Healthy French Toast

5 from 14 votes

My healthy French toast is fluffy, flavorful, and indulgent while being naturally low in sugar and high in fiber. It’s an easy breakfast recipe your whole family will love that can be made vegan or gluten-free and customized with countless toppings. You can even use my low sugar french toast to make multigrain French toast sticks or an overnight casserole!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Total Time15

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: American

Diet: Low Calorie, Low Fat, Vegetarian

Servings: people

Calories: 259kcal

Author: Anjali Shah

Cost: $10

Equipment

Ingredients

8 slices thick slices of whole wheat sourdough bread Can also use sprouted whole wheat bread, plain sourdough
4 eggs room temperature
1 cup milk unsweetened almond milk or organic low fat dairy milk
1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
2 tsp coconut oil
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
zest of 1 orange

Optional Toppings

Instructions

Whisk all ingredients from eggs to maple syrup in a medium mixing bowl until well combined. Pour the egg mixture into a flat, shallow dish.
Place 4 slices of bread into the egg mixture and allow to soak for 2 minutes before turning over and soaking again for another 1 minute.
While the bread is soaking, melt 1 tsp of coconut oil in a large skillet over a medium heat.
Remove the bread from the egg mixture and cook two to three minutes on each side until golden brown. Repeat with 3 bread slices. Then repeat: melt 1 tsp coconut oil in a large skillet again, and use that to cook the remaining 4 bread slices.
Serve this recipe with your favorite toppings!

Video

https://youtu.be/2EAlW1d05eM

Notes

Feel free to substitute the coconut oil with organic grass-fed butter
Have the eggs at room temperature to reduce the "eggy" flavor
Use two-day-old bread for the best results (and to avoid soggy french toast). If using fresh bread, it will not be as good.
Use gluten-free bread instead of sourdough when you're wanting gluten-free French toast.
You can easily make the egg mixture ahead of time. Store the mixture in an airtight container overnight in the fridge and use it the next day. Just give it a quick whisk before using.
For sugar free french toast, replace the maple syrup with a monk fruit based maple syrup
You can use skim milk, whole milk, soy milk, almond milk, or any other nut milk.

Nutritional information calculated using whole wheat sourdough, 1% organic milk, and no additional toppings.

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