Nutella-Stuffed Pumpkin French Toast Is Your New Best Friend

Every week, we spotlight a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Below, Stephanie Le of I Am a Food Blog gives French toast a fall makeover with help from rich pureed pumpkin. Nutella is in the mix, too, because why not.

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Photo: Stephanie Le

By Stephanie Le, I Am a Food Blog

Once September rolls around, I become obsessed with pumpkins. I’m not quite sure why I love pumpkin so much — I didn’t grow up eating it and to this day mom tells me that she’d rather die than eat pumpkin pie. It’s not that she hates the fruit (yes, pumpkin is a fruit!), it has to do more with the spices, specifically cinnamon. I am totally the opposite — I think pumpkin pie spices, especially cinnamon, are the best thing about pumpkin-ified foods.

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This pumpkin French toast is doubly delicious due to the pumpkin and Nutella. I love how the Nutella gets all gooey and melty. The pumpkin flavor in this is on the lighter side — which means you should give it a go even if you aren’t a pumpkin fan. Maybe it’ll become one of your new fall favorites.

Nutella-Stuffed Pumpkin French Toast
Serves 2 to 4

2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
½ cup pumpkin
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
8 slices of bread, stale preferred
¼ cup Nutella
Pat of butter

Beat eggs, milk, pumpkin, and spices together in a shallow bowl. Make four Nutella sandwiches. Dip sandwiches into the egg mixture, allowing the bread to soak up the eggy goodness. Melt a pat of butter in a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the soaked sandwiches and fry until golden brown on both sides, 2-3 minutes, flipping once.

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