This keto French toast recipe is a low-carb, diabetic-friendly breakfast dish flavored with cinnamon and vanilla. It has the perfect texture we all know and love, but only 5 grams net carb per serving!
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How to Make Keto French Toast
Gather a few ingredients, mix them together, then fry the bread until golden brown, and you can sit down to a hot breakfast of French toast in less than 30 minutes!
In 2008, when I met my husband in Santa Cruz, Ca, he took me out to a French toast breakfast almost every Thursday. He’s been a staunch critic of low-carb remakes, saying they never get it quite right. That was until this recipe! Now we have the perfect sugar-free French toast and love it.
Ingredients
Keto bread – This psyllium husk keto bread is my first choice for French toast. After cooking, the crust gets crispy while the center is soft and chewy. It’s delicious! However, if you already have a favorite keto bread recipe, you can substitute it with whichever one you like best.
Eggs – Eggs are essential for coating both sides of bread and then getting the classic French toast texture.
Heavy cream – Cream replaces the need for milk found in traditional recipes with a more suitable low-carb ingredient.
Flavors – I adore ground cinnamon and vanilla extract in the batter, but you could omit them if you prefer.
Butter – Fry each piece of bread in butter until it gets toasty and golden brown!
Toppings – I suggest serving with full-fat Greek yogurt and fresh strawberries, however, these are optional and you can enjoy plain French toast just as well. Homemade raw milk yogurt is a delicious substitution for Greek yogurt.
You may also like serving with keto maple-flavored syrup and dusting with a powdered sugar replacement.
Step-By-Step Directions
- In a shallow bowl, whisk the egg and milk together. Add cinnamon and vanilla. Stir well to combine.
- Heat the butter in a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Dip the bread in the egg mixture, flip it over and coast the second side.
- Once the pan is hot, arrange as many bread slices as will fit without touching one another. Cook 60-90 seconds until golden brown. Then, flip and cook the same for the second side. Repeat until all the bread is cooked.
- Serve warm with optional strawberries and yogurt.
Nutritional Info for Strawberry French Toast Recipe
- 359 calories
- 6 protein
- 30 fat
- 17 total carbs
- 12 fiber
- 5 net carbs
Please note that the nutritional value will change if you substitute ingredients. Use a nutrition app like My Fitness Pal to recalculate and reflect your changes.
Strawberry French Toast FAQ
According to FatSecret, one slice of plain French toast has about 20 grams of carbohydrates. Considering that a serving usually includes at least two pieces, that’s 40 grams of carb minimum per meal. Compare this with only 17 grams of total carb (just 5 grams net carbs) per serving of my low-carb recipe, and you’ll see a big difference.
Unfortunately, traditional French toast is a no-no for anyone with diabetes due to the high amount of carbs and sugar.
Regular French toast with bread, milk and maple syrup is too high in carbohydrates for a keto diet. However, by making appropriate substitutions (as I do in the recipe card below), you can adapt the concept for French toast to meet keto macros.
Provided that you follow a keto French toast recipe – yes! You can eat French toast on a keto diet. The recipe I give below is a great example of a sugar-free and low-carb option.
More Keto Breakfast Recipes
Starting the day with one of my family-friendly keto breakfast recipes is always good!
Here are some more ideas you’ll like:
- Coconut Flour Pancakes
- 2-Ingredient Keto Waffles (or Low Carb Waffles with almond flour and cottage cheese from Joy Filled Eats)
- Hot Keto Cereal
- Keto Blueberry Scones
I also have a popular collection of keto pancake recipes you don’t want to miss!
Low-Carb French Toast with Strawberries
Ingredients
- 8 slices Keto Bread or any bread of choice
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tsp butter
Serve with:
- 1 cup strawberries sliced, optional
- ½ cup full-fat Greek yogurt optional
Instructions
- In a shallow bowl, whisk the egg and milk together. Add cinnamon and vanilla. Stir well to combine.
- Heat the butter in a skillet over medium-low heat.
- Dip the bread in the egg mixture, flip it over and coat the second side.
- Once the pan is hot, arrange as many bread slices as will fit without touching one another. Cook 60-90 seconds until golden brown. Then, flip and cook the same for the second side. Repeat with all remaining slices.
- Serve warm with optional strawberries and yogurt.
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Notes
Nutrition & Macros
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More Keto Recipes with Strawberries
There are many delicious and nutritious keto treats to try with fresh or frozen strawberries!
- Ketogenic Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes
- Mini Keto Strawberry Shortcake
- Keto Strawberry Cheesecake Smoothie
This post was originally published on November 3, 2017, and updated on September 16, 2022.