Real French Toast

I call this "real" french toast because you use french bread for this recipe.  The result is a chewy, hearty breakfast dish you and your kids will love.  It seems to stick with you a little longer than french toast made with sandwich bread.  There are 5 people in my family and a whole loaf is more than we can eat so I usually reserve 5 pieces for dinner and cook up the rest.  A whole loaf makes about 16 pieces. 

4 Eggs
1/4 C. Flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 C. Milk
1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla
2 T. Butter
French Bread, cut into 1" slices

Begin heating  your skillet.  Beat the eggs with an electric hand held mixer until frothy.  Add flour, salt, milk and vanilla and beat with mixer for 2 minutes.  Pour into a pie plate.  Melt 1/2 T. butter in skillet then quickly coat slices of bread and transfer to skillet.  (You have to do this quickly so the butter doesn't burn.)  Brown on each side then transfer to a plate.  Melt another 1/2 T. of butter in skillet before doing the next batch of french toast.  Serve warm with regular syrup or for a special treat try it with coconut syrup, it is so delicious!