French Toast

French Toast
8 slices high-quality white sandwich bread
6 tbsp unslated butter
1 cup milk
1 large egg
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 200 degrees. Arrange the bread on a wire rack set over a baking sheet and bake until slightly dry, about 15 minutes.
2. While the bread is in the oven, melt 2 tbsp of the butter and whisk it together with the milk, egg, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk in the flour until smooth. Pour the batter into a large shallow dish.
3. Transfer 2 pieces of the bread from the oven into the batter and soak both sides, about 30 seconds per side. Meanwhile, melt 1 more tbsp of the butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until beginning to brown, swirling to coat the pan. Remove the bread from the batter, allowing excess batter to rip back into the dish, and lay in the hot skillet Cook until golden brown on both sides, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer the French toast to the wire rak and keep warm in the oven. Repeat with the remaining butter, bread, and batter.

I got this recipe from America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook.
We really liked this recipe.. a few things to make sure of;
1. make sure you have a non stick pan, I have stainless steal and it is really hard to clean the pan after this meal
2. Make sure you use medium heat and no higher
3. do not leave the French toast cooking and do anything else... you will smoke up your home and have to leave the house fan on for a while!!!