Easy Baked Protein French Toast with whole wheat bread and protein powder, and no sugar needed. Meal prep this overnight protein french toast and bake it for an anabolic french toast casserole made in the oven!
Jump to RecipeThe overnight french toast casserole part of this high protein breakfast really got my attention. I wasn’t sure how this overnight soaking would work out, but it definitely was a good call.
All that flavor just like a freshly flipped French Toast, but without any of the butter or mess.
Ingredients for Baked Protein French Toast
This easy meal prep baked protein French toast uses clean ingredients like whole wheat bread and has no butter or sugar.
- Whole Wheat Bread, or any other
- Vanilla Protein Powder needed for high protein French toast and also replaces the ‘sugar’. I used whey-casein from Quest Nutrition for this recipe.
- Unsweetened Almond Milk or regular milk
- Eggs
- Egg Whites
- Optionally, Ground Cinnamon
- Strawberries or other berries
Sugar free Chopped White Chocolate or Chocolate Chips – I recommend the one from Lily’s here since it’s a sugar-free option!
Tips to make Anabolic Protein French Toast in the Oven
This anabolic french toast in the oven is really easy to make, and truly perfect for a dessert for breakfast craving!
- Grease the baking pan before putting in the bread. You want to make sure the baked french toast comes off easily.
- Use a blender to make the French toast mixture. The protein powder might clump otherwise if using a bowl and whisk.
- Let the bread soak in the mixture overnight so that the flavor absorbs into the bread.
- Cover baking pan 30 minutes into baking so the bread doesn’t burn on the top.
- Use a knife or toothpick tester to check whether the protein overnight french toast bake is ready. It should come out clean.
To Store Overnight Protein French Toast
This skinny overnight protein french toast casserole recipe is great for a meal prep dessert or breakfast.
Cover baking dish with plastic wrap and store in the fridge for upto 5 days. You can also use an airtight container.
To freeze protein powder overnight French toast, slice into pieces, individually wrap each piece in plastic wrap, place in freezer-safe zipper bag, then freeze.
Alternatives for Healthy Baked French Toast Recipe
This healthy baked French toast works best with the ingredient list, protein powder and brands I recommended, but here’s some options to try:
- Whole Wheat Bread: Regular white bread, or even Texas toast or Brioche
- Almond Milk: Regular milk
- Egg Whites: Aquafaba (chickpea liquid)
Keto Protein French Toast Casserole!
For a keto, low carb and also low calorie Baked Protein French toast, I recommend using hamburger buns from Smart Baking Company.
To get some for 10% off, use my referral link and add the code HAYLSKITCHEN when you checkout.
Some more Protein Powder Breakfast recipes Try:
- Chocolate Protein Bread Pudding
- Oreo Protein Bread Pudding for One
- Protein French Toast Sticks
- Chocolate Protein French Toast
Baked Protein French Toast
Ingredients
- 8 slices Whole Wheat Bread, 224g
- ½ cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 45g
- 1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, 240ml
- 2 Eggs
- 4 Egg White, 132g
- 1 tsp Cinnamon, Optional
- ⅔ cups Chopped Strawberries, 100g
- ½ Tbsp White Chocolate Chips, Sugar free recommended below, 7g (or more)
Instructions
- Lightly grease a 9”x6” baking dish (or use an 8”x8” and reduce baking time).
- Cut bread into halves and place in baking dish.
- In a blender, combine protein powder, almond milk, eggs, egg whites and cinnamon.
- Pour mixture evenly over bread slices; Press down, and top with half strawberries. Cover with plastic wrap, transfer to fridge and let set overnight or 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes (cover with foil after 30 minutes) until mixture is set upto the top; bread should be slightly crisp on top, tester inserted in should come out dry.
- Sprinkle on more strawberries and chocolate chips.Let cool a few minutes, slice into pieces, top with maple syrup and serve.
Notes
- Nutrition information is calculated using products recommended below.
- See post for alternate ingredients, tips and storage options.
- Quest Nutrition Vanilla Whey-Casein Protein Powder
- Lily’s White Chocolate Baking Chips
- Smart Baking Company Smartbun®
- Use link + code HAYLSKITCHEN for 10% off your order
- Servings: 6 pieces | Serving size: 1
- Calories: 159kcal
- Fat: 3.9g | Saturated fat: 0.7g
- Carbohydrates: 19.2g | Fiber: 3.6g | Sugar: 2.6g
- Protein: 14.9g
This recipe was delicious! It holds up great for meal prep and uses a lot of pantry staples – it’s going in my regular rotation for sure.
So glad you liked it! Meal prep was really easy with this for me too 🙂
Cocoa powder is mentioned in the directions but not in the ingredients. What is the measurements for it? Can’t wait to make this.
Hi Rene! So sorry about that! I accidentally added the Cocoa Powder into the ingredients; You don’t need any of that here.
Hope you give this recipe a try. I really can’t wait to know what you think!