Toast

By RecipeLot

{{Recipe summary Toast is sliced bread which has been browned, to varying degrees, on each side by exposure to radiated heat. Historically, the bread was placed on a wire toasting fork and held before the red hot charcoal or embers of an open fire, and toasted one side at a time. It can be made by placing the bread slices under a hot grill or broiler, and turning when one side of the bread is browned to taste. Nowadays, in most western countries, toast is usually made in an electric toaster which browns both sides of the bread simultaneously. Most toasters have a timing mechanism to control the degree of browning and "pop up" the bread slices when the toasting is complete. The word toast is of latin origin. Toast often accompanies breakfast foods, particularly eggs and bacon or sausage. Toast can be eaten with a topping of honey or jam and a classic combination of toppings is butter with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top. The recipe uses about ¼ teaspoon of sugar and ? teaspoon of cinnamon for each slice of bread. The butter is well-spread and melted first, so that the cinnamon and sugar will stick to the toast. More recently popular is avocado toast. Avocado toast often includes some combination of spices, and a protein such as egg or bacon.

• Servings: 1