Gluten Free Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

Dive your fork into this easy gluten free vanilla bean ricotta strawberry stuffed French toast. The vanilla and fresh juicy strawberry flavors blend in every bite to make this a delicious breakfast.

(*This post was sponsored by Franz Bakery. All delicious opinions and satisfying mouthfuls of chewy gluten free bagels are my own!)

One of my favorite things about May is that it is National Strawberry Month. What better way to celebrate than this delicious strawberry-stuffed French toast?

This is that, OMG, I could live on this stuff recipe. If you have fresh strawberries and my new favorite certified gluten free bread by Franz Bakery...you are almost all the way to a delicious breakfast!

You won't believe how easy this strawberry-stuffed French toast recipe is to make.

If you love breakfast as much as we do, you will want to check out all of my delicious gluten free breakfast recipes! And if you want to try a great topper for French toast, try this homemade fig chutney!

And if you haven't heard of Franz Bakery, you will because they are an up-and-coming bakery. They have a separate facility for their gluten free products, and they got their gluten free certification in 2012.

You can not only find Franz gluten free bread in the Pacific Northwest, but you can order them online, too. (If you live in the Bay Area, head to your local Costco store because Franz Gluten Free is now in Bay Area Costco stores.)

Click here to read more about Gluten Free Shopping at Costco.

Products:

• Bagels
• Hot dog and hamburger buns
• White and seeded bread loaves
• Raisin bread
• Croutons

(Did I mention how fun it is to make stuffed French toast recipes? You can use any fruits you have on hand!)

I will return to today's special breakfast recipe in a few minutes.

I would hardly be doing you justice if I didn't dedicate a short paragraph to tell you about Franz Gluten Free Bagels. Do you remember before you knew you had to go gluten free...when bagels were slightly chewy and delicious?

Are you ready to take a bite?

Are you ready to take a bite out of this French toast? The secret is adding fresh vanilla beans to the ricotta cheese stuffing. I used a whole vanilla bean to 1 ¼ cups of ricotta cheese. (I also included a tablespoon of sugar, which works so well with the vanilla flavors.)

It is really easy to remove the beans from a vanilla pod. I use a small steak knife to cut down the bean lengthwise. Pry open the pod and use the sharp tip of the knife to scrape the beans out of the pod. I do this over a small bowl to capture the beans as they fall.

Ingredients:

• Franz gluten free bread
• Eggs
• Vanilla
• Ricotta
• Cinnamon
• Strawberries
• Milk

I love how easily the Franz bread works in this recipe. It is moist and doesn't dry out when cooked.

Dip the bread in whisked eggs. Use a fork to flip the bread so both sides soak in the egg evenly.

Cook the French toast in a skillet on medium heat.

Spread the vanilla bean ricotta onto a piece of French toast.

Add fresh strawberries, and then add another slice of French toast. I love we can get fresh strawberries year-round, but they are so sweet and juicy right now. This is the perfect way to enjoy them for National Strawberry Month!

Add syrup, and you have a wonderfully delicious breakfast or brunch.

Try some more delicious recipes with Franz Bread:

• Gluten Free Blueberry French Toast Muffins make a great breakfast, and you can freeze the extras!
• Franz Bread makes the best gluten free croutons!

📖 Recipe

Gluten Free Vanilla Bean Ricotta Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

Sandi Gaertner

This is an easy strawberry stuffed French toast recipe.

5 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Gluten Free Breakfast Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Calories 496 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 ½ cups strawberries
• ▢ 1 ¼ cups ricotta cheese
• ▢ 1 vanilla bean
• ▢ 1 tablespoon sugar
• ▢ 8 slices gluten free bread
• ▢ 6 large eggs
• ▢ ¼ cup heavy cream
• ▢ 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Instructions

 

• In a bowl, add ricotta, vanilla bean, and sugar. Mix well.
• In a large bowl, add eggs and cream and whisk to blend.
• Heat a skillet on medium heat. Add coconut oil and allow pan to heat.
• Dip a slice of bread into the egg mixture. Use a fork to turn the bread over so the egg soaks into both sides. 
• Put the egg soaked bread into the skillet. Repeat until the skillet is full of egg soaked bread. Sprinkle each with cinnamon. Flip to the other side and cook.
• Remove from heat when the French toast is ready.
• Add ricotta and strawberries to a piece of French toast. Top with another piece of French toast.
• Add syrup or powdered sugar.

SPECIAL NOTE

Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 496kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 22gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 320mgSodium: 476mgFiber: 5gSugar: 14g

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