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Transform leftover challah bread into the best French toast you’ll ever eat. Ideal for making ahead and freezing or serving for a lazy weekend breakfast.

Challah Bread French Toast - The Lemon Bowl

Last fall my Aunt Sabrina visited from Berkeley and hosted the most incredible Shabbat dinner at my mom’s house during her stay. We enjoyed a simple meal of Lebanese salad, roast chicken, roasted root vegetables and freshly baked challah bread.

Homemade Challah Bread Recipe - The Lemon Bowl

While I had made challah bread a few times before, it had honestly been years and I’m pretty sure I may have been 8 in Sunday school. Why on earth I waited so long? I have no idea. 

 

Challah Dough - The Lemon Bowl

To help you connect the dots, Sabrina is Ema Ljuba (my grandmother)’s daughter. This challah bread recipe has been passed down for generations and I look forward to passing it down to my boys – especially Chef Asher.

Challah French Toast - The Lemon Bowl

Of course, as anyone who grew up in a Jewish household knows, the best part about homemade challah bread on Friday is homemade challah bread French toast on Saturday morning! The soft, dense, eggy bread is the ideal candidate for the classic French toast breakfast. You can serve it with butter and maple syrup but it’s so decadent you almost don’t need it.

Your fork is waiting.

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Challah Bread French Toast - The Lemon Bowl
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Challah French Toast
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 
Transform leftover challah bread into the best French toast you'll ever eat. Ideal for making ahead and freezing or serving for a lazy weekend breakfast.
Course: Breakfast
Servings: 4
Calories: 418 kcal
Author: Liz DellaCroce
Ingredients
  • 8 slices leftover challah bread
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • warm maple syrup and butter to serve
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Instructions
  1. Pre-heat a non-stick griddle over medium-high heat.
  2. In a large shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla. Soak challah bread for 30 seconds on each side then place in single layer on the griddle.
  3. Cook for 2 minutes on the first side then flip to brown the second side. Continue steps until all challah is cooked.
  4. Serve challah French toast with warm maple syrup and butter if you wish.
Nutrition Facts
Challah French Toast
Amount Per Serving
Calories 418 Calories from Fat 130
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.4g 22%
Saturated Fat 6.8g 34%
Polyunsaturated Fat 7.6g
Cholesterol 311mg 104%
Sodium 681mg 28%
Total Carbohydrates 56.2g 19%
Dietary Fiber 1.8g 7%
Sugars 11.3g
Protein 15.6g 31%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

For more weekend breakfasts, check out my Healthy Breakfast board!
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Chopped Conference 2015 Speaking of special breakfasts and special occasions, I am thrilled to finally announce that I will be speaking at Chopped Conference taking place October 15-16 in Kansas City! I’ve attended numerous blogging conferences over the years but my experience at Chopped Con 2014 was, by far, one of the best.

Chopped Con 2014 The Mission of Chopped Conference is to bring together different communities of people with a passion for food around the core ideas of love, family, and community, and finding ways to share that via blogging to a larger audience. [bctt tweet=”Enter to win a FREE ticket to @ChoppedCon – the ultimate food blogging conference!”] I’ll be speaking about the importance of maintaining a healthy blog-life balance and staying off the food blogger “hamster wheel.” I hope to inspire others by sharing my tried and true strategies for avoiding burnout while finding long term success. Spoiler Alert: your definition of success might not be the same as the blogger sitting next to you. Chopped Speakers 2014

 

Challah Bread French Toast - The Lemon Bowl

 

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  6. I went to ChoppedCon last year and it definitely changed my outlook on blogging. I met so many wonderful people and it’s really helped me have the confidence to work hard on my blog and look toward the future. This year’s lineup looks so awesome with Matt Armendariz, and of course, you, Liz! :) I haven’t purchased a ticket yet, but I’d love to win one!

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  11. I always look for challah bread on the discount bakery rack at the grocery store! It makes THE BEST french toast… and bread pudding. ;) And this conference sounds amazing! I am all tapped out on blogger conferences for this year, but this one is definitely on my radar for 2016. But I am so bummed that I would miss you speaking though because balance is something I have really been struggling with lately.

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  18. I’d love to hear you speak, that’s a topic I really struggle with and am experiencing a little burnout right now. Chopped is on my list of conferences for the year and I just have to make a final decision…all based on my teeny tiny travel budget of course. :-)

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  21. I would love to attend Chopped Conference because it would be my first blog conference! I would also love to learn more so that I can take my blog to another level. It would be such an amazing opportunity to network with other bloggers!

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  25. Would LOVE to meet you in person Liz! Love your blog, have been impressed with what you’ve done to grow it, all the while making time to keep yourself and your family healthy. A true inspiration ????

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  28. Hi Liz, this recipe looks so delicious and “fluffy!” Yes, I just described french toast as fluffy – haha! This definitely blows a normal french toast recipe out of the water… or pan. ;) Congratulations on your speaking appearance! I entered to win a conference pass to cheer you on… crossing my fingers!

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  29. First of all… Hollah back to the Challah! I can’t even grasp how awesome this French toast must taste, Liz.
    Secondly… oh em gee… I’ve STILL a blogging conference virgin. To be able to attend my first one with you there would like… squeeeeeee!

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  30. Considering how much I bumble through on my blog, I have a feeling I would learn a lot from Chopped Con and more experienced bloggers. The French Toast looks great, BTW!

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  31. It was so great to meet you this weekend! I was just talking to Monique about how I’m looking for conferences to go to where I can really learn and she was telling me to check out Chopped. I especially love that it’s only two hours from my house!

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  33. Once I made my first loaf of challah bread – I was doomed. Seriously doomed. I have become a TOTAL french toast snob and wont go back to anything else now. It’s a major problem… but a delicious kind of one.

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  35. I would love to attend Chopped Conference to learn more so that I can take my blog to another level. I work full time fundraising for a non-profit and blog once or twice a week. I have so much to learn about blogging and would really appreciate this opportunity to network with other bloggers and learn more about this hobby that I love.

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  38. Eeeek! So exciting that you’ll be speaking there Liz! I hope to make it— or at least I’m lining up sitters to do so!

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