Weight Watchers Pumpkin French Toast Casserole

With totally different holidays approaching, I needed to share a scrumptious brunch recipe that’s excellent for festive mornings: Weight Watchers Pumpkin French Toast Casserole. I’m certain you’ve heard of basic French toast casserole, however this recipe is a step above that; it’s a pumpkin-y model! Not solely that, however it’s Weight Watchers pleasant. You may make this dish with both common brown sugar or a sugar alternative, and it’s low in factors both manner. Utilizing a sugar alternative will make the dish 4 WW factors per serving, and if you happen to use actual brown sugar, it’ll be 6 factors per serving.

This casserole is layered with bread slices and a French toast custard combination that has pumpkin puree. It additionally has hints of cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and actual maple syrup. To prime it off, there’s a yummy cinnamon sugar topping that provides it the proper quantity of sweetness. I actually take pleasure in this dish as a result of its taste and texture is to die for. It actually tastes like baked French toast; the bread slices grow to be so fluffy and custardy, virtually like bread pudding. You can too serve it in so some ways by having fun with it with numerous toppings.

When you’re like me, you may need to pair a candy breakfast merchandise like this with a savory one. I’ve tons of concepts in my breakfast recipe collection that will pair splendidly with this dish. As an example, these WW Scotch Eggs or Crispy Air Fryer Turkey Bacon are wonderful choices!

Why You Ought to Strive This Recipe

• It’s excellent for vacation mornings! This casserole is ideal for brunch or late breakfast on vacation mornings. It has heat, comforting flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, maple, and brown sugar.
• Straightforward to prep. This layered casserole is straightforward to assemble and you may even prep the custard combination the night time earlier than to get forward on prep!
• It has a terrific presentation. Impress your family members with this French toast bake. Its layered presentation creates a particular and engaging look.

Recipe Overview

• Serving Dimension: 1 slice (177g)
• Variety of Servings: 8
• Time to Prepare dinner: 40 minutes
• WW Factors Per Recipe: 4 WW factors per serving, 31 factors for all the recipe (Click here to view the recipe within the WW app. WW login is required)

Components in WW Pumpkin French Toast Casserole

• 8 Eggs
• ¼ cup Pure maple syrup
• 2 tsp Floor cinnamon
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• ½ tsp Pumpkin pie spice
• 1 can (15-oz) 100% Pumpkin puree
• 16 slices Complete wheat bread
• ⅔ cup Plain, unsweetened almond milk

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

• 5 tbsp Brown sugar substitute or brown sugar
• ¼ tsp Floor cinnamon
• 2 tbsp All-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp Mild butter substitute

Directions for making WW Pumpkin French Toast Casserole

1. Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Make the custard combination by mixing the spices into the pumpkin after which mixing it with the eggs, milk, vanilla, and maple syrup. Whisk till easy and mixed.
2. Make the brown sugar topping by mixing the topping elements collectively till it’s crumbly.
3. In a greased baking dish (9×13 or barely bigger; mine was bigger), put a single layer of 8 bread slices. Pour about 1/3^rd of the custard over the bread and use a spatula to unfold the combination and soak the bread.

4. In the other way, layer the remaining 8 bread slices on prime, barely overlapping one another if wanted. Pour the remaining custard on prime and across the edges, filling within the gaps.

5. Sprinkle the topping over prime.

6. Bake the casserole for 35-45 minutes or till golden brown and the egg custard is ready and agency. In case your topping has melted, take a knife and unfold it evenly on the highest items of toast. If the topping holds form, you may go away it as is (it will depend upon which sort of sweetener you utilize). Enable to relaxation a couple of minutes to arrange.

Variations and Substitutions

• Splurge Model: Serve this scrumptious casserole with whipped cream, vanilla glaze, or extra maple syrup on prime! You can too mud it with a coating of powdered sugar.
• Pumpkin French Toast Casserole with Croissants: Be happy to do this casserole with giant croissants. Solely use sufficient croissants to fill the pan about midway and take note the feel shall be barely totally different. It’ll seemingly be extra pudding-like for the reason that croissants will get softer than the wheat bread.
• Pumpkin French Toast Casserole with Cream Cheese: Make a cream cheese frosting to unfold on prime of the casserole after it bakes. To maintain it low-point, you should utilize low-fat cream cheese. You can too put some cream cheese into the custard, however you have to so as to add extra milk to skinny it out.
• Milk Sort: You should use oat milk, 2% milk, skim milk, or every other most popular milk. I solely used almond milk since it’s so low in factors, and its taste pairs effectively with the opposite elements.
• French Toast Casserole For a Crowd: Since this casserole is layered a sure manner, I counsel merely making two pans if you wish to serve extra folks. When you layered the custard and bread greater within the pan, it may not prepare dinner within the heart, and you would need to alter the cooking time considerably. It’s presupposed to be a shallow casserole.
• Decrease the Factors: You may both minimize this into smaller servings or use much less maple syrup to cut back the factors.  Another choice is to omit the maple syrup and use a zero-calorie sweetener as a replacement.

Suggestions and Tips for Making WW Pumpkin French Toast Bake

• The topping may prove otherwise relying on if you happen to use actual sugar or sweetener. I used a sugar alternative and the topping grew to become extra like a cinnamon sugar paste that I may unfold when taking the dish out of the oven. In case your topping doesn’t soften, it will likely be extra like a streusel, which is simply as scrumptious! Both consequence is ok and it doesn’t imply you probably did something flawed.
• The way to retailer leftovers: Tightly wrap leftovers and maintain them within the fridge for 3-4 days.
• For the reason that pumpkin custard is a bit thick, be sure to make use of a spatula or spoon to actually unfold it out so the bread can soak it up.

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