Cinnamon Toast for One

You know how to make toast, of course, but with this old-fashioned way you can watch it and control the heat. Toast should have crunch; it’s best made with slightly stale good bread—the kind you cut with a knife. White bread, the soft, packaged kind, makes lousy toast—it browns nicely but becomes soft almost immediately.

2 slices good bread

Butter

1/2 teaspoon sugar, or to taste

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste

• Heat a broiler or toaster oven. Toast the bread lightly on one side. Turn it over and spread liberally with butter, then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
• Return to the broiler and toast until the butter, cinnamon, and sugar all melt together and the bread is nicely browned. Serve immediately.

MAKES: 1 serving

TIME: 5 minutes