French Toast --Pain perdu brioché au sucre vanillé

This is the BEST most creamy morning day dream that you will eat for breakfast!!! This is the way french toast is meant to be made! How do I know? Because one of the best benefits of learning french is that you can read french recipes and that is precisely what I have done! I have translated it here. Woohoo! You will not find better! My favorite part? Aside from the perfection of these, My germ OCD of slimy eggs has a no holds barred with the juicy creaminess of the middle because the juiciness is not from raw eggs! All of the eggs are on the outside fully cooked! Pheeewwwww!!! We could've died there! 

There is a lot of sugar in this recipe, I usually use half of what it calls for. I like to put the milk and egg mixture in containers that are square so that it fits the bread well.

Ingredients:

6 Pers.

• 12 slices of Brioche
• 1 Heaping Cup of Milk
• 1/2 C Sugar
• 1 pkg. Vanilla Sugar (or Vanilla)
• 5 Eggs
• 1.11 C Butter
• Syrup

• Instructions :

• Prep time: 10 min

• 1. Mix the milk and sugar and warm milk to help dissolve the sugar,  then stir in the vanilla. 

• 2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs

• 3. Dip the bread slices in the milk mixture and then in the egg mixture and cook on a medium heat griddle or pan. Serve with fresh fruit, whipped cream and or syrup.

Whole Wheat Rolls

This quickly became our favorite whole wheat roll recipe! They are moist, soft and a little on the denser side. What's funny is I found the recipe on the back of my powdered milk box and their original name is Bread Machine Garlic Dinner Rolls. Ha! I don't own a bread machine, this is a white flour recipe, not wheat, and I have never made garlic rolls out of them! But the base of the recipe that I use turns out great for us and we all love them! They freeze (and unfreeze) wonderfully! Note: I use fresh ground wheat. I feel the store bought whole wheat results are where you get your edible cardboard from! But fresh ground wheat is wonderful and I have made all kinds of white flour recipes with them and hardly notice a difference (even chocolate cookies and brownies! ;). If you want good whole wheat things GRIND IT! :)

6 Tbls. butter, softened

2c. warm water

2/3 c. powdered milk

6T. sugar (or honey)

2tsp. salt

6 c. Bread flour (I use fresh gound whole wheat)

1/2 oz. (2 scant Tbls.) dry yeast

(I leave out the) 2 tsp. garlic powder

Mix wet, knead dry, Let rise, form rolls, rise, Bake at 350 for about 20 min. (For detailed instructions see: Dinner rolls)

Dinner Rolls

My husband and I were on a double date at Chuck-a-rama with some friends as I began praising, and gushing over their delicious, light, homemade rolls! "These are sooooooo goood!!!" I said to my friend, "aren't these rolls just the best?!"

"Yeah. They're fine." was her response!

"Fine? Fine?!???! What do you mean they're -FINE-?!?!?!?!!!"

"Well, I have a recipe at home for rolls. I think they're better than this." She shot back with her English accent. Yes, she was from England. I should've known she'd have something up her sleeve! Well of course I demanded it of her, and she was nice enough to share!  And so I will share it with you! :)  This has been my favorite white roll recipe for years, and I haven't felt the need to go looking for any better. These are great! They're not really heavy, but they're not super light. They have good substance to them, and a nice homemade flavor.  Make them and see for yourself! :)

Mix together:

2C warm Water

2 Tbls. Dry Yeast

3/4 C Sugar ( 1Cup for sweet rolls)

Let sit while you gather:

Melt 1C Butter

2 Eggs

2 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Baking Powder

Mix into the yeast mixture then add:

7-8C Flour

Mix and need until smooth. 

Note: Add only as much flour as you need to make the dough not sticky. It should be soft, and supple. Too much flour will make them dry. You can tell how your rolls will turn out by the texture of the dough when you are done mixing.

Let rise until doubled in bulk. Shape as desired, and place on greased pan. Allow to rise again until very light, about double. Bake at 350 until golden, about 20 min. Mmmm yum! Enjoy!

PS. Never overbake your rolls! It dries them out! My favorite way to tell if they are done is an accurate digital thermometer. They are done at 190 degrees F.  

Hoagie Rolls

• • This is one of my favorite recipe finds! I LOVE these! They are wonderful! They have an excellent texture (soft and chewy) and a pleasing flavor (you know, HOMEMADE)!  The type of goodness that you just don't find in stores!  The other thing that I LOVE about these is that they are so quick and easy to make it's RIDICULOUS! The batch makes a lot so if you don't need that much, they freeze (and unfreeze) perfectly! Don't ever buy hoagie rolls from the store again! And who needs Subway when you have these?? ;) Lovely! Lovely they are! :)
  • P.S. I have this SUPER-FANTASTIC recipe for a very simple homemade mustard that you will want to drink! ...Ok maybe not drink, but definitely slather on your sandwich! Heaven I tell you! (don't worry! I'll put it on here! :)
  • Enjoy!
• 
• 2 (¼ ounce) packages active dry yeast (1 scant Tbls.)
• 3 cups water , divided (110-115 degrees)
• 2 tablespoons sugar , divided
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 8 -8 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. 1
   In a mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup warm water add 1 T. sugar and then let stand about 5 minutes.
2. 2
   Add remaining water and sugar. Beat in oil, salt and 4 cups flour until smooth. Stir in enough flour to form a soft dough.
3. 3
   Turn onto a floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic for about 6-8 minutes.
4. 4
   Place in a greased bowl turning once to grease the top.
5. 5
   Cover and let rise 45 minutes.
6. 6
   Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured board, divide into 18 pieces. (usually make them smaller than that. only 18 makes them pretty big. I end up doing about 27-36 rolls that are a great single serving size [maybe 4-6 in. ?])
7. 7
   Shape into an oval.
8. 8
   Place 2 inches apart on a greased baking sheets.
9. 9
   With scissors cut a 1/4-inch slash across the top of each.
10. 10
    Cover and let rise 20 minutes.
11. 11
    Bake at 400° for 13-18 minutes until golden brown.
12. 12
    Remove to wire racks to cool.

Read more: http://low-cholesterol.food.com/recipe/hoagie-rolls-126997#ixzz1okm1WGUR