Poor knights (German French toast)
Stale rolls soaked in milk and egg, fried in butter, with cinnamon sugar — stale bread, sweetly rescued.
- Time
- 20 min
- Effort:
- easy
- Season
- all year
- vegetarian
- classic
- quick
- kid-friendly
- budget
- sweet
Ingredients for 4 portions
6stale rolls
300 mlmilk
3eggs
2 tbspsugar
1 pack(s)vanilla sugar
60 gbutter
to tastecinnamon sugar
300 gapple sauce
The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.
Possible allergens
Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.
- Cereals containing gluten
- Eggs
- Milk (incl. lactose)
Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.
Nutrition per portion
Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 4 portions per recipe.
| Energy | 527 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 16 g |
| Fat | 20.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 68.5 g |
| of which sugar | 29.5 g |
| Fibre | 4.1 g |
| Salt | 1.6 g |
Not counted because listed without a quantity: cinnamon sugar.
Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.
Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.
Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.
Method
- 1
Cut the rolls into thick slices.
- 2
Whisk the milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar, soak the slices in it for 5 minutes.
- 3
Fry in butter over medium heat until golden on both sides.
- 4
Roll in cinnamon sugar, serve with apple sauce.