The Instant Pot makes it very simple to make this traditional French toast dish. It employs the pot-in-pot technique, so make sure your tiny baking pan and trivet are prepared. syrup and fruit should be served.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 6 thick slices stale bread, cut into cubes
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
- cooking spray
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 tablespoon butter, or more to taste
Instructions
- Place bread cubes into a large bowl. Mix eggs, sugar, salt, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and milk in a separate bowl. Pour mixture on top of bread cubes and mix well. Set aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Spray baking dish very lightly with cooking spray. Pour bread-egg mixture into baking dish.
- Pour water into a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot). Place trivet into pot and lower baking pan onto top of trivet. Close and lock the lid. Ensure vent is sealed. Select high pressure according to manufacturer’s instructions; set timer for 15 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
- Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer’s instructions, about 10 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Remove baking dish using trivet handles.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 211 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 103 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 668 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |