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Home Recipe Index Breakfast French Toast, Pancakes, & Waffles

Pumpkin French Toast

★★★★★ 5 /5
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Rachel Tiemeyer
By: Rachel TiemeyerPosted: 5/10/23Updated: 5/16/23

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Pumpkin French Toast is such a nutritious and hearty way to start your day. Like most of our easy breakfast recipes, we’ve included instructions for how to make french toast as an easy make ahead freezer meal. Plus, you are sneaking in extra nutrition to a kid’s favorite breakfast.

Pumpkin french toast on a white plate with butter on top
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Ingredients Needed
How to Serve Pumpkin French Toast
Can you freeze French Toast?
Tips for Great French Toast
More Pumpkin Recipes
Pumpkin French Toast
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“This is such a great recipe and my picky 3-year-old loves it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” – Samantha

Oh! How I love pumpkin in the fall…and french toast all the time. So does my family. That’s why Pumpkin French Toast was born. The pureed pumpkin gives a hit of fall flavor without overwhelming the recipe.

Ingredients Needed

Pumpkin French Toast is made of simple ingredients you likely have in your home.

  • Eggs
  • Milk
  • Pureed pumpkin
  • Cinnamon
  • Vanilla
  • Salt
  • Bread (I prefer to use whole wheat)
Ingredients for pumpkin french toast

How to Serve Pumpkin French Toast

After you’ve cooked up your french toast (instructions below), serve it warm alongside other brunch or breakfast favorites like:

  • Scrambled eggs (or hard boiled eggs)
  • Bacon (try our No Fail Bacon recipe)
  • Fresh fruit

French toast is often served with maple syrup, but you can also try other toppings such as fresh fruits, powdered sugar, whipped cream, yogurt, or even a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Get creative and experiment with different flavors!

Pumpkin French Toast being cut into by a fork

Can you freeze French Toast?

I know I say this all the time, but if you’re going to make a mess and make french toast…double the recipe and freeze the extras! Making freezer meals is a huge time saver in the long run. Here is how to freeze a french toast recipe like this one:

To Freeze:

Make french toast as instructed in the recipe. Let it cool completely, and store in a tightly sealed freezer bag or container. Use parchment paper in between layers if necessary

To Prepare:

I prefer to use my toaster oven (or toaster) so the french toast doesn’t get soggy. If you have a toaster oven, first microwave the frozen french toast for about 20 seconds. Then transfer it to the toaster oven and cook on the regular setting until warmed through. You can also microwave it from frozen until warmed though. It might be a bit softer this way but it will still be tasty!

French toast in a freezer bag

Tips for Great French Toast

  1. Use stale bread if you can: French toast is traditionally made with slightly stale bread because it absorbs the egg mixture better without becoming too soggy.
  2. Whisk the egg mixture well: You want the wet ingredients to be well combined.
  3. Soak the bread adequately: Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture, making sure both sides are coated. Allow the bread to soak for a few seconds on each side, but don’t leave it in the mixture for too long, as it may become overly saturated and difficult to cook.
  4. Preheat the skillet or griddle: Heat a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium heat and add a small amount of butter or cooking oil. Allow it to melt and coat the surface evenly.
  5. Don’t overcrowd the pan: Cook the French toast in batches, if necessary, to ensure that each slice has enough space to cook evenly. Overcrowding the pan can lead to uneven browning.

More Pumpkin Recipes

With YEARS worth of content and recipes on Thriving Home, it can be easy to forget about some amazing pumpkin recipes that we have shared.

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Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes

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★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews

Pumpkin French Toast

Whip up a bit of fall into your french toast batter and enjoy some extra nutrition at the same time. This recipe is a family favorite in our house!

Yield: 4 1x
Prep: 10 minutesCook: 5 minutesTotal: 15 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup pureed pumpkin (canned or fresh)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon real vanilla
  • a pinch of salt
  • 8 bread slices (stale is fine)
  • Serving suggestion: butter and real maple syrup

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Instructions

  1. Preheat a large pan or griddle over medium low heat.
  2. Whisk egg, milk, pumpkin, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt in a shallow dish.
  3. Grease the pan (I prefer organic butter or coconut oil). When a few water drops sizzle in the pan, it is hot enough to begin.
  4. Dip bread slices, one at a time, in the batter, turning them over to get them completely soaked. Give them a minute to really soak in the goodness!
  5. Cook the battered bread slices for about 2 minutes on each side. The french toast is done when both sides are golden brown and there is no more visible raw egg.
  6. Serve with butter and real maple syrup.

Freezer Meal Instructions:

To freeze:
Make french toast, let cool completely, and store in tightly sealed freezer bag or container.

To prepare:
Toast on the “defrost” setting until warmed through. Or toast on regular setting and microwave in 10 second increments to warm all the way through.

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Rachel dreams about creating recipes (literally) and uses her husband, her 3 kids, and even the neighbors as guinea pigs several nights a week. She believes that good food has the power to bring families and friends closer together and continues to wake up excited about her job each day, even after 10+ years!

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  1. AvatarHelen says

    Posted on 3/12/23 at 2:47 pm

    This is perfect for using up that last bit of pumpkin from the can.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. AvatarAlicia Aranda says

    Posted on 10/13/17 at 10:45 am

    Can I use Vanilla Extract? Im new to this whole healthy mom thing.

    Reply
    • RachelRachel says

      Posted on 10/20/17 at 12:58 pm

      Yes. I just always check the ingredients. Some vanilla products have artificial colors and other additives. I always look for the one with vanilla, alcohol, and water. That’s pretty much the basics.

      Reply
  3. AvatarSamantha Roberts says

    Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:19 pm

    This is such a great recipe and my picky 3-year-old loves it! Do you mind if I share it on my mom blog at learningthemomlife.com?

    ★★★★★

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    • RachelRachel says

      Posted on 1/26/16 at 2:10 pm

      We’d be honored if you shared a link to our recipe and an image from this post on your blog, Samantha. But we do kindly ask that you don’t copy and paste the entire post/recipe to your site, as that will ding both of us on Google searches. Thank you and so glad your little one enjoys it!

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  4. AvatarMelissa says

    Posted on 11/18/13 at 1:56 pm

    Have you made these in advance and then frozen them for a future quick breakfast? I’m thinking of making a big batch and freezing them so I can pull some out and pop them in the toaster to rewarm them.

    Reply
    • RachelRachel says

      Posted on 11/18/13 at 5:18 pm

      Yep, sure have and it’s worked fine. To defrost and warm, I usually nuke them a little (about 20 seconds) and then toast them. You can also store in the fridge for several days and warm in the toaster. Great idea to make a big batch!

      Reply
  5. RachelRachel says

    Posted on 10/4/12 at 8:47 pm

    Love that! Glad it was a hit, Ashley!

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  6. AvatarAshley Johnson says

    Posted on 10/4/12 at 11:17 am

    it must have been meant to be this morning. Couldn’t sleep in… had exactly 1/2 cup pumpkin puree in my fridge, so I got up and made the family hot breakfast 🙂 it was yummy – thanks!

    Reply

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