Yogurt French Toast

Overhead of the Healthy French Toast, drizzled in maple syrup

Hosting brunch or breakfast this weekend? Knock your guests' socks off with this Yogurt French Toast recipe, which has ALL of the flavor and less fat than the regular. Crusty pieces of bread are dipped in a yogurt, skim milk and egg mixture before frying in a pan with a little butter until golden brown. The French Toast pieces are then baked until cooked through. Enjoy warm with fresh berries and your favorite syrup!

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings servings

Calories 535kcal

Ingredients

French Toast

1 loaf ciabatta bread sliced into 12-1" thick slices
1/3 cup Greek yogurt
1 ¼ cup milk at room temperature
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs at room temperature
1 tablespoon unsalted butter

Toppings

Sliced fruit
Pure maple syrup
Powdered sugar optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300°F.
Crack the eggs into a bowl or a large baking dish. Whisk them together, then pour in the milk and the yogurt. Stir until just mixed. Sprinkle in the cinnamon and whisk.
Slice the bread into 1" thick slices if you haven't already.
Dip the sliced bread into the egg/milk/yogurt mixture and let sit for five minutes.
While bread is soaking in the mixture, heat a large skillet or a griddle over medium-high heat. Melt the butter in the pan.
After the bread has soaked, gently lift it out of the liquid mixture and place in the searing hot pan.
Sear on both sides until browned, then transfer to a baking sheet into the warm oven. Transferring the cooked French toast into the oven does two things: ensures that the toast is cooked through AND also keeps the toast warm while the rest is being cooked up.
Repeat the process as needed and once all the toast is cooked, serve topped with your favorite fruit and syrup.

Notes

Older bread works better in French toast, simply because it will sop up more of the liquid mixture and have more flavor.

Substitutions:

You can use full-fat, low fat or no fat versions of the milk and the yogurt in this recipe.
The original recipe calls for low fat vanilla yogurt, but we've been using plain Greek yogurt in recent years. If you'd rather have flavored yogurt, have at it! Just know that your substitutions will change the calories in each serving.
You can also use regular yogurt or Skyr-style. The different types will make for different thicknesses of the dipping mixture, but it yields an equally delicious result.

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