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This copycat Raising Cane's Texas toast is a thick slice of soft white bread with garlic butter, griddled until golden and crisp on one side and fluffy inside. Four ingredients and 10 minutes.
How Do You Make Raising Cane’s Texas Toast? (Quick Answer)
Mash 3 tablespoons soft salted butter with 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder and a pinch of salt. Spread it on one side of 4 thick slices of white bread. Toast them buttered side down in a skillet over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes until deep golden, then warm the other side for 30 seconds.
At a glance
The one tip that matters: Medium heat, not high. The butter browns too fast on high heat and the toast burns before it turns crisp.
Why You'll Love This Texas Toast
- Four ingredients bread, butter, garlic powder and salt.
- Crisp and soft golden on the outside, pillowy in the middle.
- Fast on the table in 10 minutes.
- The full Cane’s box the last piece of a copycat Cane's dinner.
- Great for dunking swipe it through Cane's sauce or gravy.
What Is Raising Cane’s Texas Toast?
Every Raising Cane's box comes with a slice of Texas toast: thick, soft white bread, buttery and toasted, with a hint of garlic. It's simple, and it's the piece everyone saves for mopping up the last of the Cane's sauce.
My test for any copycat is simple: does it taste like the original, can a home cook make it reliably, and is there a shortcut? The shortcut here is the skillet instead of the toaster. It crisps the buttered side and leaves the inside soft, which a toaster can't do.
Ingredient Notes
Exact amounts are in the recipe card below.
- Thick white bread: about 1 inch thick, soft and fluffy.
- Salted butter: softened at room temperature for easy spreading.
- Garlic powder: gives an even, mellow garlic flavor that won't burn like fresh garlic.
- Salt: a pinch, even with salted butter.
Step-by-Step Photos
Here's how it comes together. Exact amounts, times and temperatures are in the recipe card below.
Tips for Success
- Buy thick bread. Look for a loaf labeled Texas toast, or ask the bakery to slice a white sandwich loaf 1 inch thick. Thin bread just turns into regular toast.
- Soft butter, not melted. Soft butter spreads in an even layer. Melted butter soaks in and makes the bread greasy.
- Butter to the edges. Bare edges burn while the middle is still pale.
- Press gently. A light press with the spatula gives full contact with the pan for an even golden crust.
- Want it more garlicky? Add a tiny grated garlic clove to the butter. It's stronger than the restaurant toast, but very good.
- The last piece of the box. When we make a copycat Cane's dinner, the toast goes in the pan right after the last batch of chicken comes out, so everything hits the table hot.
Raising Cane’s Texas Toast
4
slices5
minutes5
minutes190
kcal10
minutesA copycat version of Raising Cane’s Texas toast: thick slices of soft white bread spread with salted garlic butter and griddled in a skillet until golden and crisp on the buttered side, soft and fluffy inside. Makes 4 slices.
Ingredients
4 slices thick-sliced white bread (Texas toast style, about 1 inch thick)
3 tablespoons salted butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 pinch fine salt
Directions
- Mash the soft butter, garlic powder and salt together in a small bowl until smooth.
- Spread the garlic butter evenly over one side of each slice, right to the edges.
- Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. Lay the slices in buttered side down and toast for 2 to 3 minutes, pressing gently with a spatula, until deep golden.
- Flip and warm the other side for 30 seconds, just until heated through but still soft.
- Serve right away with chicken fingers and a cup of Cane’s sauce.
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Storage
Texas toast is best fresh. Keep extra garlic butter in a covered dish in the fridge for up to 1 week, or roll it into a log and freeze it for up to 2 months.
What to Serve It With
Make it part of a full copycat Cane's dinner with my Raising Cane's chicken fingers and a bowl of Cane's sauce. It's also great with KFC chicken tenders or next to a bowl of Wendy's chili.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Raising Cane's Texas toast have garlic?
Yes. Raising Cane's says its Texas toast contains garlic, which is why my garlic butter uses a little garlic powder.
What bread is best for Texas toast?
Thick-sliced soft white bread, about 1 inch thick. Bagged Texas toast bread from the bread aisle is perfect.
Can I make Texas toast in the oven?
Yes. Bake the buttered slices on a sheet pan at 425°F for 5 to 7 minutes, until golden on the edges. It's a little less crisp than the skillet.
Can I use margarine?
You can, but salted butter has more flavor and browns better.
Can I make it ahead?
Mix the garlic butter up to 1 week ahead and keep it in the fridge. Toast the bread right before serving.
What do you serve with Texas toast?
Chicken fingers, fried chicken, soups, chili and anything with gravy.
