This easy evaporated milk French toast recipe takes less than 15 minutes to make! It’s easy to make, and you’ll love to bite into the crispy, fluffy, custardy French toast. Serve it with maple syrup, butter, and fresh fruit for a delicious breakfast.
For more easy breakfast ideas, try fluffy pancakes, blueberry muffins, and oatmeal.
Easy French toast with evaporated milk
French toast is my favorite breakfast. If I have a choice between pancakes, muffins, waffles, or French toast, I will always pick French toast.
We have shared a few recipes over the years (with condensed milk, hamburger buns, English muffins, and banana bread).
This recipe uses evaporated milk and is perfect when you crave French toast and only have evaporated milk at home.
It’s crispy at the edges and fluffy in the center and tastes rich and buttery, full of sweetness and cinnamon throughout.
And the best part? It’s super simple and ready in no time!
Evaporated milk is a versatile ingredient! Use it to make cake, mac and cheese, and fudge.
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make scrumptious French toast! See the recipe card below for exact measurements.
- Bread: Thick slices of stale bread with a dense crumb are best for French toast. Try brioche, challah, milk bread, or Texas toast.
- Eggs help to thicken and set the custard and create structure.
- Evaporated milk softens the bread and helps with browning. I love evaporated milk for French toast because it creates richness and a velvety mouth feel.
- Vanilla adds depth of flavor. You can also try almond extract, orange zest, instant coffee, or rum.
- Cinnamon flavors the batter. Feel free to substitute pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, or cloves.
- Sugar helps to caramelize and brown the outside of the French toast. Granulated sugar or light brown sugar works well.
- Salt: Just a touch to balance the sweetness of the sugar in the milk.
- Butter creates an aromatic, crispy, golden-brown outer layer as you cook the French toast.
How to make evaporated milk French toast
Let’s go over the steps the simple steps to make easy French toast.
1. Combine ingredients
- Add the evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt to a shallow dish.
2. Mix custard
- Whisk the custard mixture together until well combined and smooth.
3. Heat pan
- Melt a tablespoon of butter in a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat.
4. Dip bread
- Dunk each slice of bread in the custard, covering both sides. The slice should feel soaked and heavy, but not dripping.
5. Cook bread
- Place the slices in the pan and cook until the bottom of the bread has browned, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Then flip the slice over and cook the other side until crispy and golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Repeat this process for all slices and add more butter as needed.
- Serve the French toast warm with your favorite toppings like maple syrup, butter, and fresh fruit. Enjoy!
✱ How to keep French toast warm
To keep your cooked French toast warm as you prepare the rest, place a wire rack on a baking sheet. Arrange the slices in a single layer on the wire rack. Then, pop the baking sheet in the oven, set to the lowest setting for up to 30 minutes.
Tips
No one enjoys soggy French toast that’s burnt on the outside. Follow these tips for perfect French toast with evaporated milk:
- Use stale, day-old bread for the best results. If you’re using fresh bread, toast the slices in the oven for 10 minutes to dry.
- Use a shallow dish such as a pie plate or casserole dish. It allows the bread slices to get easily coated.
- Whisk the batter thoroughly until it’s well combined and smooth with no separation.
- Soak the bread for 20 to 30 seconds on each side. Thinly sliced or fresh bread needs a shorter dip in the custard. Thicker, sturdier slices can even soak for a minute to rehydrate.
- Use a heavy-bottom non-stick pan and keep the temperature on a steady medium so the outside doesn’t char before the inside cooks.
French toast toppings
You have lots of options to garnish and dress up with a stack of evaporated milk French toast. Maple syrup, powdered sugar, butter, berries, and fresh fruit – you name it!
Sometimes, I will pour lemon curd sauce or caramel sauce over the top. It’s so good!
If you want to go all out, try adding:
- A dollop of whipped cream
- Candied pecans or sliced almonds
- Nutella or nut butters
Jam like strawberry jam or peach jam Fruit compote or cherry pie filling
Serving suggestions
Evaporated milk French toast will be the star of any breakfast. And while it’s good on its own, you can serve it with bacon or sausage, hash browns, scrambled eggs, and fruit salad for a full breakfast spread.
Store & reheat
How to store evaporated milk French toast
- Refrigerator: If you have leftovers, let them fully cool. Then, keep the slices in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Freezer: You can also freeze French toast. Place the slices in a single layer on a baking sheet and flash freeze until solid, about 30 minutes to an hour. Then, transfer the French toast to a Ziploc bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge.
Reheat evaporated milk French toast
There are several ways to reheat French toast. They all work well, it just depends on son how much time you have:
- Oven: Put the French toast in a single layer on a baking sheet and warm in a 300°F / 150°C / gas mark 2 oven for 5 to 7 minutes.
- Toaster: Pop a slice in the toaster just like a piece of toast, and the outside is crispy and toasty again.
- Microwave: You can also zap French toast in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute, but it may make the bread a little soggy.
More breakfast ideas
- Hot Dog Bun French Toast
- Buttermilk French Toast
- Evaporated Milk Pancakes
- New York Cheesecake Pancakes
- Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Blackberry Pancakes
- Pancake Mix Crepes
- Buttermilk Crepes
- Dried Cranberry Muffins
- Vanilla Muffins
- Oatmeal Banana Breakfast Cookies
- Chick Fil A Parfait
Evaporated Milk French Toast Recipe
This easy evaporated milk French toast recipe takes less than 15 minutes to make! It’s easy to make, and you’ll love to bite into the crispy, fluffy, custardy French toast. Serve it with maple syrup, butter, and fresh fruit for a delicious breakfast.
Ingredients
- 8 thick slices of stale bread,
- 1 cup / 240 ml / 8 fl oz evaporated milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Combine ingredients. Add the evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt to a shallow dish.
- Mix custard. Whisk the custard mixture together until well combined and smooth.
- Heat pan. Melt a tablespoon of butter in a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat.
- Dip bread. Dunk each slice of bread in the custard, covering both sides. The slice should feel soaked and heavy, but not dripping.
- Cook bread. Place the slices in the pan and cook until the bottom of the bread has browned, about 2 to 3 minutes. Then flip the slice over and cook the other side until crispy and golden brown, about 2 minutes. Repeat this process for all slices and add more butter as needed.
- Serve. Serve the French toast warm with your favorite toppings like maple syrup, butter, and fresh fruit. Enjoy!
Notes
Tips
- Use stale, day-old bread for the best results. If you’re using fresh bread, toast the slices in the oven for 10 minutes to dry.
- Use a shallow dish such as a pie plate or casserole dish. It allows the bread slices to get easily coated.
- Whisk the batter thoroughly until it’s well combined and smooth with no separation.
- Soak the bread for 20 to 30 seconds on each side. Thinly sliced or fresh bread needs a shorter dip in the custard. Thicker, sturdier slices can even soak for a minute to rehydrate.
- Use a heavy-bottom non-stick pan and keep the temperature on a steady medium so the outside doesn’t char before the inside cooks.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 289Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 188mgSodium: 283mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 0gSugar: 13gProtein: 10g