French Toast is a weekend delicacy at The Everyday Home.
I know that French Toast is in itself, not that hard to make. It’s a beginners home cook’s recipe at most. Bread, eggs, cream, spices, hot skillet. Done. But, I love to get creative with French Toast. And since it’s a favorite breakfast food of my babies, it’s perfect for weekends when they are staying here with us. I was at the farmer’s market a few days ago and could not resist these fabulous blackberries that were just calling out my name. I knew they would be perfect on top of this Pumpkin French Toast recipe…and boy was I right!
Easy Recipe for Pumpkin French Toast
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I don’t have many cooking secrets. I have a few, and when I do I love to share them. Cast Iron. Yep. Cast Iron. I am slowly getting rid of all of my pots and pans, to include my Calphalon, and replacing them with old fashioned cast iron pieces. I threw out my toxic no-stick stuff years ago. I have several vintage pieces of cast iron, such as my grandmother’s square skillet. I am adding more and more all the time.
Here are a few of my favorite pieces:
10 1/2″ Standard Skillet | Combination Skillet (Lid) and Dutch Oven
Cornstick Cornbread Pan | 5-Qt Dutch Oven | Loaf Pan | Reversible Griddle/Grill Pan
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My secret for perfect French Toast every time? A hot iron skillet. I love to use my Griddle pan so that I can fix several slices at once. Trust me, when you have a super hungry 10, 6 and 4 year old looking at you with anticipation in their eyes, you want to hurry and get this on the table.
Finally, I used canned pumpkin. Oh don’t roll your eyes at me. 😀 If you want to spend half your day prepping and baking and pureeing real pumpkin – have at it. I used the ordinary unsweetened canned variety. Make sure you use puree and not pumpkin pie filling.
Oh and one more quick little secret for the maple syrup. I add it almost every time I make homemade waffles, pancakes or French toast. Add a few teaspoons of orange juice and if you have it on hand, grate some fresh orange peel into the syrup, too. Then heat it slightly to meld the flavors and serve warm. Trust me, you will thank me later. 🙂
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Printable Recipe Card for Easy Pumpkin French Toast
- 9-slices of bread, such as Texas Toast, French Bread or Challah
- 1/2 Cup unsweetened pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 Cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon each of nutmeg and ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 2 teapoons packed brown sugar
- Butter for Griddle
- 1 Bottle Maple Syrup
- 3 teaspoons fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- (opt) Fresh Berries and Mint
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk eggs. Pour in cream and whisk with eggs until well blended. Add spices, pumpkin puree, vanilla, salt and brown sugar. Whisk to blend. Transfer egg/pumpkin mix to an oblong baking dish which will allow you to coat bread slices easier. Add two or more slices in egg mixture, and allow to soak well. *I like to turn slices over to make sure they are evenly coated on both sides.
- Heat a skillet or griddle pan on Medium High. Melt about 2-3 teaspoons of butter. Lay egg/pumpkin coated bread on griddle. Cook until slightly brown, turn to other side and repeat.
- Serve with warm syrup, fresh fruit, maple butter and mint.
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Organic Ground Cinnamon | Organic Ground Ginger | Organic Pure Vanilla
Organic Pumpkin Puree | Cast Iron Griddle | Barb’s Fave Spatula
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This looks amazing. I make one but it’s a little different from yours, but I need to try this recipe. I love it and looks so yummy.
View CommentI wasn’t sure we would like it but it was fabulous. I would *possibly* leave out the brown sugar and use honey next time. 🙂
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View CommentI need to add that. I keep forgetting because I have it at the top of my computer so I can stumble any page. Doesn’t help the blog though, huh? LOL
View CommentWhat a gorgeous fall breakfast! My family is going to love these!
View CommentWill definitely be trying this next Sunday! Even though we’re still running around in shorts and flip flops in Arizona, I get antsy for all things fall by September. Visiting from Inspire Me Monday party.
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