We've had this for breakfast on Christmas morning for years! My father in law says it wouldn't be Christmas without it. The first incarnation involved frying the toast, which was pretty messy. Delicious, yes. Fun for the cook? Absolutely not. Who wants a lot of sticky pans on a holiday? Then I saw a version in Bon Appetit that called for baking the toast and it was like a Christmas miracle all over again. When I hit on using sourdough bread to give the dish just a tiny bit of tang to offset the sweetness of the egg nog, I declared victory. Never looked back.

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