Scottish Toast

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 loaf thickly sliced bread (or unsliced bread)
• 1 box oats (quick oats are fine)
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• powdered sugar (for dusting) or confectioners' sugar (for dusting)

Recipe

• 1 if loaf is unsliced, cut it into thick slabs.
• 2 set out the sliced bread beside the stove.
• 3 pour oats onto a big plate, and layer a fine amount of them for dipping the toast into.
• 4 beat eggs, milk, salt and vanilla in a bowl deep enough to hold a slice of your bread.
• 5 put butter and oil in a saucepan and let oil/butter come to a good heat, not too high but not too low.
• 6 dip a slice of bread in egg mixture, let it absorb wet mixture until it is saturated but not too soggy.
• 7 put slice in oats and cover and turn to cover again.
• 8 place it in butter/oil mixture and cook on both sides until golden.
• 9 set the slices that are done on a plate lined with paper towel.
• 10 if you are cooking for a few people, transfer to cookie sheet in low-heat oven until all slices are cooked.
• 11 transfer to serving plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar, or serve with honey or syrup.