Low Carb French Toast with Cinnamon Recipe

Cinnamon French toast with sugar free maple flavored syrup brings back Saturday morning breakfast memories without the guilt of regular French toast. This keto french toast recipe is easy enough to make every morning. It’s so simple, you’ll be able to whip up a batch for just yourself or your entire household. It’s low carb, so you can eat it every day while living your keto lifestyle.

For this recipe, you’ll need: low carb bread, eggs, heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar substitute, vanilla extract, cinnamon, sugar free syrup, and butter.

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Low Carb Cinnamon French Toast Recipe Backstory

When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time at my Aunt Jewel’s house. Aunt Jewel and I had a lot in common. We both loved books, enjoyed auctions, appreciated the little things in life and loved our sweets. Every Saturday morning, my Aunt would get up before anyone else and make a huge spread for breakfast. She didn’t just make French toast and eggs. Oh no. Aunt Jewel created a buffet of delectable foods, including homemade fluffy biscuits, sausage, bacon, eggs, and the most delicious French toast dripping in maple syrup I’ve ever had.

I watched her make that french toast many different Saturdays throughout my childhood and became a bit of an expert on French toast making. However, low carb doesn’t really allow for the thick sourdough bread Aunt Jewel used. I put thoughts of Saturday morning French toast behind me as I committed more and more to a low carb way of eating.

I experiment with keto breakfast recipes all the time, and I was really craving French toast this week. I decided to try to recreate Aunt Jewel’s recipe in a low carb version. My test batch turned out so yummy that my husband and I gobbled it up in about three seconds flat. Still, I knew I could make it even better by adding some special touches like Aunt Jewel used to.

After a couple of attempts, I’ve found the perfect combination of soft on the inside, crisp on the outside fluffy keto French toast imaginable.

Low Carb Cinnamon French Toast FAQs

How do you make low carb cinnamon french toast?

This low carb French toast recipe is so easy that you’ll want to make it every week. It took me about 5 minutes, including prep time to grill these keto French toast slices up.

1. Heat your griddle to 275 degrees fahrenheit or set a skillet on stove and turn to medium heat.
2. Beat the egg mixture until they are thoroughly mixed and starting to foam.
3. Add cinnamon, sugar substitute, heavy whipping cream and vanilla and mix in thoroughly.
4. Butter the cooking surface with a stick of butter (you’ll only use a little).
5. Dip slices of bread in egg mixture one slice at a time, making sure both sides are covered completely.
6. Place immediately on hot, buttered cooking surface.
7. Cook for three or four minutes on one side, flip and repeat on the other.
8. Remove from cooking surface, add butter and sugar free maple syrup or other sweetener that is sugar free (optional).

Where do you find low carb bread?

Low carb bread is more prevalent than it used to be. I often order ThinSlim, which is net 0 carbs. You can Low carb bread is more prevalent than it used to be. I often order ThinSlim, which is net 0 carbs. You can purchase it online and I recently found some keto bread at my grocery store called Sola. It is a seeded bread with four net carbs and uses oat fiber rather than some of the heavy wheat in other “low carb” versions. You can also make your own keto bread. I’ve made this same recipe using 90-second bread made in the microwave or cloud bread. Check out our amazing recipe for low carb sandwich bread that takes a quick 2 minutes in the microwave. It would work great for this keto french toast recipe.

If you’ve got some experience with yeast breads you can try the low carb yeast bread recipe from right here on Lowcarb-ology. I use almond flour and coconut flour to reduce the amount of net carbs. Note: As with nearly all low carb yeast breads it is not totally gluten free.

Do I need a griddle?

I used a griddle to make my easy French toast recipe, but you can certainly make French toast for one in a skillet on the top of your stove. I like using the griddle because I can easily control the temperature. If cooking on a griddle, set it for 275 degrees fahrenheit. If cooking on a stove, set the burner on medium heat.

Can you freeze keto french toast?

I did try to freeze and reheat and the texture was not good. I don’t advise freezing. What you could do is freeze the bread and thaw a slice or two at a time and then make this low carb French toast recipe.

Variations to Low Carb Cinnamon French Toast Recipe

There are so many ways to serve up this keto French toast. In addition to using sugar free maple syrup, here are variations I’ve tried:

• Add a little nutmeg to the egg mixture. This adds another level of taste.
• Depending upon where you like to keep your net carbs counts, add berries or nuts.
• Use a low carb cinnamon raisin bread for the base.
• Top with sugar free ice cream toppings, such as caramel syrup or chocolate syrup.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar substitute on top or a dollop of keto whipped cream.
• Toast your bread slice to a golden brown first for a crispier French toast recipe.
• Slice your low carb bread to make keto french toast sticks for your young ones.

Low Carb Cinnamon French Toast Recipe

This cinnamon French toast recipe is warm and homey and completely low carb friendly. If you want a keto breakfast, use the lowest carb bread you can find or make your own. This recipe makes enough keto French toast for one person. If you click on the number “1” to the right of the “Servings” title below to change the number of servings. The recipe will change the amount of each ingredients for you. If this keto recipe makes your taste buds happy, please consider giving it 5 stars!

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