Katelyn November 20, 2021

Who doesn’t love french toast! It makes for a great Sunday breakfast when you want to treat yourself. For those of us who like to enjoy sweets more often than not, here’s a healthier version of classic french toast with less calories and more natural ingredients!

I think this healthier recipe can be enjoyed any day you decide you want a little extra sweetness in your life. Just maybe not everyday! Remember the importance of moderation.

Another great thing about this recipe is it’s made best with stale bread! So, on a day you have some stale bread laying around that you’re going to throw away, considering using it to make this instead. No waste!

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Ingredients

  • Whole Grain Bread, preferably stale (or whatever leftover bread you have around)
  • 1 Whole Egg
  • 1/4 Cup of Almond Milk (or whatever dairy alternative you prefer)
  • 1/4 Cup of Pure, Natural Maple Syrup
  • Cinnamon
  • Butter (just for greasing the pan and as a possible topping)

Step 1

Crack one egg into a bowl and beat the egg lightly with a fork

Step 2

Add the almond milk, 1 tbsp of syrup, and a few dashes of cinnamon to your egg mixture. Use the same fork to combine these ingredients well.

Step 3

Placing your bread on a large plate and dump the egg mixture all over the bread, letting it spread across the plate as well.

Flip the bread over and roll it around the mixture a bit, ensuring both sides of the bread are saturated. Let that sit as you move on to Step 4.

Step 4

Melt a little pat of butter in a medium sized pan on low-medium heat.

Step 5

Place your soaked bread in the pan and cook each side on low-medium heat until lightly browned. This should take about a minute and a half to two minutes per side.

We’re cooking it slowly on low-medium heat to ensure that the entirety of the bread is cooked through, since the mixture has raw eggs in it! We don’t want the outer part of the toast to burn fast while the insides are still gushy.

Once your slices of bread are done, move them to a fresh plate.

Step 6

Now that your bread is nice and toasty, you can top it with extra cinnamon, the rest of your maple syrup, and any other toppings you’d like to add!

Maybe some powdered sugar, a little extra butter, some berries, or honey!

Enjoy!!

10 Minute Healthier French Toast

Serving Size:
Yields 2-3 slices of bread
Can be 1 serving or shared as 2
Time:
Prep: 5 min
Cook: 3-6 min
Total: 8-11 min
Difficulty:
Easy

Ingredients

  • 2-3 Slices of bread, preferably stale (I use whole grain bread)
  • 1 Whole egg
  • 1/4 Cup of Almond Milk (or your choice of non-dairy substitute)
  • 1/4 Cup of Pure, Natural Maple Syrup (tbsp for step 2 and rest for topping)
  • A few Dashes of Cinnamon
  • Butter (for greasing pan and possible topping)

Directions

  1. Crack egg into a bowl and lightly beat it.
  2. Add your almond milk, 1 tbsp of syrup, and a few dashes of cinnamon to the beaten egg and mix ingredients well
  3. Lay out 2-3 slices of bread on a large plate. Dump the egg mixture over top of the bread slices and around the plate.
  4. Flip the slices over and move around the plate a bit to ensure both sides of slices are saturated in the egg mixture.
  5. Letting the bread soak, heat a pat of butter in a medium or large pan over low-medium heat.
  6. Lay your slices of bread (however many you can fit at once) onto your pan. Cook them for about 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned and when you can tell the egg mixture has cooked through.
  7. After cooking both sides, set your nice and toasty bread aside on a fresh plate.
  8. Top your toast with some extra dashes of cinnamon and the rest of your maple syrup. Add any additional toppings you’d like such as powdered sugar, fruit, or honey!
  9. Enjoy 🙂