Classic French Toast Plus 3 Ways to Make It Healthier

Name: Classic French Toast Plus 3 Ways to Make It Healthier
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 10 slices
Ingredients: 1 loaf sliced bread. Use good quality Challah, white butter top, or flavored swirl breads.; 12 large eggs. I just use 3 of the yolks but all of the whites. I know this is wasteful, but I like the taste better. Remember, I am not an egg lover. Use whole eggs if you like.; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (more or less, if desired); 1 TB honey (or sweetener of choice); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 TB milk; Add ins of choice**; 2 TB butter or non-stick cooking spray

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French toast is a classic, easy breakfast recipe that nearly everyone loves. Fluffy bread, dredged into a cinnamon-spiced egg batter, then cooked on a griddle until it’s golden brown. But depending on the toppings you use, French toast can easily become a plate full of high calories and sugar. I will share some ways to make it healthier, without sacrificing great taste!

I have 2 basic concoctions that I use as the base, adding whatever flavoring I have on hand. Sometimes pumpkin, peaches, berries, bananas, or even vanilla rum. It depends on the season, what I have on hand, and what I am in the mood for. ????

As an example, apple cinnamon swirl French toast has applesauce and ground cinnamon in the batter.

Another favorite French toast base has a large handful of strawberries and a large banana, pureed and added to the batter. Serve it up with fresh blueberries for a fruit-packed French toast breakfast.

I make a simple French toast casserole for Christmas morning every year that is really delicious, too! I top it with fresh strawberries and maple syrup, always buying the best maple syrup I can get my hands on.

To keep things a bit healthier, we typically use sugar-free syrup for every-day French toast.

But every once in a while, I whip out the good stuff, because I hate to save it for special occasions! For the last year or so I have been using Burtons Maplewood Farms syrup, made in Medora, Indiana. I like the feeling of using locally made products, and the owner was also The Husband’s first real employer. It has a very deep, smooth taste without being overwhelming and my kids would drink it if they could!

French toast is also healthier with a sprinkling of milled flax seeds. This adds a healthy “oomph” of fiber, and your kids won’t even notice it! Before grilling, sprinkle the flax onto the batter-soaked bread.

I make this every week, freezing the leftovers (if we have them) for lunches. I make banana or pumpkin French toast the most. If you go the pumpkin route, add a little pumpkin pie spice. It is amazing!

Sprinkle milled flax seed onto the batter-soaked bread before grilling it.

This French toast variation has 1/4 cup of applesauce and a mashed banana in the batter.

Serve it with your family’s favorite toppings and sides. My family loves it with crunchy no-bake granola bites and fruit salad.

Heather Tallman

Total Servings 10 slices

Classic French Toast Plus 3 Ways to Make It Healthier

5 minPrep (inc. refrigeration & rest time)

10 minCook Time

15 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

1 loaf sliced bread. Use good quality Challah, white butter top, or flavored swirl breads.
12 large eggs. I just use 3 of the yolks but all of the whites. I know this is wasteful, but I like the taste better. Remember, I am not an egg lover. Use whole eggs if you like.
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (more or less, if desired)
1 TB honey (or sweetener of choice)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 TB milk
Add ins of choice**
2 TB butter or non-stick cooking spray

Instructions

Preheat electric griddle or frying pan. I use a large electric griddle so I can cook 10 slices at a time.
Whisk all ingredients together in a large, shallow dish so you can easily dredge the bread 1 slice at a time.
Dredge each slice into the egg batter, making sure to get batter onto both sides of the bread slices.
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter onto the heated griddle, or spray with cooking spray.
Add dredged bread slices to griddle and allow them to cook at medium heat for 3 minutes per side, or until bread has turned golden brown and no raw egg batter exists.

Cuisine: Breakfast |

Important Notes

**Typical add ins: a handful of pureed strawberries with 1 banana, 1 mashed banana, 1/3 C pumpkin puree, 1 pureed peach, 1 pureed pear, 1/2 cup of applesauce…I could go on and on.

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Whichever way you make it, enjoy your breakfast!