Baked French Toast with Blueberry (BLW Friendly)

Table of Contents

Homemade Baked French Toast Recipe for Baby: A Delicious Easy Breakfast Recipe and Nutritious Choice

Baked French Toast

Introducing solid foods to your baby's diet is an exciting milestone, and choosing the right foods is crucial for their growth and development.

Homemade baked French toast is the best way to introduce to your little one's taste buds for a special occasion, like a weekend brunch. Not only is it an amazing recipe, but it also offers a range of benefits for your baby's health and development.

This baby-led weaning friendly recipe is an excellent way to encourage self-feeding and independence, making mealtime an enjoyable and educational experience. It is also great if you have stale bread to use up. This recipe always has rave reviews.

Benefits of Homemade Baked French Toast

1. Nutritious Ingredients

Using whole-grain bread, free range eggs, and a variety of fruits, you can create a highly nutritious dish packed with essential nutrients. Whole-grain bread provides fibre, while eggs offer protein, vitamins, and minerals necessary for your baby's healthy development. The addition of fruits not only adds natural sweetness but also introduces different flavours and essential vitamins.

2. Soft Texture

Homemade baked French toast is a great recipe that can be modified to suit your baby's chewing abilities and preferences. The toasts can be cooked to a soft and slightly mushy texture, making them easy for your little one to handle and consume without any worries of choking hazards.

3. Versatility

Whether you choose to use a single fruit or a combination of fruits, homemade baked French toast offers endless variations. From mashed bananas to mashed berries or even grated apples, you can introduce a variety of flavours to your baby's palate, promoting their acceptance of different tastes as they grow.

Baby-Led Weaning Friendly?

Yes! Baby-led weaning emphasises self-feeding and allows your baby to explore different textures, tastes, and sizes. Homemade baked French toast fits perfectly into this approach as it encourages your baby to grab, hold, and self-feed.

The soft texture of the toast enables them to easily grasp and nibble, building essential fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination required for independent eating.

Why Homemade Baked French Toast is a Great Choice For Breakfast Recipes or Brunch Recipes

1. Nutrient-Rich

Homemade baked French toast provides a balanced blend of carbohydrates, protein, and essential vitamins and minerals. This nutrient-rich dish offers a wholesome meal for your baby, supporting their overall growth and development.

2. Introduction to Different Flavours

By incorporating a variety of fruits, you expose your baby to different tastes and textures, expanding their palate early on. This exposure helps shape their preferences for healthier foods as they grow, ensuring a varied and nutritious diet in the long run.

3. Easy to Prepare

Preparing homemade baked French toast for best results is simple and can be done in batches by doubling the recipe, making it convenient for busy parents.

Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer, allowing you to have nutritious, ready-to-eat options the next day or whenever needed.
In summary, homemade baked French toast is a wonderful choice for your baby's solid food journey.

From its nutritional benefits to baby-led weaning friendliness, this delicious dish introduces a world of flavours while encouraging self-feeding and independence. Enjoy watching your baby explore the exciting world of food, one soft and flavourful bite at a time!

Ingredient information

Sliced bread - Introducing sliced bread for baby, With perfectly sliced portions, it provides the ideal texture and size for tiny hands and developing palates.

Whether it's for a peanut butter sandwich or a simple snack, this innovation ensures that parents can quickly prepare nutritious and hassle-free meals for their precious little bundle. Sliced bread for baby truly deserves to be celebrated as one of the most convenient and indispensable culinary discoveries for tiny tummies.

Double cream (heavy cream) -You can give double cream to your baby in moderation. within food it is ok. That is why this recipe is great for an indulgent meal.

Milk - You can use a whole milk or a semi skimmed milk for this recipe. It is recommended that baby’s from 6-2 years old have whole milk and from 2 years semi skimmed milk.

Egg - I always use free range eggs with the red lion stamp as these eggs are great to use within baby led weaning and family meals too.

Cinnamon - Cinnamon baby-led weaning offers a multitude of benefits for both babies and parents alike. Firstly, the warm and aromatic flavour of cinnamon introduces babies to a range of exciting tastes, aiding in the development of their taste buds and encouraging a love for diverse foods.

Moreover, cinnamon possesses natural antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, which can help to support the immune system and promote overall health.

Strawberry apple puree - Introducing the Apple and Strawberry Puree Pouch, a delightful and nutritious treat perfect for little ones as young as 6 months old.

This pouch of goodness offers the ultimate convenience for parents, providing a quick and mess-free solution to satisfy their baby's cravings. Bursting with the natural sweetness of ripe apples and juicy strawberries, this puree is not only delicious but also packed with essential vitamins and minerals.

Oats - You can leave the oats out as a garnish, they are great to use if you have them for added nutrition.

Fresh blueberries - You could use quartered strawberries, cooked pear or blackberries instead of blueberries. Baked blueberry is a delicious option for your baby.

Serving suggestion

The French Toast will be great served with Greek yogurt, a mango pot, or extra blueberries and quartered strawberries.

Storage instructions

The French toast can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, stored in an airtight container.

If you wanted to freeze the French Toast, you will need to make sure that the French Toast has cooled down at room temperature before transferring to either a freezer bag or airtight container.

You can freeze into individual portions if you prefer. Ensure that the bag/airtight container is labelled with the item and the date. I use masking tape to label the airtight container.

To defrost the French Toast, leave in the fridge overnight and make sure that it is fully defrosted, before re heating.

To reheat, place the defrosted French Toast in an oven proof dish and reheat on a medium heat for 10-15 minutes.

Once the French Toast has been defrosted you will not be able to reheat or re freeze..

Equipment used to help with this recipe

Oven casserole dish - I love to use a ceramic dish for my oven baked recipes - they are durable and can withstand high oven temperatures. A baking dish and serving dish in one!

Pyrex Jug - A measuring jug is a must-have kitchen utensil and I like the glass Pyrex jugs hygiene and ease of cleaning. The measuring markers are easily readable too.

Baking sheet - I have chosen to use a non-stick and BPA free baking sheet - they are easy to clean and, if you buy more than one, easily stackable and easily stored.

Recipe | Baked French Toast With Bluberries

Ingredients

Makes 4 small portions

• 3 slices sliced bread, cut into 4 triangles or into bread cubes

• Unsalted butter or cooking spray

• 150ml double cream (heavy cream)

• 150ml whole or semi skimmed milk

• 1 large egg

• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

• 60ml strawberry/apple puree

• Handful juicy blueberries

• Rolled oats, for garnish

Instructions

• Start by pre heating your oven to 180C or 350F.

• Place oven casserole dish on the baking sheet. Grease the dish with unsalted butter or cooking spray.

• Layer the sliced bread triangles into the baking dish and set aside.

• Pour the double cream into a jug, followed by the milk, apple/strawberry pure, egg and the cinnamon. Whisk together using a fork.

• Pour the creamy custard mixture over the sliced bread evenly.

• Push down the blueberries into the creamy milk mixture.

• Sprinkle with the oats and pop in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.

Hope you and your family enjoy!

Recipe notes

You can easily make the Baked French Toast gluten free and vegan/dairy free. All you will need to do to make gluten free is use a gluten free bread, and to make vegan you will need to use a vegan cream, oat milk and an egg replacer to replace the egg in the recipe. Weigh the cracked egg to replace with he egg replacer.

Other types of bread you can use: Challah bread, sourdough bread, regular white bread or brioche bread.

---

©The Petit Spoon

Content and photographs are copyright protected and need prior permission to use elsewhere. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to other websites and any social media is strictly prohibited. Sharing and using the link of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated! Share this post now!

---