Do I have to use french bread for this french toast recipe?

Question

INGREDIENTS

* 2/3 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
* 5-1/4 eggs
* 1-1/3 cups milk
* 1 cup half-and-half cream
* 1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 cup butter
* 3/4 cup and 2 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

DIRECTIONS

1. Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
2. The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture.
3. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.


What can I use instead? Will it make a big difference?

Answer 1

no u could use any type of a thicker bread or any bread with a harder crust

Answer 2

Your recipe is not an exact requirement thing such as the ingredients in baking a cake might be. It's basically a bread pudding recipe made with whole slices of bread instead of tearing or cubing the bread. I'd not hesitate to use Italian, semolina, thick sliced white, raisin, whatever.
Your recipe sounds delish with that syrup topping. Only thing I don't understand is the 5 1/4 eggs.

Answer 3

..french bread is more substantial while still having a light taste.I'm talking about real french loaves, from a bakery, not the Italian or French you find in the bread aisle of the supermarket.
. If this(the supermarket kind) is the kind of french bread the recipe calls for, use whatever you want, (except rye, since it has such a strong distinctiveflavor)since there isn't much difference between the consistency of regular bread and commercial french bread.(lot's of air)
The only bread I can think of to substitute for the bakerey french loaves would be bakery quality sour dough bread, because it is fairly dense, but your recipe will not taste the same , and won't have the light quallity of the french bread. It still might be really good though.
Good recipe...I think I'll try it!

Answer 4

No. I make a simular dish using regular bread except i layer it .I dip the first layer in the batter and lay it down then put down the next layer . pour the rest of the batter on top.
dont let it intimidate you .this is just a french toast/bread pudding combo.
i also have used torn bread, i put a layer of torn bread and sprinkle fruit of some sort (blueberries,raspberries) and then i take cream cheese that ive cut into small cubes, put them down,cover with remaining bread pieces.pour on the batter.set in fridge and cook in the morning according to your directions for the other one. you can even pour your topping on if you want.
I truly prefer the bottom recipe its wonderfull for a sunday brunch.
have a good day><>

Answer 5

The texture of french bread keeps the other ingredients from forming mush. Regular bread will turn out soggy. The thickness of the slices also lends to keeping the bread from collapsing during cooking. It WILL make a big difference.

Answer 6

Not strictly.

Often in the bread department you can find loaves of "Texas Toast" which is a thicker and slightly stronger bread, that would be usable if you didn't want to get french (or Italian) bread.

Although most stores sell both french and italian breads...

Answer 7

You can use slices of regular white bread. You can even dip the slices in the mixture and fry until golden in a pan on the stove.

Answer 8

a thicker bread will do. any bread, wholemeal/wheatmeal, white bread, raisin bread. anyone will do. as long as its a bit thicker than the normal sandwich breads.. ur recipe looks yummy. =) using other breads other than french toast loaf wont make a big difference. just that french loaf looks better coz of its shape xD

Answer 9

You can use reqular white bread. Italian bread or any day old bread that you have around the house will work well. good luck

Answer 10

You mean you just found out that Sunday is Mother's Day? Nothing like planning ahead there girly.