding, and you don't want that. Not to mention you won't have enough batter for rest of the bread...what a shame would that be! :

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This is my newest, favorite french toast recipe. I didn't need to make any adjustments to this recipe.

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Excellent recipe - but I should have read the reviews first. No five minute soak! The first few slices were too heavy & soaked up so much custard that I had to make a third more of the custard to finish breakfast for my family. Also, the last slices were loaded with orange zest, as it sinks to the bottom - a good stir from the bottom as each slice is removed is needed. Challah is oval, shiny and usually braided. Any egg based loaf - like brioche - would work well.

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Unintentially left out the salt - turned out to be a good thing, so I added that note to my Barefoot cookbook.

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I made this recipe this morning using left over Challah that we had frozen from Hannukah...wow.....my friends and family loved it...even the pickiest kids. I will definitly make this again...and would not change a thing.