Remember the cinnamon toast you ate as a kid? It's now going for $4 a pop at trendy cafés, and new restaurants are even featuring toast menus. Our advice? Save your cash and make these delicious toasts, topped with all kind of sweet and savory ingredients, in the comfort of your own kitchen.
If you never thought you actually needed a recipe for cinnamon toast, think again. This recipe walks you through the wrong ways to make the breakfast classic—and reveals the method that will get you crisp, perfectly caramelized results every time.
Avocado toast with chile flakes and crushed pistachios
Take basic avocado toast up a notch with this recipe. Start with a piece of multigrain bread, top it with ripe avocado, drizzle with high-quality olive oil, and sprinkle with salt, chili pepper flakes and crushed pistachios.
Chocolate, olive oil and sea salt toast
For a breakfast that doubles as dessert, try this Spanish-inspired treat. Toast thickly cut slices of crusty bread and soak them in extra-virgin olive oil before topping them with chocolate. Pop the slices into the oven until the chocolate softens, then sprinkle with sea salt. Pair with coffee—or wine—for a decadent snack.
Orange-grapefruit-ginger marmalade with cream cheese on toast
For a bracing sweet-and-savory contrast, smear a few spoonfuls of citrusy marmalade over cream cheese on slices of crunchy toast.
Toast with almond and coconut double butter
Why settle for one kind of butter when you can have two? This recipe blends the flavors of almonds and coconut with a hint of cinnamon for an ultra-rich toast topping.
Butterscotch, goat cheese and cinnamon toast
Bored with basic cinnamon toast? Top cinnamon-buttered slices of brioche toast with crumbled goat cheese and drizzle with gooey butterscotch sauce. Then call up some friends; this toast is way too scrumptious to keep to yourself.
Maple-cinnamon peanut butter banana toast with jungle peanuts
Why didn’t we think of this before? Take a creamy nut butter and mash it with banana, maple syrup and cinnamon, then add a sprinkle of peanuts for extra crunch.
Blue cheese, pear and honey toast
Pears and blue cheese go perfectly together, and even more so when you drizzle them with honey—and pile everything on top of freshly toasted slices of crunchy baguette.
Sweet ricotta cheese is spread on toasted bread and topped with layers of sliced figs and cherries, twigs of thyme, and a drizzle of honey to make these elegant and absolutely irresistible toasts.