Spice up your breakfast with a batch of Vanilla Cardamom French Toast! Brioche is dipped in a vanilla, cardamom and nutmeg custard and griddled until golden. Serve with butter, syrup, toasted almonds and powdered sugar for one delicious breakfast!
One thing I love about the weekends, besides the obvious, is that I get to make breakfast for my family.
Typically Sunday breakfasts consist of eggs and bacon or pancakes and bacon. On the menu this past Sunday morning was French toast and endless cups of coffee. I swear I’ll find any excuse to use bread or a griddle!
However my intentions were to just making some basic ol’ french toast, until I opened my spice drawer to grab the vanilla and spied the cardamom. Could it work? Of course it did. And so I blogged about it.
This breakfast wins the award for best flavor and best aroma. Prepare to fall in love, the second you place the custard dipped bread onto the griddle and get wafts of the vanilla, nutmeg and cardamom laced egg batter.
It smells so good that once I was tempted to swipe my finger through it and have a taste test. But then I remembered it has raw eggs. And well, that’s just gross.
To Make This Vanilla Cardamom French Toast You will Need:
- eggs
- milk
- bread
- vanilla extract
- ground cardamom
- nutmeg
- coconut or olive oil spray, for the griddle or pan
First crack 4 eggs into a shallow dish, measure and add in the vanilla, cardamom and nutmeg.
What is cardamom?
It is a potent citrusy spice, so if you are unsure if you are a cardamom fan, maybe try a quarter teaspoon.
Next, use a whisk and bean the eggs, vanilla and spices.
Then pour in two cups of milk and whisk some more. It’s insanely aromatic and I seriously couldn’t help from taking in deep breaths of the egg mixture!
Then dip one side in the egg mixture and then quickly flip to the other side. NOTE: You will have to keep whisking here and there in between bread dipping because the cardamom likes to settle to the bottom of the dish.
Now, See those black specks? That would be the cardamom and nutmeg!
Then place onto a lightly oiled, preheated 325-350° griddle, or medium to medium-high heat if using a pan. The temperature will depend on the griddle you are using.
Next, flip after 3 minutes or when the bottom is golden and then repeat.
Lastly, serve the vanilla cardamom French toast with butter, syrup and I prefer mine with toasted sliced almonds too.
Because helllooo?! extra crunch in the form of almonds is never a bad thing.
Finally, devour.
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Enjoy! And if you give this Vanilla Cardamom French Toast recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Vanilla Cardamom French Toast
Ingredients
FOR THE FRENCH TOAST:
- 18 slices brioche
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- coconut oil spray, for griddle
FOR SERVING (OPTIONAL):
- salted butter
- real maple syrup
- toasted almonds
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Wipe or spray your griddle with coconut oil and preheat to 325° to 350°. The temperature will depend on the griddle.
- Meanwhile, use a whisk to beat the eggs with vanilla, ground cardamom and nutmeg.
- Pour in the whole milk and gently whisk to combine.
- Dip both sides of each slice of bread into the custard and place onto a wire rack set into a rimmed metal sheet pan and repeat with the remaining slices of bread. *You will have to keep whisking here and there in between bread dipping because the cardamom and nutmeg tends to settle in the bottom of the dish.
- Working in batches, place the dipped bread onto your preheated griddle and cook for 3 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
- Flip and continue to cook for 1 to 2 more minutes. Repeat with remaining pieces. Keep the French toast warm on a rimmed metal baking sheet in a 200° oven.
- Serve with butter, real maple syrup, toasted almonds and powdered sugar.
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I love the spice combination! I always use vanilla but never would have thought to use cardamom. I'll have to give it a try next time!
I am totally obsessed with cardamom! Usually I use cinnamon in my french toast but after reading your cardamom version, cinnamon seems so boring & plain…time to set up the game with cardamom 🙂 Awesome idea can't wait to try it!!
I too use vanilla but must try the cardamom..hmmm..
I've never had cardamom. Must head to Penzey's and check it out!
Amy @ A Little Nosh
that looks really good! I love cardamom…but never had it on a sweet thing before, a must try.
Oh that sounds yummy!!
Oh this sounds delicious! I actually just bought cardamom for the first time – so I might have to try it out here!
Great idea adding cardamom!
I just made these for breakfast and they were delicious! I love the flavor that the cardamom gives to the french toast!
So glad you liked them Haley!
I love the addition of cardamom…I typically use it in my bread pudding and it's such a lovely, warm flavor. I've realized why my french toast is missing that beautifully dense, golden accent. I use too much milk, not enough egg. Thank you for this perfect recipe, I'll be trying ASAP.
This sounds delicious! I love new takes on French toast!
I also really enjoy your pictures for your recipes – they're clear and turn out so beautifully! New follower!
Yummmm! I'll be over this weekend for brunch thank you very much 🙂
Love the addition of cardamom. This french toast sounds delicious for a weekend morning.
Oh my, I love french toast but haven't had it in way too long. And cardamom is one of my favorite spices! I usually like it in fruit desserts but this sounds great. I love that you used coconut oil, the unrefined oil is so yummy!
Yum, yum yum! I love French toast, and I'm always looking for new things to use cardamom in. I bought some a while ago but don't really know what all I can do with it. This looks great.
Finally got around to buying cardamom after wanting to for awhile and I made this recipe – Fiance & I loved it! Best french toast I’ve ever had!
That’s great to hear, Rachelle! Thank you for taking the time to come back and leave a review! <3
Daughter used similar recipe but used half & half for whole milk. Just yummy. trying it myself this weekend.
Oh that’s great to hear, Juanita! Enjoy!
Hi Can I use it without Nutmeg ?
sure!
I just tried this recipe and it was great! It’s lovely to have something different once in a while.
That’s awesome, Ash! Me too!
Sounds delicious! Going to try it today. Like others, I have an unopened bottle of cardamom on the spice shelf not knowing what to do with it. It’s one of those spices heralded as a nice healthy addition to recipes. So what’s the hesitation? I must say, though, my online edition of your recipe does NOT list amounts of ingredients and the number of servings. There are hints – four eggs, two cups of milk, lessen cardamom to one-quarter teaspoon – but there are no amounts on the ingredients list. Same with number of servings. Did I not see it? Is something wrong with my laptop?
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