So you guys, I’m pretty excited about this french toast. It’s quickly becoming a Saturday morning tradition in our house and I can see it creeping into future breakfast for dinner weeknight meals as well.   French toast has always been my favorite brunch order when eating out.  I think it’s the combo of sweet and savory that usually wins me over.  Pancakes and waffles are awesome but french toast is tops for keeping it balanced.  It’s also way easy to make.  Toss a few ingredients in a bowl, whisk, slice up some day old bread, dip said bread into bowl, slap in a pan, flip and repeat.  Done.

The crazy thing is, I wasn’t much of a french toast at home kind of gal until perfecting this recipe.  Even in my egg eating days, I  never stumbled across an at home batter recipe that wowed me.  The end result was always kind of blah.  That’s why I’m so amped up about this Ultimate Vegan French Toast.  Ok, maybe amped up is a poor choice of words, but I am pretty jazzed (hmmm) about being able to enjoy french toast in the comfort of my own home, in my pjs, with weekend morning HGTV in full effect on the old television box.

But what, you might ask, makes this Ultimate Vegan French Toast so ultimate? Because it tastes like legitimate, real deal, just like your favorite brunch spot french toast. Dare I say, eggy? The ingredients in the batter – unsweetened almond milk, light coconut milk, pureed banana, ground flax, cinnamon, and vanilla – come together to make something magical.  I’ve been fully tempted to drink down the batter all on it’s own, smoothie style.  I’m thinking it’s the coconut milk that puts this toast over the top. That extra bit of richness is a definite must – think of it as a vegan egg yolk. 

Now that we’ve got the batter sorted, it’s vital to use a really awesome bread.  Put down the pre-sliced whole wheat sandwich bread for the love of brunch!  Get yourself a gorgeous loaf of French bread, a Tuscan boule, or maybe even a sourdough round and slice it up thick.  Day old loaves work even better, which is good because you can stop at the market Friday night and be ready to go Saturday morning.   The final piece in our french toast trinity, the syrup.  Again, I must implore you, step away from the pancake syrup and upgrade to real deal maple.   It’s like eating Skippy all your life and then tasting actual peanut butter and wondering how you could have been so blind.   Speaking of pb, ooohhhh peanut butter french toast, you guys!  How jazzed are you?!   Add a schmear of pb between your toast before topping with maple syrup, fresh berries and bananas.  I almost can’t handle it.  But I will, and I’ll have seconds, and maybe thirds.

Ultimate Vegan French Toast

 

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Serves 4

Author: The Mostly Vegan

Ingredients

• 1 loaf French bread or any rustic white bread
• 1 cup light coconut milk
• 1 cup unsweetened plain almond milk
• ½ cup mashed banana
• 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• melted coconut oil (for the pan)
• sliced berries and bananas for serving
• maple syrup

Instructions

1. Combine coconut milk, almond milk, banana, flaxseed, vanilla, cinnamon, and pinch of salt in a bowl and whisk until very smooth. (I throw mine in the blender for a few seconds.) Allow batter to set for at least 20 minutes in the fridge, giving the flaxseed time to thicken.
2. Preheat oven to 200 F. Slice bread into ¾ - 1 inch thick slices. Bring a pan to medium-high heat and coat with melted coconut oil. Working in batches, dunk slices of bread in batter until completely coated. Place bread in pan and cook until golden brown (about 3 minutes), flip and cook for 3 minutes more.
3. Transfer french toast to an oven safe platter and keep warm in the oven until all the slices are cooked, adding more coconut oil to the pan as needed. Serve with berries, bananas and warm maple syrup.

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