The Special Ingredient For Top Of The Line French Toast

French toast has a long history stretching from ancient Rome, through Europe, and across the seas to the United States and beyond. This iconic breakfast food has gone by many names on this journey, from Roman bread to pain perdu, depending on the time and place. So, it's little surprise that French toast has taken on various regional forms and has become an outlet for culinary creativity. Why not join in? It is surprisingly easy to get creative with a French toast recipe, and the best part? You only need vanilla pudding to take things up another level.

Simply whisk dry vanilla pudding mix into your wet ingredients, then soak your bread and cook on a skillet or griddle. With a sprinkle of powdered sugar, a drizzle of syrup, or a scoop of fresh berries on top, your plate of French toast is ready to eat. The rich notes of the vanilla pudding will come through with the first bite, perfectly complimenting the rest of the flavors. If you like the way vanilla pudding has changed your French toast game, you might also like the French toast twist you can give your Hawaiian rolls.

Whether you have just entered your French toast era or you have always been a French toast fan, including vanilla pudding as an ingredient is sure to be a game-changer. The key thing to remember is that the pudding mix should be of the cook-and-serve variety, and definitely not the instant stuff. Instant pudding thickens through a chemical reaction that allows the mix to absorb moisture, which is why it doesn't require heat to thicken.

Cook-and-serve pudding mix, on the other hand, requires heat to thicken, making it easier to mix into the wet ingredients of the French toast without altering the consistency of the wet ingredients. Instant pudding mix has already established itself as one of the underrated ingredients that should be added to boxed cake mix, but when you're hankering for French toast, that's when it's time for cook and serve pudding to shine.