Pumpkin French Toast
French toast is one of my favorite breakfasts. I’ll pick it over pancakes or waffles any day. When I saw a recipe adding pumpkin to French toast it sounded like a match made in Heaven…especially since I always want everything pumpkin this time of year. The pureed pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice really add a warm, seasonal Autumn twist to traditional French toast. I loved how fast it was to heat these up as leftovers, and you could certainly freeze any that you didn’t plan to eat within a few days. I left the toppings up to you, but I actually liked mine with some light Reddi-wip and a little more pumpkin pie spice sprinkled over the top. Add a link of turkey breakfast sausage and some fruit salad and you have a perfect, filling & complete breakfast worthy of company, family or just a quiet morning by yourself. To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Pumpkin French Toast
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup skim milk
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 10 slices light wheat bread, such as Pepperidge Farms light style
Instructions
- In a large shallow bowl (I usually use a glass pie plate), combine the eggs, milk, pumpkin and spice and whisk together until thoroughly mixed. Set aside.
- Mist a griddle or skillet with cooking spray and bring to medium-low to medium heat. Dip each side of a piece of bread into your egg/pumpkin mixture to coat and then shake off any excess mixture. Place the coated bread on the pan and repeat until the pan is full. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown and then flip and cook an additional 1-2 minutes. You will likely need to do several batches – don’t forget to re-mist your griddle with cooking spray in between!
Notes
145 calories, 22 g carbs, 3 g sugars, 4 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 10 g protein, 7 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com) MyWW SmartPoints per (2 slice) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 4 SmartPoints/ Blue: 3 SmartPoints/ Purple: 3 SmartPoints Weight Watchers Points Plus:
4 per (2 slice) serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) slightly adapted from 5 Dollar Dinners
I just cooked two Pie Pumpkins and now have 8 cups of puree. Can’t wait to try this with Fresh. Once you have fresh pumpkin puree, you will never go back to canned! Thank you for the recipe and I hope you are feeling better!!!
Nancy
I would love to try that, Nancy. Maybe this is the year! 🙂
It is so easy and cheaper in the long run to make your own pumpkin puree
Hi Emily ~
I can hardly wait to give these a try. I’m a little confused …please clarify what you mean by: Yields 5 (2 slice) servings. WW P+: 4 per serving (a serving of four pancake bites is 4 P+) …what do you mean by ‘pancake bites’?
Thanks!
Chris
Sorry, I used another recipe as a template and didn’t realize I forgot to remove that line. All fixed!
Looks/Sounds AMAZING!
I hope you make it and love it!
Looks delish! I love pumpkin recipes.
Me too! 🙂
yum, yum, yum! making this weekend 🙂
Yay 🙂
This looks great!! Would it be possible to make it like a baked french toast where everything goes into a casserole and then in the fridge overnight?
Not sure – let me know!
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Awesome!! Thanks for the head’s up 🙂
tried this last night, YUM and so easy!
Yay, glad it was a hit!
This was great! I made it with egg substitute instead of eggs and it was wonderful! I froze the rest to eat throughout the week for breakfast 🙂 Yum!
I’m happy you liked it! Thanks for letting me know 🙂
I made these yesterday and they were a bit hit! My boyfriend absolutely loved them! He gave them a 9/10!!! I didn’t have any pumpkin pie spice mix so I had to make my own and I think I was missing a little something. Still turned out great.
Glad to hear they were a big hit! 🙂
I made these Saturday morning… followed your recipe except I didn’t have pumpkin pie spice so subbed cinnamon, clove and nutmeg and used rustic crusty french bread instead of regular bread… it was sooooooo delicious! I felt like I was cheating!!
Yum, glad it all worked out and you loved it! 🙂
Emily, these were excellent!! I was set on making pumpkin French toast for the fall, but I was happy to find a healthier option. Thanks so much for sharing!
Perfect, I’m happy you loved them!
Just made this for my boys for dinner, they loved it! I tried a few bites and agree, its delicious! Thanks for all the great recipes!
Yay, I love breakfast for dinner! Glad to hear it was a hit with the fam 🙂
I was disappointed in this one. Mine didn’t have much flavor at all. I don’t know if my pumpkin pie spice was too old or what. 🙁
Hm, not sure why that would be. Sorry you didn’t like it!
Just a sidebar, but I use Nickels 35 bread (only 1 point/slice)… Wondering if that would reduce points further!? 🙂 Haven’t calculated it out yet.
Definitely doesn’t hurt to check!
Just a sidebar, but I use Nickels 35 bread (only 1 point/slice)… Wondering if that would reduce points further!? 🙂 Haven’t calculated it out yet.
Better to use egg whites and Cinnamon raisen bread (one with out too much sugar). Yummy!
I can’t wait to try this – it looks delicious! I picked this as one of My Friday Favorites this week – you can check it out here – http://wp.me/p2hp9V-DQ
I had to use rehydrated sweetened condensed milk because my milk was spoiled, but I vote this as the greatest comfort food EVER! Thank you for the recipe!
1 t pumpkin spice… Is that a teaspoon?
Yes, a lowercase t is a standard abbreviation for teaspoon and a capital T stands for tablespoon. 🙂
This was so good! My husband and I both loved it and will be making it again.
Hey Emily! Just wanted to let you know I posted a slightly adapted version of this recipe on my blog. Here’s the link: http://kuechenchaotin.de/kuerbis-french-toast/. It’s in german but I have a translation tool in my sidebar if you want to read it.
Thank you for sharing, I love this!
Much love,
Mia
Emily, Emily, Emily – awwwh Emily!! You are a woman after my own heart. I love pumpkin and this is my favorite time of year. For some reason most companies consider pumpkin to be a Fall only vegetable/fruit(?) and by June I’m beginning to suffer pumpkin withdrawal. I’m going to make this French Toast this weekend for brunch and serve it with a hot cup of Bigelow’s Pumpkin Spice tea with a big dash of fat-free creamer and sprinkle of nutmeg (a seriously underappreciated spice in my opinion). Thanks for coming up with these great recipes!
Sharon Rasmussen
made this morning it was a big hit!
I tried this recipe this morning. Last night tried the taco “cupcakes” and for lunch today made the what lasagna “cupcakes”. Everything has been VERY tasty! Keep up the great recipes. I look forward to trying more.
Did I tell you that I served this to the whole gang over Thanksgiving. Your cousin Skip had hard about it somewhere and wanted me to make some, so I used your recipe. Well mostly, didn’t have P. pie spice. But cinnamon, nutmeg, and a dash of clove was great. Very popular. M-m. Thanks. Aunt Sue.
I think I did something wrong! All my pumpkin coating stuck to the pan. 🙁 Either I had the heat too high or it was the fact that I used egg substitute and almond milk. It was still pretty tasty though!
This recipe was delicious!
This is amazing. Had it for dinner 😉 sprinkled a little extra pumpkin spice over it. I’m gonna try adding vanilla extract next time. So worth the four points 😉
Could you leave this in the refrigerator overnight and bake in the morning? If so what temperature would you bake it and for how long?
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This was easy quick and delish. I wanted to pin it but don’t see the pintrest button.
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This sounds absolutely amazing!! I really want to try making a vegan version!
Wow! One 15 oz can of pumpkin puree and I’ve made the Pumpkin French Toast recipe (half went in the freezer) and made two batches of your Pumpkin Chocolate Baked Oatmeal Singles. Not sure why my French Toast wasn’t too pretty but it was absolutely delicious. Will make again for sure. And the pumpkin singles are one of my favorite flavors of your baked oatmeal recipes. I love your blog and find it so helpful to staying on my WW online program.
Like Anonymous, I had this for dinner and it was perfect for dinner while my husband was travelling.
Made this for dinner 2 nights ago. My family of 6 absolutely loved it. I did drizzle a bit of pure maple syrup and topped with a dollop of fat-free whipped cream. HUGE hit. Thank you for a delicious, low point fall recipe.