How to make Torrijas in an easy and healthy way? This is the ultimate recipe

Don’t waste time and prepare this typical Easter dessert in the simplest way possible

In addition, you can always add certain variations to the taste of each one

Easter is approaching and right now we will be eating one of those traditional recipes of the time. Exact, I am talking about French toast, that sweet that is typical of our country and that is prepared in a very simple way..

It is worthy of admiration that, despite the years and some variations, the classic recipe, so to speak, still holds its own and is still ahead of almost all other options.

It is worth mentioning that today bakeries already sell a special bread for French toast, although the most common is to make them with the bread that is left over as the days go by. Now, in the recipe that we bring you now, you are going to see how they are made with normal loaf bread.

Ingredients

• 1 loaf of bread 1-2 days old
• 1 liter of milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 can of cinnamon powder
• 200 grams of sugar (1 cup)
• 1 glass of sunflower oil
• 1 piece of lemon peel

This is how these grandmother’s torrijas are made

Exactly, these torrijas are usually known as ‘grandma’s torrijas’ and are made as follows: For a start, Pour the milk into a saucepan and heat it up.. Add the cinnamon stick, 3-4 tablespoons of sugar and the lemon peel. Let the sugar dissolve and the flavors of cinnamon and lemon release, turn off. Leaves stand until the milk is tempered to continue preparation.

Then, Break the eggs into a bowl and beat very well.. Pass the prepared milk through a strainer and pour it into another bowl. cut the bread sliced ​​about 2 cm. Put the glass of oil in a skillet over medium heat. While it heats up, dip the bread slices into the milk. Wet them well so they absorb it, but do not leave them for a long time so that the bread does not break. When they are very wet, Pass the milk French toast to the egg bowl and dip both sides.

Once the oil is hot, go frying the grandmother’s homemade torrijas turning them around so that they are done on both sides. Remove the French toast and put them on a plate with absorbent paper to get rid of excess oil. Add the sugar and cinnamon powder to a plate.. Go passing the French toast through this mixture and place them in a serving dish. And with all this done, you would have your grandmother’s French toast ready.

Now, if you want to vary the recipe a bit and innovate, you can add lemon zest, orange zest or anise stars, for example. In the end, the French toast offers us many options to be able to enjoy this dessert as much as possible.