Mad Men: Sally Draper’s Rum French Toast

Mad Men: Sally Draper’s French Toast with Rum

SALLY: I made french toast.

DON: What’s on this?

SALLY: Mrs. Butterworth’s.

DON: Go get it…. That’s rum!  Read labels.

SALLY: Is it bad?

DON: Not really.

Mad Men, Season 4 Episode 9

Mad Men: Sally Draper’s Rum French Toast

Some of the best scenes from the television series, Mad Men, are the ones between Don Draper and Sally. This recipe for rum french toast comes from a scene in season four where Sally wakes up early to make breakfast for her father. Unknowingly, she mistook a bottle of rum for syrup. She asks if tastes bad in which Don shrugged and replied “no…” and continued to enjoy his breakfast. I think it was safe to assume, Don probably enjoyed the rum replacement! Please enjoy the recipe, thanks!

Mad Men: Sally Draper's Rum French Toast

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Mad Men: Sally Draper's French Toast with Rum

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

• 2 slices - thick white bread
• 2 - eggs large
• 1/4 cup - heavy cream
• 1 tsp - cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp - ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp - salt
• 1/2 tsp - vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp - granulated sugar
• rum syrup
• 3/4 cup - maple syrup
• 2 tbsp - rum

Instructions

 

• Combine the maple syrup and rum together into a small pot.  Place it over medium heat and let it come to a simmer.  Turn off the heat and set aside.
• Whisk together the eggs, cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, vanilla extract, and granulated sugar until smooth.  Soak each slice of bread in the egg mixture until completely soft and soaked through but it's still holding it's shape.
• Heat a skillet on medium high heat with 1 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp of oil.  Once hot, place the soaked bread onto the hot pan.  Flip once it's golden brown and finish on the other side.  Serve hot with the syrup.