This delicious Brioche French Toast is a spot-on Disneyland copycat recipe! Homemade salted caramel sauce plus buttery sweet brioche is a combination from heaven itself! Perfect for Holidays, and any weekend brunch!
Brioche French Toast
One of my favorite things to do is find the best food at Disneyland and years ago we found this French Toast straight from heaven available at Flo’s V8 Cafe, Disney California Adventure Park’s Cars Land. I could drink that darn salted caramel sauce on top. I knew I needed a copycat recipe to enjoy at home.
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Flo’s V8 Cafe, Cars Land
Disney fans know exactly where Flo’s V8 is, right in Cars Land across from Cozy Cone Motel. They’ve got lots of delicious home cooked style meals on the menu, including my favorite Brioche French Toast! Love visiting Flo’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Let’s see how I re-created this recipe at home.
What You’ll Need
- butter– I generally use salted butter for my recipes, but unsalted is fine too.
- granulated sugar– This fine white sugar gives the french toast its sweetness.
- heavy whipping cream– Heavy whipping cream is part of the egg mixture that the bread gets dipped into and also for the homemade caramel sauce.
- pure vanilla extract– For best tasting results use pure vanilla.
- kosher salt- This coarse salt is commonly used in cooking and baking. I prefer it over table salt.
- loaf of brioche– Check the bakery section of the grocery store for Brioche. You can substitute with sliced French loaf if needed.
- egg yolks– Discard the whites for this recipe and just use the yolks.
- light brown sugar– Make sure your brown sugar is fresh and soft. It should be packed into the measuring cup.
- ground cinnamon– A few shakes of cinnamon adds the perfect spice to your French Toast.
How To Make Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce
My homemade salted caramel sauce is very simple to prepare. You need just a little patience waiting for the butter and sugar to cook, boil and turn golden brown/caramel color. Took me about 10 minutes on medium-low heat. Don’t rush the process with high heat. Once your caramel has turned golden, note that when you add the heavy cream and vanilla, the mixture will bubble and boil quickly, don’t be alarmed. Remove from heat and keep stirring. Add a pinch of kosher salt, let it cool and thicken for a good 15 minutes.
What is Brioche?
Brioche is an enriched French bread, meaning that the dough contains a high proportion of fat it in. Brioche is enriched with lots of butter and egg yolks. This gives the bread a very fine, very soft crumb and an almost flaky texture, in addition to turning the crust a dark golden color after baking.
Brioche is often used in sweet dishes, leading to the perception that the bread is sweet. Actually, the bread does not usually contain much sugar at all; it is featured in sweet dishes because of its rich texture and buttery flavor.
To make this recipe as delicious at Flo’s V8 Cafe, you need to find a loaf of Brioche. Check your local grocery store bakery. I am able to find it at my grocery store most of the year. You don’t want to substitute this!
How To Make Brioche French Toast
- To prepare salted caramel sauce place butter and sugar into a small saucepan over medium low heat. Stir and let boil for nearly 10 minutes or until mixture thickens and becomes dark golden caramel color. Turn heat off and stir in heavy cream and vanilla. Mixture will bubble quickly, stir and be careful. Remove from heat completely, add salt, and let cool for 15 minutes.
- Slice Brioche into desired size slices. I did about 4 inch slices.
- Place whipping cream egg yolks, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt into a large mixing bowl, beating until well combined. Dip each piece of brioche into egg mixture.
- Preheat large non-stick skillet over medium low heat. When hot, butter skillet (for each slice of toast) and add dipped brioche, one at a time. Cook each side until golden then remove from heat and continue until all slices are cooked.
I like to use a non-stick skillet over medium-medium low heat. Butter the skillet before adding each slice of dipped brioche. Cook until golden on all sides.
Perfectly golden, this is what you’re going for.
Don’t forget to let all sides cook until golden.
One your French Toast is cooked, top with banana slices and drizzle with the warm salted caramel sauce.
Literally nothing better. Hope you enjoy a little Disney magic at home!
How To Serve French Toast
Serve warm with a side of fresh fruit or scrambled eggs.
How To Store Leftovers
Store any leftover French Toast in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the refrigerator. Re-heat as needed. Store leftover caramel sauce in an airtight container, reheating as needed.
Brioche French Toast
Equipment
- Stove
- Large Skillet/Fry Pan
- mixing bowl
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- whisk
- spatual
Ingredients
Salted Caramel Sauce
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 loaf Brioche
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Slices of butter for skillet
Instructions
- To prepare salted caramel sauce place butter and sugar into a small saucepan over medium low heat. Stir and let boil for nearly 10 minutes or until mixture thickens and becomes dark golden caramel color. Turn heat off and stir in heavy cream and vanilla. Mixture will bubble quickly, stir and be careful. Remove from heat completely, add salt, and let cool for 15 minutes.
- Slice Brioche into desired size slices. I did about 4 inch slices.
- Place whipping cream egg yolks, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt into a large mixing bowl, beating until well combined. Dip each piece of brioche into egg mixture.
- Preheat large non-stick skillet over medium low heat. When hot, butter skillet (for each slice of toast) and add dipped brioche, one at a time. Cook each side until golden then remove from heat and continue until all slices are cooked.
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SO DELICIOUS
A great idea for breakfast! This looks so good! I can’t wait to try this, thank you for sharing the recipe!
Get out of here this was so good! I used just pre sliced brioche from our local bougie market. I used kerigold butter for the sauce it’s just a superior butter and this sauce was on center stage so deserved the best ingredients. It was simple to make and had huge wow factor at Sunday brunch. The bananas are a must.