I have a few food obsessions that I’ll be posting about in the next few weeks. One of them is something I have been seeing everywhere, yet never had the pleasure of indulging in until very recently. My husband and I had our first taste of honey toast at the Up 2 You Café in the Kearny Mesa area. The picture above is what I ordered at the cafe, topped with custard, strawberries and vanilla ice cream. The honey toast itself is such sweet, crunchy and buttery goodness, my hubby knew I was instantly hooked. After we arrived home, I sat down at my computer and looked up several recipes on how to make this marvelous dessert, and found three that I liked from these tasty blogs and basically combined them: A Taste of Koko, Notions and Notations of a Novice Cook, and Kirbie’s Cravings (from San Diego). Below is a step by step pictorial of how I made my version of honey toast, and it’s so very easy to make. I emulated what I had at Up 2 You Café, minus the custard (it would have taken a little too long). The result is better than you could imagine. Let me know if you’ve tried this tasty Asian delight, and if you’ve to make it yourself. Enjoy!
Originally, I wanted to use a thicker cut bread, but we couldn’t find any loaves in the grocery stores close by. I know you can use basically any bread, but I thought a sweet bread would work best, like Hawaiian sweet bread.
I used three pieces of bread: one was the base, and the other two were the “bowl”. Take a sharp knife and cut the center out of two of the pieces of bread, then cut those pieces into cubes.
Melt two tablespoons of butter and brush the bottom slice, then set the other two pieces of toast on top and brush those as well (be sure to brush all sides). Butter the cubes and toss them in a bowl, then sprinkle about two tablespoons of granulated sugar on the bread “bowl” and the bread cubes. I placed them in our countertop oven and heated at 300 degrees for 10 minutes, or until golden brown (be sure to turn the cubes so that all of the sides are toasted). Replace the cubes into the bowl, and drizzle generously with honey. Very. Generously.
This is the best part: Whilst still warm, add your favorite toppings. The result? Honey toast heaven.
