Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Name: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Yield: Makes about 250 g (2 cups)
Ingredients: 100 g white sandwich bread [1/4 (1-pound) loaf]; 115 g brown butter (see page 28), just warm (1/3 cup); 100 g sugar (1/2 cup); 2 g kosher salt (1/2 teaspoon); 2 g ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon)

December 14, 2011

The cereal of the same name is excellent stuff, but this recipe is an homage to the cinnamon toast my grandma and ma made me as an after-school snack in my younger years. It is impossibly crunchy, and it plays into one of my most comforting flavor pairings: butter and cinnamon sugar. The one-minute butter-soaking step makes for a much different crunch than the others in this book.

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