Baked Coconut French Toast Recipes

BAKED COCONUT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Spray the inside of a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Arrange bread slices in a single layer in the prepared baking dish.
• Whisk coconut milk, egg substitute, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until evenly combined; pour over bread. Turn bread over to coat. Cover baking dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove plastic wrap from baking dish.
• Turn bread slices over and sprinkle coconut over bread; let stand for 15 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until egg is set and coconut is golden, about 30 minutes.

COCONUT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs; add milk, sugar and cinnamon. Add bread, a few slices at a time; let soak for 1 minute on each side. Coat both sides with coconut. Place on greased baking sheets. , Bake at 475° for 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown and cooked through. Serve with syrup if desired.

COCONUT-ALMOND FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish.
• For the French toast: Lay the bread slices in one layer (it's OK if they overlap a little) on a baking sheet. Bake the slices (to dry them out a little) for 6 minutes, then flip and bake for 6 minutes more. Set aside to cool.
• Whisk together the eggs, half-and-half, granulated sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Dunk each bread slice in the egg mixture to coat thoroughly and shingle the slices in the buttered casserole dish. Pour any remaining egg mixture over the bread. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• For the coconut-almond crust: Put 1/2 cup of the coconut, 1/3 cup of the almonds, granulated sugar, flour and salt in a food processor and process until very fine. Add the butter, egg and egg yolk and process well to form a smooth paste.
• To assemble the casserole: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the coconut-almond mixture evenly over the soaked bread slices. Top with the remaining 1/4 cup sliced almonds and 3 tablespoons coconut and bake until puffed and lightly golden and the custard is set (the center of the casserole will no longer jiggle when shaken), 45 to 50 minutes. Allow to cool for 1 hour before serving, or serve at room temperature.
• Serve with a sprinkling of powdered sugar and berries if using.

BANANA & COCONUT BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350oF.
• Heat the coconut milk, milk and butter in a pot over a low heat until the butter has melted. Take off the heat and beat in the mashed banana, sugar, salt and eggs.
• Take each slice of bread and dip into the banana mixture. Lay into a greased 9x11-inch dish. Pour the excess banana mixture over the top of the bread. Sprinkle with the flaked coconut and raw sugar then bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and crisp on top.

COCONUT AND BERRY FRENCH TOAST BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a small baking dish with cooking spray.
• Whisk eggs, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Cut bread slices into squares and place in the prepared baking dish. Pour egg mixture over top, making sure all bread is soaked. Sprinkle berries and coconut on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until egg mixture is set, 15 to 30 minutes; check often to make sure coconut doesn't burn.