Milk Toast is a modern American recipe for a classic breakfast of toasted stale brioche served in warm milk garnished with sugar and ground cinnamon. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Milk Toast.
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If you've ever heard to the term 'milquetoast' referring to a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and easily manipulated and dominated. The term is named after Caspar Milquetoast is a fictional character created by H. T. Webster for his comic strip The Timid Soul with the name derived from the bland and fairly inoffensive food, milk toast, which, light and easy to digest, is an appropriate food for someone with a weak or "nervous" stomach.
This is a more modern version of that much aligned dish, using leftover brioche bread as the foundation, toasting it and serving like cereal with sugar, ground cinnamon and milk.
Other twists on milk toast serve bread in a white sauce or even bread in a tomato soup base.
Toast the brioche bread in a toaster. Softer bread can be toasted longer so it can hold up to the milk in the bowl. Firmer bread can be lightly toasted.
Once toasted, generously butter each slice. Then, using a bread knife cut the toasted and buttered bread into bite-sized pieces.
Mix together the sugar and ground cinnamon in a small bowl then set aside.
Pour the milk into a saucepan, set over medium heat and bring to just a simmer.
Sit the bread cubes in a cereal bowl then pour over the warmed milk. Sprinkle over your desired amount of the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
