Our Favorite French Toast Recipes posted by Staff Writer Pin Share Tweet Email Is there a season for French toast? We say no. Or, to be clear, yes, all seasons? Can’t get enough of it, so we’ve gathered up all our favorite French toast recipes in one place. While French toast is almost perfect straight up and slathered with maple syrup, it’s also ever so flexible. It’s fun and easy to change up the bread, the toppings, and the flavor profile. In this collection, we start with our favorite French toast recipe — a good place to start if you’re new to making it. Then we throw in some luscious flavor variations, such as Bananas Foster, and Monkey Bread French Toast. You’ll love the stuffed varieties: Biscoff Raspberry and Cinnamon Roll Stuffed French Toast. Seriously. For plan-aheaders, we’ve thrown in some overnight recipes — and even a Pumpkin French Toast Casserole. Delicious! Related Recipe Collections Holiday Breakfast Recipes: The Ultimate Guide Banana Based Breads and Desserts All Our Breakfast Recipes Best French Toast Recipe We’ll start with a basic version of French toast that we affectionately call the Best French Toast Recipe! Soft and fluffy on the inside, golden brown on the outside, and made with maple and vanilla custard. One of the secrets to successful French toast is the type of bread you use. While you can use any type of bread, the result varies widely. Challah, the traditional Jewish bread, is the perfect option, and I explain why in the post. French Toast Flavor Variations Monkey Bread French Toast: If you love French toast, you’ll flip over this recipe for chunky, overnight, baked French Toast! This is the superhero version of your favorite breakfast toast made with THICK slices of monkey bread, delicious cinnamon and brown sugar swirled throughout, and an unbelievable caramel syrup to top it off. Bananas Foster French Toast: I was channeling this super-amazing bananas foster crepe dish from a local creperie that I am absolutely smitten with. It’s filled with this maple cream sauce that tastes all caramel-y and dreamy along with bananas and a giant scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. I added whipped cream to the top of this french toast, but I’m definitely thinking it should have been ice cream now… Stuffed French Toast Biscoff Raspberry Stuffed French Toast: I love this stuffed french toast for it’s stunning good looks and it’s devilishly decadent flavors. But you know what else? It’s so easy to make!! It’s basically making a PB&J + dipping it in milk/eggs + using a frying pan or griddle. I mean… it practically makes itself! Cinnamon Roll Stuffed French Toast: Who says you have to choose between cinnamon rolls and French toast? Behold. Soft French bread stuffed with a cinnamon roll filling, baked to perfection, and topped with cinnamon roll icing. You can make it ahead so all you have to do in the morning is pop it in the oven! Overnight French Toast Overnight French Toast: You can simplify breakfast and still have something warm and delicious ready in the morning with this recipe for Overnight French Toast. Now, this part is optional, but mine is baked in caramel sauce. This is a dessert blog, after all! If you skip this step, the French toast will still be delicious with syrup in the morning. But if you’ll give me five extra minutes, I can transform it from delicious to life changing. Pumpkin Overnight Baked French Toast: This Pumpkin Baked French Toast is the perfect recipe for a cozy Fall breakfast. So easy too! Slice up the bread and pour on the milk-pumpkin-egg mixture at night and refrigerate. In the morning, you’ll make the caramel sauce, which is basically melting butter and adding sugar. Seriously, that’s it. It does it’s thickening in the oven, so that’s not going to be your job! Overnight Blueberry French Toast: There are no words to describe how amazing this French Toast is. Baked in caramel sauce and filled with juicy blueberries, this make-ahead breakfast is flavor to the max! Pumpkin French Toast Casserole: The smell of Fall is in the air! Especially if you put this Pumpkin French Toast Casserole in your oven. This simple, one-bowl recipe is a delicious and filling breakfast that will fill your kitchen with a warm and spicy Autumn aroma. Top it with whipped cream and caramel sauce or maple syrup.
