French toast © by stu_spivack
Now that the nation has emerged from its Thanksgiving weekend turkey coma, it’s finally time for a new week and more reasons for us to heap upon you more spurious excuses to imbibe. Today, we’re celebrating National French Toast Day.
Though the American version of this “eggy bread” was supposedly created in 1724 by Joseph French in Albany, NY, similar recipes can be found in latin works as early as the 4th or 5th century A.D. So when you sit down to your breakfast, you can count yourselves in such esteemed company as the Norman conquerors, Henry V of England, and the Brothers Grimm…
French Toast Martini
recipe adapted from madtini.com
- 1 1/2 oz Baileys
- 1 1/2 oz Goldschläger (though Hiram Walker’s Original Cinn Cinnamon Schnapps might have a more “accurate” flavor profile)
- 1 1/2 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
Glass: Cocktail
Garnish: pinch of cinnamon,pinch of Icing Sugar
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish.
