Oven-baked toasties? Nothing complicated. Try making your toastie recipe differently for once and skip the sandwich toaster. Toasties in the oven take a little longer, but the result is worth it. Baked toasties are great at any time of day. On a diet, you will appreciate how easy it is to weigh the bread along with the ingredients you use. Treat yourself to a French-style breakfast, a delicious snack, a healthy lunch or a quick dinner. 8 recipes for healthy baked toasties in the oven will inspire you with both savoury and sweet flavours. By cooking at home, you save money and know exactly what you are eating. Make your toasties with wholegrain bread, such as rye bread or wholemeal sandwich bread.
French toast (French toast) is a firm favourite for breakfast. The traditional French toast recipe is fried in a pan with fat. A healthier option is to make toasties in the oven or to fry them in coconut oil instead. If you want to use your favourite 4-slice sandwich toaster, wrap the French toast in baking paper. Then compare for yourself: the oven, or is the best sandwich toaster better? I am sure you will also love the other toastie recipes: baked with avocado and tuna, devilled toasties, apple stuffed toasties, baked ham toasties or vegetarian toasties with cheese. Get your oven ready, let’s go. Enjoy!
💡 Extra tip: Simply bake your sandwich toaster toastie recipes in the oven instead!
Table of contents
1. French toast
🌿 Vegetarian
For 2 servings you need:
- 4 slices of rye or wholemeal bread
- 3 free-range eggs
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon marjoram
- 1 teaspoon rosemary
- a pinch of salt
Time needed: 8 minutes
French toast recipe:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C.
- Whisk the eggs with the herbs and dip the slices of bread in the mixture.
- Place the coated slices on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake at 180 to 190°C for 5 to 8 minutes.
2. French toast with fruit
🌿 Vegetarian
For 1 serving you need:
- 2 slices of wholemeal bread or sandwich bread
- 1 free-range egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 30 g fresh figs
- 50 g fresh fruit (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries)
Time needed: 5 minutes
French toast with fruit recipe:
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk, honey and cinnamon.
- Dip the slices of bread in the whisked egg.
- Place the slices on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven at 180 to 190°C for 5 to 8 minutes.
You can also fry the French toast in a non-stick pan, just 1 to 2 minutes on each side until golden.
- Garnish the baked toast with fruit and serve.
3. Baked toasties with avocado and tuna
For 2 servings you need:
- 4 slices of wholemeal bread
- 1 avocado
- 90 g tinned tuna
- 100 g mozzarella
- tomato
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Time needed: 10 minutes
Baked toasties recipe:
- Mash the avocado with a fork, then add the drained tuna and olive oil. Stir.
- Slice the mozzarella and tomatoes.
- Spread the mixture on two slices of bread and add the sliced mozzarella and tomato.
- Top with the remaining two slices.
- Bake the toasties in the oven at 180 to 190°C for 8 to 10 minutes.
For quicker preparation, use a 4-slice sandwich toaster, 3 to 4 minutes.
4. Devilled toasties
For 2 servings you need:
- 2 large slices of rye sourdough bread or sandwich bread
- a tablespoon of olive oil
- 50 g white onion
- 70 g red pepper
- 150 g chicken breast (cut into thin strips)
- a tablespoon of tomato purée
- a tablespoon of spring onion (finely chopped)
- 20 g pickled gherkins
- 1 teaspoon ground chilli
- 100 ml water
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh chilli pepper
- salt and pepper to taste
Time needed: 25 minutes
Devilled toasties recipe:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Place the slices of bread on the oven rack and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 190 to 200°C.Bake sandwich bread in the oven for a slightly shorter time.
- Meanwhile, chop the onion, pepper, chicken, gherkins, parsley and fresh chilli pepper into small pieces.
- Prepare the mixture shortly before the bread finishes baking. Heat a pan and add the olive oil.
- Add the chopped onion and red pepper to the hot oil. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the chopped chicken and fry for 3 minutes.
Add the tomato purée, chopped spring onion, gherkins, ground chilli, and salt and pepper to taste to the meat.
- Pour 100 ml of water over the mixture and heat over a medium heat for 1 minute.
The water will reduce by half after about a minute.
- Divide the baked bread between two plates and top with the prepared devilled mixture.
Garnish with fresh parsley and chopped fresh chilli pepper.
- Serve the devilled toasties warm.
5. Apple stuffed toasties
🌿 Vegetarian
For 2 servings you need:
- 4 slices of sandwich bread
- 1 to 2 apples
- a teaspoon of cinnamon
- a teaspoon of agave syrup
- a tablespoon of your favourite ground nuts
- a little butter
Time needed: 10 minutes
Stuffed toasties recipe:
- Grate the apple and mix it with the cinnamon, nuts and agave syrup.
- Spread butter on two slices of bread and top with the grated apple.
- Top with the remaining slices of bread.
- Bake the toasties in the oven on a rack lined with baking paper at 180 to 190°C for 5 to 8 minutes.
A sandwich toaster will do it in 3 to 4 minutes.
6. Sweet French toast recipe
🌿 Vegetarian
For 2 servings you need:
- 4 slices of rye bread or sandwich bread
- 3 free-range eggs
- 50 ml almond milk
- 2 tablespoons honey or another syrup
- 100 g of your favourite fruit (I recommend berries, banana)
- 20 g coconut oil (if frying in a pan)
Time needed: 10 minutes
Sweet French toast recipe:
- Whisk the eggs with the almond milk.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C.
- Dip the bread slices in the whisked egg.
- Bake the toast in the oven on baking paper at 190°C for 5 to 8 minutes.
If frying, heat the coconut oil in a non-stick pan and fry for 1 to 2 minutes on each side until golden.
- Drizzle the baked toast with honey or syrup and serve with fruit.
7. Oven-baked ham toasties
For 2 servings you need:
- 4 slices of sandwich bread
- a little butter
- 4 slices of Parma ham
- 4 slices of Emmental-style cheese (mozzarella also works)
- tomato
- a handful of rocket or lamb’s lettuce
Time needed: 10 minutes
Oven-baked ham toasties recipe:
- Spread butter on the bread slices, then add a little rocket, the ham, the cheese, the sliced tomato and a little more rocket on top.
- Top with the remaining slices of sandwich bread.
- Bake the toasties in the oven at 190°C for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Serve warm or pack them as a snack.
8. Cheese toasties
🌿 Vegetarian
For 2 servings you need:
- 4 slices of wholemeal sandwich bread
- a little butter
- 2 slices of Cheddar cheese
- 2 slices of Emmental
- mozzarella
- Parmesan to taste
- dried oregano to taste
Time needed: 10 minutes
Toasties recipe:
- Spread a little butter on all the slices of bread.
- Divide all the cheeses between two slices: Cheddar, Emmental and sliced mozzarella, then sprinkle lightly with Parmesan.
- Add a little oregano and top with the other two slices.
- Bake the toasties in the oven on baking paper at 190°C for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Baked cheese toasties taste best straight away.
