I enjoy creating my own unique recipes, and I am always trying to find ways to add vitamins and fiber into recipes. The best way to get your kids to eat healthily is to hide in their food! My mother made me this cherished recipe book one year for Christmas. It is full of recipes handed down from my mother, my father (both great cooks), and my grandparents. My daughter LOVES to get the book out. Just recently we gave it a facelift with some cute baking-themed accessories. Over the years I’ve added my own recipes like this delicious Pumpkin French Toast.
Pumpkin French Toast Recipe
Pumpkin Frech Toast
Ingredients
Pumpkin Bread
- 1 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 2/3 cup Flour
- 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Cloves (ground)
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Canola Oil
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1 cup Canned Pumpkin
- 1/2 cup Pecans (chopped)
- 1 cup Raisins
French Toast
- 4 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Milk
- Butter
- Pumpkin Bread (above)
Instructions
Pumpkin Bread
- Sift together sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, spices, and flour in a large bowl.
- Add eggs, oil, pumpkin, and water to the dry mixture.
- Beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
- Stir in nuts, and raisins. Pour into two 9″ x 5″ loaf pans.
- Stir in nuts, and raisins. Pour into two 9″ x 5″ loaf pans.
French Toast
- Cut cooled pumpkin bread into 3/4 to 1-inch slices.
- Combine eggs and milk, whip well.
- Melt butter in a frying pan, dip pumpkin bread slices in egg wash on both sides, transfer to the frying pan, brown on both sides.
- Serve with warm maple syrup and powered sugar (optional).
All great pumpkin recipes begin with Libby’s Pumpkin, including this Pumpkin French Toast. We fall comes around my mind automatically goes to pumpkin. We have some great pumpkin recipes here at Shibley Smiles such as:
Pumpkin is a great source of fiber, has lots of Vitamin A, and is full of Beta Carotene. It can be used as a substitute for butter, eggs, or oil in many of your favorite recipes saving fat and calories. Sounds like a win-win!
Fall may make you think of pumpkin but pumpkin can be used all year long. Don’t wait until the fall season to enjoy this Pumpkin French Toast. Also, when you don’t use all of the pumpkin you can store the remainder in the freezer to use at a later time. The Pumpkin French Toast was a big hit this year, especially with the kids. I think we may have just created a new family tradition but Shhh we don’t want the kids to know it is good for them too.
