Pumpkin French Toast Bake

This Pumpkin French Toast Bake is a guest post from my friend Stacey from This Lil Piglet. For more amazing recipes like this, please visit her blog.

I love pumpkin, a lot. My new favorite thing to do is to head to Starbucks on Fridays, while my son as at school, to work in peace and treat myself to a PSL. Those Pumpkin Spice Latte’s get me every time.

Pumpkin lattes are great (like this iced pumpkin spice latte), but real pumpkin-based desserts are even better. Stacey uses many of my favorite ingredients in this pumpkin french toast inspired recipe:

• bread x12 (I love me some bread. I’m a carb queen! What can I say, bread makes me happy).
• pumpkin
• maple syrup (pure maple syrup guys, not the fake stuff).
• pecans
• cream cheese
• cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla

Basically, this is the breakfast of my dreams.

I know this recipe is categorized as breakfast, but I’m pretty sure this would make one awesome dessert. Or lunch…or dinner…

More fall breakfast recipes:

Caramel Apple Waffles

Caramel Apple Overnight Oats

Caramel Apple Blender Pancakes

Apparently, I really like caramel apple recipes.

Pumpkin French Toast Bake

Pumpkin French Toast Bake. A delicious breakfast recipe that’s easy to put together. This strata-like bake is a new fall breakfast recipe favorite! If you’re a fan of cream cheese, pecans, maple syrup, pumpkin and bread…then you’ll love this recipe.

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Pumpkin French Toast Bake

Prep Time:15 minutes

Cook Time:1 hour

Total Time:1 hour 15 minutes

Pumpkin French Toast Bake. A delicious breakfast recipe that’s easy to put together. This strata-like bake is a new fall breakfast recipe favorite!

Ingredients:

• 12 slices of bread
• 1 cup pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1 8oz block of cream cheese, softened
• 1 ½ cups of milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 ½ tsp nutmeg
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped pecans
  
  

Topping

• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup flour
• ¼ cup butter, cut into small cubes
• Whole pecans (optional)

Garnish with syrup and confectioner’s (icing) sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cut bread into bite-sized cubes and place into a greased 9X13 baking dish.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk pumpkin, cream cheese, milk, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla, mixing thoroughly.
4. Pour ½ of the mix evenly over bread cubes, toss with a spoon to coat; pour the remaining pumpkin mix over the top.
5. Sprinkle chopped pecans evenly over the top.
6. In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients by hand into a crumbly texture. Sprinkle over the top of the bread cubes. Place whole pecans over the top and bake in the oven for 1 hour or until baked through.
7. Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.

This is a strata consistency, not to be confused with the consistency of french toast.

All images and text ©Randa Derkson for The Bewitchin' Kitchen.

Thank you, Stacey, for this amazing recipe! Please visit This Lil Piglet for more recipes (like these Blueberry Perogies with Blueberry Sauce).

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Randa Derkson

I believe that the kitchen is the heart of the home. Whether it’s discussing your day, sharing the highlights of your trip, or just having quality time with a loved one; lives are brought together at the kitchen table.

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