Vegan French Toast

when I first went vegan I thought I would never have French toast again. Granted this was 3 years ago and I didn’t realize all the cool stuff I would be able to make. So here is an easy, delicious French toast recipe. It has the flavors and textures you know and love, so I am sure you are going to love it.

RECIPE VIDEO

The trick to good French toast is of course the bread. You must use stale bread. If you use fresh bread it will be too soft and turn out soggy in the end. 2-3 days old is ideal but I have done it with 4-5 day old bread and it is great. You can use any bread you like really but a thicker slice of French or Italian bread works great for this. If you are able to get your hands on a vegan brioche or challah bread that would be even more amazing.

If you are gluten free of course just use a gluten free bread. You can use any non-dairy milk you like. I did an almond cashew blend but you can use soy, oat, rice etc. I used the equivalent of one egg using Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer. You can use the one from Follow Your Heart, the Neat Egg or Ener-G. If you can’t get any of those you could also use ¼ cup of chickpea flour mixed with ¼ cup of water.

INGREDIENTS

3-4 thick slices of old bread [110-140g]
1 tbsp nutritional yeast [5g]
½ cup non-dairy milk [120ml]
1 vegan egg
*see above paragraph if you need help
¼ tsp tumeric
3 tsp coconut sugar [9g]
*or any sugar you like
¼ tsp cinnamon
Cooking spray or a little oil for cooking

METHOD

1. Cut bread into thick slices.
2. Prepare vegan egg according to the directions on the package.
3. In a deep dish or big bowl add the nutritional yeast, non-dairy milk, turmeric, coconut sugar, cinnamon and prepared vegan egg.
4. Whisk it all together until well incorporated.
5. Soak each piece of bread in the liquid for 5-10 seconds per side. The older your bread the longer you can soak it for.
6. Once all pieces have been soaked bring it over to your pan.
7. You can lightly spray with cooking spray or add 1 tsp of oil.
8. Cook the pieces of bread on one side for 2-3 minutes on a low heat. Once the bottom is cooked, crispy and golden you can flip it. Cook for another 2-3 minutes on the other side. If you use coconut sugar it may turn the French toast slightly red don’t be alarmed.
9. Once the toast is cooked add fruit, maple syrup, powdered sugar whatever you like.

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