10 minute air fryer french toast sticks that are super fully on the inside yet have a nice crisp outside thanks to a secret ingredient!
Why This Recipe Works
I used to be the worst at making french toast, I’ll be honest. I’d either make them and they’d wind up super dry or super soggy. I could never get it right! Until now. This air fryer french toast stick recipe will blow your mind with how easy and fool-proof it is to make perfect french toast every time!
The secret ingredient to making french toast sticks in the air fryer is Greek yogurt. Adding this to your “wash” or “dipping custard” will give you non-soggy french toast. Plus the air fryer gives it the perfect crisp on the outside while staying super fluffy on the inside!
And, one of my fave parts of cooking french toast sticks in the air fryer? It’s SO fast! No longer are “fancy” breakfasts as I call them (i.e. anything that isn’t a 2 minute bowl of microwave oatmeal) only for the weekends!
A few other of my fave fast “fancy” breakfasts? Homestyle sourdough french toast, easy oat flour pancakes made in the blender and protein pancakes without protein powder!
Ingredients Needed
- Greek Yogurt. You can use plain or vanilla here. I like to use whole milk yogurt because I notice that having some fat in there helps me to stay full and satisfied longer (a little gentle nutrition there!)
- Bread. Pick a nice thick, crusty bread. Texas toast, brioche, challah or sourdough work great!
How To Make This Recipe
Preheat your air fryer to 350. My Instant Pot Vortex 6qt air fryer has a preheat setting but if yours doesn’t then you can just let it run at the desired temp for ~5 minutes to preheat it!
In a shallow bowl or baking dish wish together your eggs, milk, greek yogurt (the secret ingredient!), vanilla, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Cut your bread into 1/4ths, you want to do this lengthwise (as pictured) so you have sticks.
Now, take your bread and dip them into the egg mixture. Be sure to get them nice and coated but not overly soggy.
Spray your preheated air fryer basket with non-stick spray and place your french toast sticks in the basket. Be sure they aren’t touching and that you’re not overcrowding the air fryer (they won’t cook!)
Cook your french toast sticks in the air fryer for 8 minutes at 350, flipping once halfway through.
Now, take your french toast sticks out of the air fryer and enjoy!
Air Fryer French Toast Sticks FAQ’s
I recommend using any type of bread that’s thick and/or crusty. I’m a fan of using Texas toast style bread, brioche, sourdough or something like that. You can totally use white bread, wheat bread, etc.
I’ve tested this air fryer french toast sticks recipe multiple times and found that adding some greek yogurt helped create a more thick batter that stuck to the bread. Read: A nice, thick coating of crisp! You can totally leave out the greek yogurt if you’re in a pinch and don’t have any in the house, they’ll still turn out! I’d just add a splash more milk.
Uh, totally!!! Simple make a small dish of cinnamon sugar (1 tbsp sugar + 1 tsp cinnamon) and roll your egg batter coated sticks in it! The easiest cinnamon sugar french toast sticks!
Yup! You can make this into full sized slice of air fryer fryer french toast. Follow the same directions but keep an eye on the time. Depending on the size of your bread it may need a little extra time, say a couple of minutes, to get the middle cooked so it’s not soggy. You want nice crispy french toast! You can even make full sized cinnamon sugar french toast.
Of course! You can easily make your own frozen french toast sticks! All you have to do is make these as the recipe states, allow to cool fully, and then what I like to do is freeze them in a flat flayer on a baking sheet, THEN add them to a freezer bag. This helps them to not stick together!
Expert Tips
If you don’t have stale bread just pop some in the oven at 275 degrees for just about 5 minutes! Or in the air fryer at 275 for just 1 minute. Super easy hack to get stale bread that’s perfect for air fryer french toast sticks fast!
When you’re flipping your air fryer french toast sticks do so with a spatula not a fork. Kinda like how you’d take cookies off of a baking sheet!
I love to dip my french toast in some warmed no added sugar blueberry jam. I’ll usually just microwave it for a few seconds then swirl in some maple syrup. So good!
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XOXO
-Colleen
Air Fryer French Toast Sticks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 slices thick crusty bread (ideally stale!)
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk I used whole
- 1/4 cup greek yogurt plain or vanilla will work best
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 350. If your air fryer doesn’t then you can just let it run at the desired temp for ~5 minutes to preheat it!
- In a shallow bowl or baking dish wish together your eggs, milk, greek yogurt (the secret ingredient!), vanilla, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Cut your bread into 1/4ths, you want to do this lengthwise (as pictured) so you have sticks.
Now, take your bread and dip them into the egg mixture. Be sure to get them nice and coated but not overly soggy. - Spray your preheated air fryer basket with non-stick spray and place your french toast sticks in the basket. Be sure they aren’t touching and that you’re not overcrowding the air fryer (they won’t cook!)
- Cook your french toast sticks in the air fryer for 8 minutes at 350, flipping once halfway through.
- Now, take your french toast sticks out of the air fryer and enjoy!
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