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Pumpkin French toast with golden crisp edges and pumpkin spice flavor. Stack it up and drizzle with maple syrup for an epic fall breakfast.

With no milk and less sugar, this Pumpkin French toast is a guilt-free fall breakfast recipe packed with pumpkin flavor that you'll wake up excited to make.

stack of four thick pumpkin French toast slices

Pumpkin Spice French Toast

Laura fuentes holding a skillet of food standing in front of a blue door

From pumpkin pancakes to pumpkin spice hot chocolate, fall makes me crave all things pumpkin. So, pumpkin French toast? Of course!

This recipe has been a family favorite for a while, and I don’t complain. It’s super easy to make, and I feel good about serving it since there’s no added sugar if you don't count the drizzle of maple syrup over the toast, and there's no milk or cream in the liquid base.

Ingredients

You’ll need classic French toast ingredients: eggs, vanilla extract, a thick-sliced Texas toast, Brioche, or bakery bread. And what makes this recipe so epic is adding pumpkin purée and pumpkin spice (that you can swap for cinnamon).

Laura’s pro tip: This French toast needs only ¼ cup of pumpkin purée, so if you're breaking into a new can, don't toss out those leftovers! I've got 10 leftover canned pumpkin ideas to make with less than a cup of pumpkin or try another pumpkin breakfast idea.

How to Make Pumpkin French Toast

As you’ll see in the video and the following steps, making this pumpkin French toast is just as easy as the traditional recipe:

Make the liquid base.
A pie dish or baking dish works great for whisking the eggs with canned pumpkin purée, pumpkin spice, and vanilla extract.
Soak.
Let the bread soak for a minute before flipping and soaking for an additional minute.
Cook.
After cooking the first side, flip the slices over, cover with a fitted lid, and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until golden brown.

syrup being poured over a stack of four thick pumpkin French toast slices

How Do You Know When French Toast is Done

You’ll know your French toast is done cooking when the centers are puffed up, and the edges are set and browned. This signals that all of the liquid in the bread is cooked out. Keep in mind, once the French toast is removed from the pan, it will ‘deflate’ a little, but this doesn’t mean it’s soggy.

Best Toppings for Pumpkin French Toast

When it comes to toppings, you can be as fancy as you like or keep it simple. My favorite ones are maple syrup, cinnamon syrup, whipped cream, chopped pecans or walnuts, and cinnamon.

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Pumpkin Spice French Toast Recipe

Servings: 4 slices

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 8

Total Time: 18

Pumpkin French toast with golden crisp edges and pumpkin spice flavor. Stack it up and drizzle with maple syrup for an epic fall breakfast.

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Watch how it’s made:

Ingredients

4 eggs
¼ cup pumpkin purée
¼ teaspoon pumpkin spice or cinnamon
½ teaspoon vanilla
4 slices thick white bread
Maple syrup, for serving

Instructions

Prep:

In a wide, shallow dish, whisk the eggs with the pumpkin, pumpkin spice (or cinnamon), and vanilla until combined.
Place each slice of bread into the egg mixture and allow it to absorb, using a fork to prick each slice gently. Flip the slices and repeat with the remaining side.

Cook:

Lightly grease a large griddle or skillet with butter or cooking spray and heat over medium heat, 350F if using a griddle.
Add the bread slices to the griddle and cook for 3 minutes or until the bread gets a golden, brown crust. Flip and reduce the heat to medium before covering the pan with a fitted lid. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until the opposite side is golden brown.
Remove from heat and serve with syrup and your choice of toppings.