Brunch is one of my favorite meals and French Toast Sandwiches are an ideal brunch and family favorite! This French Toast Sandwich, with a creamy raspberry mascarpone filling, is a little fancy and indulgent. Sometimes you have to indulge; it's all about balance. However, this can be made more WW friendly if you prefer (see Variations & Substitutions.)
This fancy French toast recipe is a great recipe for a special occasion breakfast or brunch like Christmas, Easter or Mother's Day brunch, or Valentine's Day. This French toast breakfast sandwich was inspired by my Baileys Irish Cream Overnight French Toast Casserole on this site, and pairs well with this Kiwi Garnish and my Cranberry Christmas Punch!
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If you love French Toast with raspberries, you'll love this recipe! The tart raspberry flavor perfectly balances the sweet French toast!
🥘 Ingredients
For this raspberry French toast you'll need:
- French bread
- mascarpone cheese
- raspberries
- brown sugar
- eggs
- milk
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract (I like to use a good quality extract with natural vanilla flavor)
- salt
- sliced almonds
- icing sugar/powdered sugar
See recipe card for quantities.
🔪Instructions
This French Toast Sandwich is easy to make because it's baked in the oven!
- Prep: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F/ 230 degrees C and spray a baking sheet/cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
- Filling: place mascarpone, raspberries and brown sugar in small bowl.
- Stir and mash raspberries into cheese and brown sugar until smooth.
- French toast: slice each piece of bread into ½-inch pieces - you will get 12.
- Spread mascarpone raspberry mixture over 6 slices.
- Top with remaining slices of the bread. (*If you are prepping ahead, skip this step for now and go to #6- then you can store the mixes and bread until you are ready to make it)*see STORAGE below
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat eggs with milk and remaining 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
- Place sandwiches in 9x13 oblong container bunching close together.
- For this recipe you don't dip sandwiches, you pour the milk and egg batter over sandwiches and turn each sandwich to soak up the beaten egg mixture and fully coat. *This is easier and less messy!
- Space sandwiches apart, so they are not touching, on prepared baking sheet and bake until golden on bottom -about 10 minutes.
- Flip sandwiches to other side with a large spatula.
- Continue to bake until brown (a caramel color) on both sides - about 8 additional minutes.
- Let sit for 5 minutes before dusting with icing sugar/powdered sugar and sprinkling with almonds. Serve with maple syrup, additional raspberries and whipped cream, if desired.
Hint: you'll want to use a different container (affiliate link) to pour the egg mixture over the French toast sandwiches and use parchment paper on your baking sheet (affiliate link) to reduce clean up!
💭Top tip
Make sure you use a thick slice of bread or it will get too mushy.
📖Substitutions & Variations
- Mascarpone Cheese - you could substitute cream cheese
- Raspberries - you could use frozen or fresh. * Just make sure to defrost frozen berries and drain off excess liquid before mixing with cheese.
- Bread - use a thick white bread
- Gluten-free - gluten free bread instead of French bread to make this gluten free
- Weight Watchers friendlier - use a non-fat cream cheese, using ½ the amount of filling. nonfat milk and 647 White bread. Here is a good resource guide for WW breads. I would also recommend using a low-sugar (or sugar-free, if you prefer) syrup.
🥗🍹Sides & Drinks
You could serve this French Toast Breakfast Sandwich with:
- Fruit Salad (with Honey Lime Dressing) (shown)
- maple syrup, of course!
- whipped cream (heavy cream)
- sausages (pork sausage, turkey sausage or Canadian bacon)
- crispy bacon
- Leftover Fried Ham or black forest ham
- Award-Winning Maple Sausage Brunch Bites
- Raspberry Mimosa Mocktail
- Raspberry Gingerbread Smoothie
- Cranberry Christmas Punch
🍽Equipment
For this Raspberry French Toast you really only need a hand mixer (affiliate link) and a baking sheet (affiliate link) for this recipe. I like to use a whisk (affiliate link) for the egg mixture. You'll also want to have a good bread knife (affiliate link) for slicing the French bread. Alternatively, you could make this in a large skillet, over medium heat, although it's better baked.
🌡️Storage
I made these French Toast Sandwiches (with raspberry cream) a day in advance, but I didn't put it together until just prior to serving (or else it would have gotten too soggy).
- I sliced the bread and put it in a ziplock bag and stored at room temperature.
- Then I mixed the raspberries, mascarpone cheese, and brown sugar in one container.
- And I whisked the egg, milk, vanilla, brown sugar, and cinnamon into another separate container.
- I stored both those containers in the fridge overnight. In the morning, just prior to baking, I whisked the egg mixture together again.
I would also recommend you store leftovers separately as well. However, if you have already put the sandwiches together and baked them, you can cover them with plastic wrap. They are best if eaten within 24 hours.
These ingredients don't stand up well to freezing.
👪 Serving Size
This French Toast Sandwich Recipe makes 6 sandwiches. If you want to cut the recipe in half, double or triple it, simply click on the servings (highlighted in blue) on the recipe card and change it to your desired serving amount. The ingredient amounts will magically adjust accordingly.
🦺Food safety
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw egg
- Wash hands after touching raw egg
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
See more guidelines at USDA.gov.
So, if you're looking fora new French toast sandwich, French Toast ideas or fancy French Toast for a special occasion and want something that's a little elevated (and goes beyond the ususual Monte Cristo sandwiches), then this French Toast Sandwich (with raspberry cream) is for you! Your taste buds will thank you 🙂
📋 French Toast Sandwich recipe (with raspberry cream)
Ingredients
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup frozen raspberries defrosted and drained
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 loaf French bread, cut into 12 slices of bread
- 3 whole eggs
- 1 cup milk * I use 1%
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
Garnish
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- icing sugar for dusting
- fresh raspberries (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F/ 230 degrees C and spray a baking sheet/cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray
- Filling: place mascarpone cheese in medium bowl and stir and mash raspberries and ¼ cup brown sugar together.
- French toast: slice 12- ½ - ¾ inch pieces.
- Spread mascarpone mixture over 6 slices. Top with remaining bread slices.
- Place sandwiches in 9 x 13 oblong container, bunching close together.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with milk and remaining 2 tablespoon of brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Pour over sandwiches and turn each sandwich to soak up egg mixture and fully coat.
- Space sandwiched apart, so they are not touching, on prepared baking sheet and bake until golden on bottom -about 10 minutes.
- Flip sandwiches to other side with large spatula.
- Continue to bake until golden brown on both sides - about 8 additional minutes.
- Let sit for 5 minutes before dusting with icing sugar. Sprinkle on almonds.
Garnish
- Serve with maple syrup and whipped cream and additional raspberries, if desired
Notes
- Mascarpone Cheese - you could substitute cream cheese
- Raspberries - you could use frozen or fresh. * Just make sure to defrost frozen berries and drain off excess liquid before mixing with cheese.
- Bread - use a thick white bread
- Gluten-free - gluten free bread instead of French bread to make this gluten free
- Weight Watchers friendlier - use a non-fat cream cheese , using ½ the amount of filling and 647 White bread. Here is a good resource guide for WW breads. I would also recommend using a low sugar (or sugar-free, if you prefer) syrup.
- I sliced the bread and put it in a ziplock bag and stored at room temperature.
- Then I mixed the raspberries, mascarpone cheese and brown sugar in one container.
- And I whisked the egg, milk, vanilla, brown sugar and cinnamon in another separate container.
- I stored both those containers in the fridge overnight. In the morning, just prior to baking, I whisked the egg mixture together again
Shelby Stover
This is the perfect Christmas morning breakfast! Perfectly, indulgent.
Terri Gilson
I agree, Shelby! You have to indulge on Christmas morning!
Vanessa
Oh yum! This is such a special Sunday brunch. The colour inside is so fun too!
Terri Gilson
Thanks, Vanessa!
Bernice
Though I'm not much for a sweet breakfast at all, this stuffed French toast looks awfully tempting. My husband would be all over this. Since he usually makes weekend breakfasts, maybe I should surprise him this weekend with this!
Terri Gilson
I definitely think you should, Bernice!~
Colleen
This French toast sandwich will be perfect for Christmas morning. I know my family will love it!
Terri Gilson
Thanks, Colleen - enjoy!
nancy
the raspberry cream sounds really delicious!