French toast is a delightful breakfast that can be made in minutes. The toast made of a thick bread slices dipped in a creamy, egg, milk, and cinnamon mixture is a hit among everyone in the family.

To add more flavour to this, a food expert has suggested adding one secret ingredient that will make the French toast taste like “a slice of heaven”. According to The Recipe Critic, adding vanilla to the French toast will give “best of the best results”. Alyssa Rivers from the Food blog wrote: “You can never go wrong with the best French toast recipe."

She said: “To make this the best of the best, you have to have the secret ingredient that is often left out. When my husband was living in France, he learned to put vanilla in his French toast, and it has been our secret ingredient ever since! t is a little slice of heaven when everything is sliced, mixed, covered, and cooked all to perfection!”

Contrary to its name, French toast originally came from Rome, Italy. The origins of French toast trace back to a 4th-century Roman recipe called “aliter dulcia,” meaning “another sweet dish.”

This early version, recorded in the cookbook “Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome” by Marcus Gabius Apicius, closely resembles modern French toast. Apicius, a wealthy Roman elite, gained fame for his lavish feasts and deep culinary knowledge, despite not being a cook himself.

The aliter dulcia recipe instructs soaking fine white bread in milk and beaten egg, frying it in oil, and finishing it with a drizzle of honey—a technique that still defines French toast today.