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Published on January 26, 2015 | Updated on April 19, 2022 by The BakerMama

Orange Pecan French Toast

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Fabulous french toast that’s soaked with fresh orange juice and zest before being baked to golden crisp perfection and topped with a toasted pecan infused maple syrup.

Orange Pecan French Toast

French toast is seriously the most fabulous weekend breakfast I can think of. It’s super easy yet tastes so amazingly special!

I baked up this fabulous Orange Pecan French Toast in celebration of my sweet friend Caroline and her baby-to-be! Some other of her blogger friends and I are surprising Caroline today with a citrus-themed virtual baby shower! Surprise, Caroline! 🙂

Caroline Shower

How amazing it would be if we were all together right now enjoying these yummy citrus treats with you and loving on that adorable baby bump before sweet baby is here, but a virtual celebration is so fun too!

Caroline has the most beautiful blog, Chocolate & Carrots. It’s full of great recipes and glimpses into her life. Check out her About Me page. It’s so creative! I’ve been following Caroline for years and was so thrilled when we got to meet at a food bloggers conference a few years ago. She’s the sweetest and has the cutest little boy with baby #2 due to arrive any day now. I love following her weekly pregnancy updates and love that the gender of the baby is going to be a surprise! We were surprised with both Baker and the twins and I can’t imagine a more amazing surprise!

Caroline has been craving citrus throughout her pregnancy so all of the recipes for her virtual baby shower have citrus in them. If you’re a citrus lover, you’ll want to check them all out:

  • Mini Lemon Curd Tarts from Texanerin Baking
  • Lemon Yogurt Baked Donuts with Chocolate Drizzle from The Lemon Bowl
  • Berry Tart with Lime Glaze from Katie’s Cucina
  • Super Soft Clementine Sugar Cookies from The Comfort of Cooking
  • Grapefruit Salad with Avocado, Honey and Mint from Eating Made Easy
  • Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins from Oh, Sweet Basil
  • Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Pull-Apart Muffins from Eats Well With Others
  • Flourless Dark Chocolate Orange Brownies from Sweet Treats and More
  • Quinoa Granola Parfaits with Grapefruit & Mint from Climbing Grier Mountain
  • Creamy Lemon Pasta from Barefeet In The Kitchen
  • Meyer Lemon Shortbread Cookies from Keep It Sweet Desserts

We’ve been eating oranges like crazy lately and I’ve been dreaming up this delicious orange pecan french toast for weeks. It’s sweet and toasty on the outside while still soft and oh so flavorful on the inside. The toasted pecan maple syrup just completes it. It’s easy and quite possibly the most amazing french toast I’ve ever eaten!

Orange Pecan French Toast

I like to bake french toast so it’s all ready at the same time rather than flipping a few slices at a time and trying to keep them warm until all the other slices are ready.

You’ll just soak thick slices of bread in a mixture of eggs, milk, orange juice and orange zest for about 20 minutes before placing it on a rimmed sheet pan and baking it to sweet toasted perfection.

Orange Pecan French Toast

Orange Pecan French Toast

While the bread is toasting, you’ll toast the pecans in a saucepan with some butter, brown sugar and maple syrup. The flavor of the toasted pecans infuses into the maple syrup and creates the most amazing topping for the orange soaked french toast.

Orange Pecan French Toast

I’m so in love with this french toast that I seriously want to make it every morning of the week. It’s one of those dishes that you just can’t put your fork down once you’ve dug in.

Orange Pecan French Toast

If you love oranges, you’ll die over how delicious this french toast is! You’ve just gotta try it!

Orange Pecan French Toast

Congrats Caroline! We’ll be thinking about you over the next few weeks and months as you welcome that sweet miracle into this world and adjust to a family of four! xoxo

Enjoy!

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Orange Pecan French Toast

  • Author: Maegan - The BakerMama
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 35 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
  • Yield: 6
  • Category: Breakfast
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Fabulous french toast that’s soaked with fresh orange juice and zest before being baked to golden crisp perfection and topped with a toasted pecan infused maple syrup.


Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
  • 1 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 slices challah or brioche bread, each 1-1/2 inches thick
  • 2 teaspoons granulated sugar, divided
  • 12 thin orange slices, optional
  • Toasted Pecan Maple Syrup:
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup, divided

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, orange zest, orange juice, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
  3. Soak the bread slices, one at a time, in the egg mixture for 10 seconds per side and then transfer to a 1/2 sheet pan. Pour remaining liquid evenly over each slice of bread in the pan. Let set for 10 minutes and then flip the toast over and let set another 10 minutes.
  4. Generously butter or grease another 1/2 sheet pan and space thin orange slices on the pan, if desired. Using a large spatula, transfer each slice of soaked bread to the prepared sheet pan. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sugar evenly over the bread slices.
  5. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the bread starts to toast around the edges. Flip the bread over, sprinkle evenly with remaining 1 teaspoon sugar and bake another 10 minutes until bread is golden and crisp.
  6. While the bread is toasting in the oven, prepare the syrup. Place the pecans in a shallow saucepan over medium heat. Add the butter and let pecans cook, stirring occasionally, until you can smell them start to toast, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, add brown sugar and 1/4 cup syrup. Let simmer until a thick syrup forms. When ready to serve, stir in remaining 1/4 cup maple syrup and transfer to a serving dish. If syrup is too thick, add more maple syrup to thin it out.
  7. To serve, place a piece of hot toast on a plate and top with toasted pecan maple syrup. Enjoy!

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Comments · 18

  1. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

    January 26, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Aww. What a nice post. πŸ™‚ And this looks magical! I’ve never made any kind of flavored French toast (or actually any French toast because the plain kind my mother made us while growing up was a little boring. I think it turned me off of French toast). But this?! Looks so, so good! My husband was standing over my shoulder when he saw this and is very excited to try this out. πŸ˜€

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  2. bellini says

    January 26, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    This is just something I must try as soon as possible. I like that it is baked to please a crowd.

    Reply
  3. Lemon Yogurt Baked Donuts with Chocolate Drizzle Recipe - The Lemon Bowl says

    January 26, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    […] Orange Pecan French Toast from The Baker Mama […]

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  4. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    January 26, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    I love this idea for a spin on french toast… and yes, it would be amazing if we got to get together in real life to enjoy all these treats!

    Reply
  5. Caroline @ chocolate & carrots says

    January 26, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    Maegan, this is so amazing! If only you could see the drool coming out of my mouth right now. This is totally breakfast perfection right here. My heavens, I can almost smell the warm oranges baking in the oven and the bubbling sweet pecans on the stove.

    Thank you so much for the baby shower for baby #2! I was so surprised. I definitely lucked out with a wonderful group of friends. πŸ™‚ And I agree with you, keeping the gender a surprise is the way to go. I’m can’t tell you how excited I am to find out! I hope you and your sweet and smiling boys have a wonderful week!

    Reply
  6. Flourless Dark Chocolate Orange Brownies says

    January 26, 2015 at 2:05 pm

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  7. Grapefruit Salad with Avocado, Honey and Mint - Eating Made Easy says

    January 26, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    […] Orange Pecan French Toast from The Baker Mama […]

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  8. Amelia @ Eating Made Easy says

    January 26, 2015 at 5:24 pm

    I drool over everything you make, Maegan. And this is no exception!! That pan of orange pecan goodness!! YUM. Adding this to our weekend agenda.

    Reply
  9. Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says

    January 26, 2015 at 6:06 pm

    I am salivating!!! You do breakfast right!!! xo

    Reply
  10. Elegant Cakes – Mini Lemon Curd Tarts says

    January 26, 2015 at 9:19 pm

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    January 26, 2015 at 9:57 pm

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  12. Kristy says

    January 26, 2015 at 11:05 pm

    Mmmm I LOVE french toast and this just sound DIVINE!! Love it Maegan!

    Reply
  13. Liz @ Floating Kitchen says

    January 27, 2015 at 5:05 am

    This looks incredible! I’ve never baked french toast, but now I just can’t wait to do it. Gorgeous photos!

    Reply
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    January 28, 2015 at 10:21 am

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  15. Joanne says

    January 28, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Now I’m just bummed that I didn’t wake up to a big plate of these this morning! Deeeelish!

    Reply
  16. Mary Friedling says

    July 18, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    How do I subscribe to your blog?

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    • Maegan says

      July 19, 2015 at 2:50 pm

      Hi Mary! If you click on my home page, about halfway down on the right sidebar is a subscribe option. I will work on placing it a few other places throughout the blog. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. πŸ™‚

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