Pooh"s Puffed French Toast

Another delicious shared Disney recipe. Pooh's puffed french toast is served for breakfast/brunch at 'Pooh's Corner" situated in the Crystal Palace restaurant dining area located in the Magic Kingdom Disney world.

This was absolutely delicious, crispy coating and fluffy inside.

This is the puffed french toast served at the Crystal Palace. Photo sourced from internet. I found the batter to be a bit on the thick side so I gradually added a little more milk until the batter was a bit thinner, but that was just my personal opinion and as I have never seen or tried the actual puffed toast at Disney I have nothing to compare it with, but it turned out well.

It is described as a cross between french toast and a freshly made donut/fritter. The shared recipe uses Texas toast loaf, a thick sliced more squarish loaf to most sliced breads, the increased thickness retains moisture and softness better than regular sliced bread. Unfortunately we don't get Texas loaf here so the next best thing I thought to use was thick sliced brioche, but our local supermarket had no stock so I thought this country split bread would work as it is quite thick and soft.

It worked well and was delicious but I will try it again with sliced brioche bread.

Ingredients

4 tsp ground cinnamon

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
2 1/2 cups plain flour, sifted
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
2 1/2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
12 slices bread
oil for frying

Method

1. Combine 3/4 cup sugar with cinnamon, set aside.

2. Mix eggs, 2 1/2 tbsp sugar, salt, vanilla and milk until well blended.

3. Slowly add flour and baking powder, whisk until smooth and lump free.

4. Cut bread diagonally into triangles.

5. Heat approx 1 inch oil into a heavy based deep frying pan. Test by dropping a small bit of batter into the oil, if it begins to sizzle, the oil is ready.

6. Dip bread triangles in batter, allowing excess to drip off. Fry in the hot oil until golden brown on both sides. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper, then quickly roll in sugar/cinnamon mix until coated.

Serve warm on it's own or drizzled in maple syrup.

This recipe serves 6.

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