Grammy's Kitchen · French Toast · Whole Wheat French Toast with Pear Chutney
One of 89 french toast recipes we measured
from pinchofyum.com
It ranks #3 of 89 for sweetness perceived among the french toast recipes we compared. 5 cooks on pinchofyum.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 89.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 98% | 57% |
| fat | 11% | 0% |
| egg | 40% | 60% |
| total sugar | 17% | 8% |
| acid | 48% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons butter |
| 75 g | 1/2 yellow onion (about 1/2 cup finely chopped) |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves |
| 3 cinnamon sticks | |
| 1/3 cup bourbon | |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup white wine vinegar (or other sweet vinegar) |
| 4 pears (about 4-5 cups finely chopped) | |
| 42 g | 2 tablespoons honey |
| 1 squeeze of lemon juice (optional) | |
| pinch of salt | |
| 240 g | 6 slices bakery-style wheat bread (I like Archer Farm’s Harvest Grain bread from Target) |
| 100 g | 2 egg yolks |
| 121 g | 1/2 cup half and half |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup milk (I used almond milk) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour |
| 56 g | 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese |
| chopped pecan pieces for topping |
Method: 3 steps, published by pinchofyum.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Lindsay, I've got a few things to say... 1) Your parsley got in my bag. So, if you see a random bag of toilet paper and parsley arrive on your doorstep, it's from me. 2) This may be your best descriptive piece, so far. On a 4 point "6 traits" rubric for” — a cook, 5.0★
“Amazing, I'll have try the marscarpone on French toast, which is not pronounced the way you'd think btw. My girlfriend always corrects me on that. I love fall foods, especially toasted pecans. Now I'm excited for cranberry and brandy chutney my family always h” — a cook, 5.0★