Challah French Toast

In a blender, combine the milk, eggs, flour, banana, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and rum or liqueur (optional). Blend for a few seconds till well mixed.

Pour the liquid mixture into a shallow baking dish or pie plate.

Soak your slices of challah in the liquid for about 60 seconds, turning once, till the bread is nicely saturated on both sides. This should be done in batches.

Heat your skillet over medium and grease it with 2 tbsp butter.
Fry the toast in two batches of 6 slices each.
Let the slices brown nicely on each side for 3-5 minutes. Keep the heat on medium (or a little lower) to make sure the toast cooks through but doesn't burn.
When the first batch of toast is cooked, regrease the pan with remaining 2 tbsp of butter and fry the second batch.
Plate the French toast and garnish with powdered sugar, using a mesh strainer to lightly and evenly powder the t