A high Protein Pumpkin French Toast Bake loaded with all the pumpkin spice flavor and nutrition. This baked pumpkin protein french toast casserole can be made overnight for a healthy meal-prep breakfast.
Jump to RecipeNow I know French toast is more of a breakfast food, but with the low fat and high protein part of this healthy pumpkin french toast casserole, it was more of a post-workout treat!
No complaints at all here though. A dollop of whipped cream and this high protein baked pumpkin french toast is fall-perfect.
Ingredients for Protein Pumpkin French Toast Bake
This easy meal prep high protein pumpkin protein French toast bake uses clean ingredients like whole wheat bread and egg whites and has no butter or sugar.
- Pure Pumpkin Puree either from the can like libbys, or homemade. Make sure its not pumpkin pie filling though
- Whole Wheat Bread, or any other
- Vanilla Protein Powder needed for high protein pumpkin 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
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Nutmeg
- Chopped Pecans
Tips to make Overnight Protein Pumpkin French Toast Casserole
This high protein overnight pumpkin French toast casserole 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 pumpkin protein 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 pumpkin protein overnight french toast bake is ready. It should come out mostly clean, but with a few crumbs attached.
To Store Pumpkin Protein Powder French Toast
This skinny pumpkin protein powder french toast casserole recipe is great for a meal prep dessert or breakfast.
Cover baking dish with plastic wrap and store baked pumpkin protein french toast in the fridge for upto 5 days. You can also use an airtight container.
To freeze protein powder pumpkin French toast, slice into pieces, individually wrap each piece in plastic wrap, place in freezer-safe zipper bag, then freeze.
Alternatives for Healthy Pumpkin French Toast Bake Recipe
This healthy pumpkin French toast bake 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 Baked Pumpkin French Toast!
For a keto, low carb and also low calorie baked pumpkin protein French toast, I recommend using hamburger buns from Smart Baking Company, or low-carb bread from ROYO; The code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount!
Some more Protein Powder Breakfast recipes to try:
- Chocolate Protein Bread Pudding
- Oreo Protein Bread Pudding for One
- Protein French Toast Sticks
- Baked Protein French Toast
- Chocolate Protein French Toast
Protein Pumpkin French Toast Bake
Ingredients
- 8 slices Whole Wheat Bread, 224g
- ½ cup Pumpkin Puree, 120g (not pumpkin pie filling)
- ½ cup Vanilla Protein Powder, Whey-casein, 45g
- ½ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, 120ml
- 2 Eggs
- 4 Egg White, 132g
- 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg
- 1 Tbsp Chopped Pecans, 14g (or more)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F, and lightly grease a 9”x6” baking dish (or use an 8”x8” and reduce baking time).
- Cut bread into 1” cubes and place in baking dish.
- In a blender, combine pumpkin puree, protein powder, almond milk, eggs, egg whites, pumpkin pie spice and nutmeg.
- Pour mixture evenly over bread slices; Press down. Cover with plastic wrap, transfer to fridge and let set overnight or 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Top bread with pecans.
- 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.
- Let cool a few minutes, slice into pieces, top with whipped cream, zero calorie powdered sugar 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
- Servings: 6 pieces | Serving size: 1
- Calories: 177kcal
- Fat: 5.5g | Saturated fat: 0.7g
- Carbohydrates: 19.2g | Fiber: 3.8g | Sugar: 2.5g
- Protein: 15g
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Love this guilt-free french toast bake! It also works great for meal prep – I split mine into 4 servings instead of 6. I’m going to make this a lot this winter!
❤️ It makes me so happy to know that you liked this recipe so much to repeat it! Really such a good one for meal prep! Can’t wait to see what you try next 🙂
I followed recipe but mine turned out a bit over dry but tasted delicious. I will either cut back on amount of bread added or baking time to tweak it . Tasted very good but needs to be more moist to convince my husband to eat it!
Hi Chris! I’m glad you liked the flavor so much to want to try it again!
I would say reduce the bread a little bit and also check for doneness a little early. I’ll update the blog post as well!