Trader Joe’s Babka French Toast — Fresh Simple Home (2024)

How, you ask, do you make the best French toast ever? Just swap out white bread and use Trader Joe’s Chocolate Babka instead! Trader Joe’s Babka French Toast- an all too easy way to take a breakfast classic and make it a weekend-decadent. A few favorite ways to top it off: powdered sugar, salted butter and maple syrup, or cream cheese and jam.

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Do you ever have issues when trying to eat French toast at a restaurant? You know… when you order and it comes soggy, or bland, or just plain old gross? I refuse to order French toast when I’m out for breakfast or brunch. I’ve had such bad experiences in the past. Most of the time, the bread is soaked for too long or the custard is super eggy. This Trader Joe’s Babka French Toast will right all those past mistakes.

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What is Brooklyn Babka?

Chocolate Babka is a sweet, swirly, cake loaf rooted in Eastern European Jewish traditions. Trader Joe’s Chocolate Babka is made for them by a small, kosher bakery in Brooklyn that literally grew out of a grandmother’s kitchen. That is why we had to choose this babka to cook with! The chocolate swirl is all melty when heated through and makes for the creamiest bites!

Can you freeze a babka?

Absolutely! Don’t be afraid to stock up on the baked babka loafs. They freeze beautifully so don’t hesitate to wrap them up in an air-tight sealed container, bag, or plastic seal. The bread can be frozen for up to a month! We live 3 hours from the closest Trader Joe’s, so when we make it to a store, we stock up since we know we can freeze it and not sacrifice taste! In the event you tackle the task of making your own Babka, the dough can freeze exactly the same way 🙂

What can you put on babka french toast besides syrup?

Here are 5 awesome options if you are out of syrup or up for trying something new:
-Frozen berries, heated with a little sugar to make a sauce.
-Powdered sugar
-Honey
-Apple sauce or yogurt
Jam

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Ingredients for Trader Joe’s Babka French Toast

  • 1 Loaf Trader Joe’s Babka Bread
  • 2 Egg Whites
  • 1 Egg, whole
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1 TBS Cinnamon
  • 1 TSP Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup of Milk

How to make Trader Joe’s Babka French Toast:

Find a shallow dish to place your egg mixture in. You want it to be shallow enough to easily dip your bread slices.

First, mix the eggs, milk, cinnamon, sugar, and vanilla together until well-combined

Next, slice your babka into slices. I find I get about 8-10 slices per loaf of babka bread. The pieces tend to be about a 1/2 inch in thickness.

Dip your babka bread into the wet mixture, one side at a time. Be sure to not soak too long – just enough to get a wet coating on the exterior of the bread.

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Immediately transfer the bread to your griddle, which should be heated at 350 degrees F.

Cook for approximately 4 minutes on each side. You will know they are ready by the crispy texture and slight-browning on the exterior of the french toast.

Last, transfer the cooked babka to a plate and garnish with your toppings of choice! We find powdered sugar, syrup, and strawberries to be the perfect compliment to this delicious dish.

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Now, as you start to cut into the babka, you’ll already notice it’s tricky to keep the slices in tact, so do this carefully. Same goes for soaking in the egg bath, and flipping on the griddle, etc. Use a spatula that is large enough to hold an entire slice to help avoid breakage.
If you’re not having any luck and your slices fall apart on you, just embrace it; pile up the pieces,layer onthe toppings and serve as a ‘deconstructed’ (literally) french toast. Look at you, so artsy 🙂

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Yield: 6 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 Loaf Trader Joe's Babka Bread
  • 2 Egg Whites
  • 1 Egg, whole
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1 TBS Cinnamon
  • 1 TSP Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup of Milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat your griddle to 350 F.
  2. Slice your Babka loaf into 8-10 slices and set aside.
  3. Mix the eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon together in a shallow dipping dish.
  4. Carefully dip a slice of babka, covering the piece fully without soaking too long.
  5. Transfer straight to hot griddle.
  6. Cook the piece of babka for approximately 4 minutes per side.
  7. Transfer to a plate once the exterior of the babka appears dark and slightly crispy.
  8. Garnish with your favorite toppings and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving:Calories: 159Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 92mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 5g

(Nutritional information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)

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FAQs

Should babka be refrigerated? ›

Store your babka at room temperature in the provided packaging using the reseal tab on the back if opened; do not refrigerate. Our babkas are baked daily and, if you can resist eating them, will stay delicious for up to 5 days after purchase.

What are the ingredients in Trader Joe's Brooklyn babka? ›

INGREDIENTS: Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), water, eggs, organic tofu (water, organic whole soybeans, calcium sulfate, tricalcium phosphate, nigari [sea water extract], pyridoxine [vitamin b6], riboflavin [vitamin b2], ...

Where is Trader Joe's babka made? ›

Chocolate Babka is a sweet, swirly, cake loaf rooted in Eastern European Jewish traditions. Trader Joe's Chocolate Babka is made for them by a small, kosher bakery in Brooklyn that literally grew out of a grandmother's kitchen.

Is chocolate babka good? ›

Chocolate babka tastes like a sweet, tender brioche bread loaf with swirls of chocolatey goodness inside. A cinnamon babka kind of tastes like a cinnamon roll, but a little less dense. It can be served warm or at room temperature. Either is delicious!

Why do Jews eat babka? ›

Like many Jewish-American specialties, babka originated in Eastern Europe – Poland and Ukraine in particular – in the early 1800s. As a way to use extra challah dough, Jews there would roll up the dough with cinnamon or fruit jam and bake it alongside the challah.

Is babka a bread or a cake? ›

Babka is a traditional sweet bread that has been around for hundreds of years but has become really popular in Australia and around the world over the last few years.

Is Trader Joe's babka seasonal? ›

Seasonality affects several Trader Joe's cinnamon-related goods. The Cinnamon Roll Blondie Bars and the Cinnamon Roll Cookies are a couple of examples of items that are seasonal. The Cinnamon Babka Bread, on the other hand, is available all year long.

What ethnicity is babka? ›

A babka is a sweet braided bread which originated in the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine. It is popular in Israel (often referred to as simply a yeast cake: עוגת שמרים) and in the Jewish diaspora.

Is babka the same as brioche? ›

Although I am sure there are many professional bakers that could create a phenomenal list of the differences.... When you get down to the nitty gritty of things, babka is simply filled and twisted brioche.

What is Trader Joe's sister company? ›

A tale of two Aldis

For those who are stunned to learn Trader Joe's isn't just an Aldi subsidiary but that there are two Aldis, let's take a step back. CNBC explains Aldi was originally founded as a suburban German corner store which brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht inherited after World War II.

Is Trader Joe's a Chinese company? ›

Trader Joe's was purchased in 1979 by a German conglomerate, is entirely managed in the US, and has never been resold.

Does Costco sell babka? ›

You can spend hours making your own babka at home, or you can pick up this premade option at Costco in mere minutes.

What holiday do you eat babka? ›

In Poland, Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria, Babke Cake is usually baked to be eaten on Easter Sunday, although it's also enjoyed during other celebrations too. Old forms of Babka are said to have been similar to an Italian pannetone, and were much larger and higher than their modern equivalent.

Is Panettone the same as babka? ›

From there they have diverged. All have a rich, yeast-risen, tender crumb; panettone's texture is more like cotton candy with its long, airy strands that literally melt in your mouth, whereas babka and brioche tend to be a bit denser and somewhat chewier, with a high ratio of butter and eggs to flour.

Is babka served warm or cold? ›

Homemade babka is best when served slightly warmed up, or at room temperature. Is brioche and babka the same? Brioche and babka are very similar. A babka is often filled with chocolate, cinnamon, or other sweet fillings and shaped into a loaf, while brioche is twisted and baked into a knot.

How do you store babka after baking? ›

Store the cooled babkas in a sealed container or wrapped in plastic. Kept your babka past its prime? Stale babka has a decadent second life as french toast, monkey bread or bread pudding. You can freeze your babkas for up to 30 days after they're baked.

What baked goods should not be refrigerated? ›

- Baked goods that do not require refrigeration, such as cakes, cookies, breads, and pastries. (No custards or cream fillings, etc.) What is a non-potentially hazardous baked item? Non-potentially hazardous foods are foods with a low water activity and low pH level that inhibit the growth of dangerous microorganisms.

Can bread pudding be left unrefrigerated? ›

Can bread pudding sit out overnight? Do not let your bread pudding sit out at room temperature for more than 2 hours after it has been baked. You should make sure you eat it within 4 days.

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