Fancy Pumpkin Spice French Toast with Cinnamon Whipped Cream Recipe

Hi Friends!! Today I am partnering with La Brea Bakery Artisan Breads to share another fun and easy recipe for Pumpkin Spice French Toast with Cinnamon Whipped Cream using La Brea Bakery’s Toasted Sunflower Honey Bread. I know fall isn’t quite here yet, but after Labor Day it really starts to feel like fall. Especially since most of my favorite coffee places start to release their fall drink menus which of course include the famous PUMPKIN SPICE!!! I am a huge pumpkin spice lover and I just looove all things pumpkin. You really can’t do fall without pumpkin spice and this recipe for Fancy Pumpkin Spice French Toast will get you into the fall spirit.

When it comes to making French toast the bread is the most important part of the recipe.

La Brea Bakery’s Toasted Sunflower Honey Bread paired really well this Fancy Pumpkin Spice French Toast recipe. The bread was not too sweet and it had the perfect crust for a fancy French toast. It was actually quite gorgeous!! My favorite part of the bread were the toasted sunflower seeds!! They added so much extra flavor and crunch to the Fancy Pumpkin Spice Toast. After having this recipe, it has inspired me to try more recipes with sunflower seeds and pumpkin, because they pair so well with one another. You can find in your local grocery store here.

Now onto the pumpkin spice part of this recipe. This Pumpkin Spice French toast does have REAL pumpkin in it and it makes this such a gorgeous orange color. I used canned pumpkin puree for this recipe, but if you are feeling extra fancy then you can totally roast your own pumpkin puree. To make things super easy, I also used a premixed pumpkin pie spice from the grocery store. If you wanted, you could also use canned pumpkin pie puree which already includes the spices, just omit the pumpkin pie spice in the recipe.

For this recipe I really recommend using butter to make your Fancy Pumpkin Spice French Toast.

It adds that extra bit of flavor and really ties together everything. Once you are making these, your house will instantly smell like fall. I like topping these french toast with homemade cinnamon whipped cream. I don’t add any extra sugar to the whipped cream, so its just heavy whipping cream and cinnamon. Then I drizzle on some maple syrup and powdered sugar and enjoy!!

I hope you give this recipe a try and if you do send me a picture on social media!

Fancy Pumpkin Spice French Toast with Cinnamon Whipped Cream Recipe

Yield: 8 slices

Ingredients:

2 Large eggs
½ cup pumpkin puree
¼ cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup heavy whipping cream, divided
1 loaf of La Brea Bakery Toasted Sunflower Honey bread
¼ cup of unsalted butter or nonstick spray
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Maple syrup and powdered sugar for topping

Directions:

In a medium shallow bowl or baking dish, whisk together eggs, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, pumpkin spice, vanilla extract, ½ cup of heavy cream until fully combined
Preheat a large pan on a medium/low heat
Trim the ends of the La Brea Bakery Toasted Sunflower Honey loaf about ¼ inch and discard, then slice loaf into 1-inch thick slices
Dip slices into pumpkin mixture and let each slice soak for at least 3 minutes on each side
Once pan is warmed up, add in ½ teaspoon of butter (or enough to coat) pan and place pumpkin dipped bread in pan and let cook for 3 minutes on each side on a medium/low heat
In a blender add in ½ cup of heavy whipping cream and cinnamon and blend for 2-3 minutes or until mixture becomes thick and fluffy
Serve the pumpkin spice French toast with a dollop of cinnamon whipped cream, maple syrup, and powdered sugar