This gorgeously spiced French cinnamon toast recipe is served with warm cinnamon apples, lemon mascarpone and honey.
Not only is it quick to prepare, it's absolutely delicious, and perhaps best of all, it works with a huge variety of accompaniments! From the delicious griddled apple slices with lemon mascarpone I have for you today, to berries and powdered sugar or served with warm peaches, French toast is the perfect vehicle for all sorts of deliciousness!
Here's my French cinnamon toast recipe, rich with caramelised apples, citrus mascarpone and honey.
Ingredients
For the lemon mascarpone
- 150 g (5.29 oz) mascarpone
- 1 unwaxed lemons zest and juice
- 1 tbsp honey
For the toast
- 2 medium free range eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tbsp honey
- 4 slices wholemeal bread medium thickness
For the apples
- 2 green apples cored and cut into thin slices
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp honey
- 25 g (0.88 oz) walnuts roughly chopped
Equipment
Instructions
For the lemon mascarpone, put the mascarpone, lemon zest, and honey in a bowl. (You can add the juice too for an extra citrus hit, if you wish)
Stir gently to combine. Pop in the fridge.
For the French toast, preheat the oven to 160C/320F (140C/285F fan). In a bowl, combine the eggs, cinnamon, mixed spice and honey.
Dip each piece into the egg mixture, shake off the excess – you should have just enough batter for all four slices.
Warm the pan over a medium heat.
Griddle for 30 seconds.
Flip and fry for 30 more seconds until just cooked. Pop on a plate or baking tray and into the oven to keep warm.
For the griddled apple slices, pop the apple slices into a bowl, add the cinnamon and honey.
Toss until well coated.
Lay the slices onto the grill pan, fry for 60 seconds.
Flip and cook for a further 30 seconds.
To plate up, serve two triangles of French toast to each plate, top with apple slices and a generous dollop of the lemon mascarpone, scatter with walnuts and serve.
Delicious! Are you tempted to try this at home? What do you usually top your French toast with?
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French Cinnamon Toast Recipe
Ingredients
For the lemon mascarpone
- 150 g (5.29 oz) mascarpone
- 1 unwaxed lemons zest and juice
- 1 tbsp honey
For the toast
- 2 medium free range eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tbsp honey
- 4 slices wholemeal bread medium thickness
For the apples
- 2 green apples cored and cut into thin slices
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp honey
- 25 g (0.88 oz) walnuts roughly chopped
Instructions
For the lemon mascarpone
- Put the mascarpone, lemon zest, and honey in a bowl, stir gently to combine.
- Pop in the fridge.
For the French toast
- Preheat the oven to 160C/320F (140C/285F fan). In a bowl, combine the eggs, cinnamon, mixed spice and honey.
- Dip each piece into the egg mixture, shake off the excess – you should have just enough batter for all four slices.
- Warm the pan over a medium heat. Griddle for 30 seconds and flip, fry for 30 more seconds. Cut into triangles.
- Pop on a plate or baking tray and into the oven to keep warm.
For the griddled apple slices
- Pop the apple slices into a bowl, add the cinnamon and honey and toss until well coated.
- Lay the slices onto the grill pan, fry for 60 seconds, then flip and cook for a further 30 seconds until just cooked.
To plate up
- Serve two triangles of French toast to each plate.
- Top each with apple slices and a generous dollop of the lemon mascarpone.
- Scatter with walnuts and serve.
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Kristina Maggiora says
Oh my, this looks delicious. I have tried something similar recently so I think I would love this!
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I think you'll love this recipe; let me know if you give it a try!
Alex Gladwin says
Oh my goodness, this looks so tasty! And I like the look of that Zyliss pan too! It really does seem like a great size and shape. x
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I hope you give it a try :) I love using the Zyliss pan, it's a fab addition to my pots and pans!!
Charli says
Oh gosh! This has made me positively salivate. I've never thought of putting marscapone with cinnamon toast before so thank you for inspiring me!
Emily Leary says
Thank you! This recipe for French toast is SO yummy - I'm pleased you feel inspired! Let me know if you give it a try!
Jem says
I don’t make French toast very often even though I love it. Must change this! I love your video.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! This is such a tasty recipe and it's quick and easy to make! Enjoy!
Rhian Westbury says
I love some good cinnamon toast and this just reminded me that it's been ages since I last made it x
Emily Leary says
Time to make it again! I hope you give this variation of cinnamon French toast a go - it's delicious. Let me know what you think!
John says
French toast always goes down well but can easily get dull without the odd interesting twist. I'm a huge fan of apples so this a perfect way to change an old classic.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! I really hope that you enjoy this delicious way to vary a recipe for French toast! Let me know :)
Nicola Lawson says
Wow, that looks really good. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! This is a really tasty way to enjoy French cinnamon toast - enjoy :)
Jade Bremner says
This looks delicious and so simple. I need more variety for breakfast and although this may not agree with my diabetes too much it looks far to good to resist.
Emily Leary says
Thank you! This recipe is absolutely delicious and so quick and easy to prepare. I hope that you enjoy it if you give it a try!
Emma Raphael says
That pan looks brilliant! Plus this recipe contains two of my favourite things ever - cinnamon and french toast! I will definitely be making it at some point! Thanks Emily! (:
Emily Leary says
Hi Emma! Yes, the Zyliss pan is a fab addition to my pots and pans, I love it! And the cinnamon French toast recipe is absolutely delicious, I'd love to hear how it goes :)
Nichola - Globalmouse says
Oh my goodness this looks SO good, perfect weekend breakfast. I need to try this!
Emily Leary says
Yes, you really should give this yummy recipe a go! Let me know if you do :)