Skinny Slow Cooker – French Toast Casserole
French Toast in the slow cooker is a perfect breakfast treat. Also, enjoy the Top 5 Slow Cooker Breakfast Recipes on Skinny Ms. and the Top 20 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes on Skinny Ms.
Yields: 9 Servings | 1 Serving: 2 Triangles | Calories: 227 | Total Fat: 7 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Trans Fat: 0 g | Previous Points: 4 | Points Plus: 6 |Cholesterol: 9 mg | Sodium: 187 mg | Total Carbohydrate: 34 g | Dietary Fiber: 4 g | Sugars: 19 g | Protein: 9 g
Ingredients
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups 1% milk, (almond or soy will also work)
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract|
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 9 Slices whole grain bread
- FILLING:
- 3 cups finely diced uncooked apple pieces (Honey Crisp or Gala are both great in this recipe)
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/3 cup diced raw pecans
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
Add the first 6 ingredients to a medium mixing bowl, whisk to combine. Lightly spray the inside of the slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
Add all the filling ingredients in a small mixing bowl and stir to coat apple pieces, set aside.
Cut bread slices into triangles (that's in half, just triangle shaped). Place one layer of bread (6 triangles) on the bottom of the slow cooker, add ¼ of the filling and repeat until there are 3 layers of bread. Add the remaining filling to the top.
Pour egg mixture over bread. Cover and cook on high 2 to 2-1/2 or low 4 hours, or until bread has soaked up the liquid.
3 Bananas (diced) can be substituted for apples.
Note: Drizzle with 100% pure maple syrup if desired.
http://skinnyms.com/slow-cooker-french-toast-casserole/Pumpkin French Toast Recipe and Overnight French Toast Casserole Recipe are both awesome recipe alternatives.
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This looks terrific! I can't walk without crutches for 6 weeks so hubby is in charge of food. I think he can do this!
Kimberly,
I have faith he can!
I have this in my slow cooker right now. I am the only one who will be eating it so I will have lots of left overs. What is the best way to keep the left overs??
Lori, Allow it to cool to room temperature and freeze into individual serving sizes. We've never had leftovers but freezing should be fine.
Trying this tonight. Very excited!
Jennifer, How was it?
What if I put on before I go to bed (11:00) and cook it on low. Do you think it will be okay if we eat around 8:30?
I think so. With the current time its a very moist French toast…a little on the bread pudding side. The additional time would like make it less dry…like French Toast. Keep us posted!
have you ever doubled this recipe? How would the cooking time be altered?
kd, No…we have doubled. I'd recommend another hour, then check for desired consistency. This recipe is fairly moist so definitely check after 1 hour. Thanks!
What size slow cooker are you using? I have three different sizes and size makes a huge difference!
B. Brunson, 5 – 7 quart will work. Enjoy!
Do you put up somewhere how many ww pp these recipes are? Maybe I'm missing something.
Lisa, We don't have ww points calculated for our recipes. We're planning to add this in the near future. Thanks!
Love this recipe. Yum YUm YUM!
I love this recipe it is my go to for Sunday breakfast
Love this recipe. Yum YUm YUM!
Had this for lunch on 4th of July b/c I got up too late to fix it for breakfast. Like the other posts, we thought it was yummy and I'll probably make it again. I'm glad I halved the recipe, using 4 slices of bread for my small 3 qt. oval slow cooker. It baked up nice and fluffy in 2 hours.
Christie, Thank for letting us know!
This is a Skinny Ms. favorite for sure.
I don’t know the content of soy or almond milk but with 2 whole eggs and 1% milk, the cholesterol value can’t possibly be 0. There are 540 mg of cholesterol in the eggs alone. Just sayin..
It matters to our hearts.
Rose, You're right about eggs being high in cholesterol, but it is actually there at 49 g per serving.
This looks great!! Any ideas on substitution for the nuts (due to allergy in the family)? Thanks!
Gretch, I’d use old-fashioned oats mixed with a little wheat germ.
wow. great recipe.
wow. great recipe.
Please…I understand you use whole foods, but almost all of your recipes include honey, which I am seriously allergic to. Is there any way you can find a substitute to use in your recipes?
Kswan12788, Of course! In most recipes calling for honey, substitute one or a combination of the following: molasses, sorghum or pure maple syrup.
Also, we do use in many of our recipes calling for a sweetener, especially in baking, either sucanat or coconut palm sugar. All of these sweeteners are unrefined and contain nutrients. Enjoy!
I just put it all in the crock pot 1045pm, for tomorrow morning. I did substitute the apples with raisins because I had them on hand….. We shall see what tomorrow holds!!
Mharker, How'd it turn out? I like a little 100% maple syrup drizzled on top.
Mharker, How did it turn how?
Overnight crockpot did not work here, it was burnt on the sides. I will try again with the 2 1/2 hr time.
Stephanie-fulton, That should work. I have a yummy oven recipe in my 7 POWER BREAKFASTS ebook.
The cholesterol is listed as 49mg per serving. I think you were maybe looking at the 0 for transfats before the word cholesterol?
Can you use agave? Very similar to honey in most recipes I've used it in.
Jen, Agave will work.
Maybe some granola would add a little crunch to it? I'll probably just skip the nuts when I make it because my kids don't like them anyway
Jen, Granola will do fine if you don't prefer the nuts.
I calculated 6 per serving.
how about toasting some oats? they taste just like nuts, and give it crunch. just a thught….
Sandy, Hmmmm…I'll have to give it a try. I do love oats!!! Let us know if you try it.
Stephanie, Understand…should work fine in the oven. The reason I like the slow-cooker sometimes, on the weekends I like to clean house first thing and have a yummy breakfast when finished. It's a weekend breakfast at our house.
This came out seriously soggy for me.
So delicious. I really need to make this again soon!
Would it work to prep the night before, put crock in fridge, and start in the morning? Or would it be too soggy?
Should work fine! You could try reducing the milk by 1/2 cup.
Would peaches work instead of apples? We are not cooked apple fans here…
Amy, Definitely…YUM, love peaches!
I made this this morning and let it cook 3 hours and it is still very soggy. I used bananas instead of apples as suggested. Did I do something wrong?
Very soggy, but still yummy!
Not sure what happened. Maybe next time try reducing the milk by half.
Chelsea, Thanks!
The WW Points Plus points are listed right under the title – aren't those correct?
Pam, Yes…I just recalculated to make sure. Thanks!
Do you have to peel the apples?
I would peel them unless you're using organic apples.
Thank you!!! Can't wait to eat this!!! Btw wasn't sure how to line up bread, so I ended up doing it in a circle style since my crock pot is circular. I put 4 triangles around bottom points touching each other and pointing in, and then 2 more on the inside of the circle the 4 other slices made. I noticed when pouring the egg mixture over everything I had to be intentional about covering all the sides or they would have been left dry. Did I use to big of a crock pot?
Monique, You did it just right. 4-6 quart should work fine.
Do I need to turn the bread over at least once in order to make sure the top gets cooked?? It seems like only the bottom is cooking. I dont understand how the top bread that was coated with egg mixture will cook thoroughly??
Monique, The bread soaks up the egg mixture, there should be no excess on top.
At the top it says download app. Is this for skinnyms? When I try, it tells me its a hotel app.
Vickie, No…it's probably an advertisement.
Love this recipe. Don't have to stand around and make individual slices. Gets all done at once.
The banana version is in my crock pot now. I can't wait until it's done! If my cooker's shortest cooking time is four hours, will it take that long to cook or should it be done in 2 1/2 hrs like the instructions say?
Dusty, It takes 2 1/2 hours but could go a little longer. How’d it turn out?
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So I made this but stayed very mushy, I don't know if I did something wrong or if it is supposed to be like that. Any suggestions as to how to make it drier like real french toast? it really didn't look anything like the picture.
Stephanie, For a drier french toast, reduce the egg whites and milk…maybe by half.
love breakfast waiting for me in the AM
One cup of apples will make 3 layers? Seems like not nearly enough. Is it a cup per layer?
Yes, it is 3 cups of apples. Sorry for the confusion!
One cup per layer is correct.
Is all the bread supposed to be covered in the egg mix?
Rae, The bread should be moist with the mixture, so yes.
yum.