This Healthy Vegan Cinnamon French Toast is the perfect healthy weekend breakfast! It's soft, flavorful and really easy!
I can't believe it'as already November!!!! but with the chilly weather here it's never been a better time for a warm weekend breakfast! am I right!?
Anyways, weekend breakfast has never tasted SO good! I haven't had french toast in like a year since your supposed to dip them in an egg wash!
That all changed when I was determined to find something to replace that egg! Since bananas work well in baked goods to replace the egg, I thought... Idea! Tried it and VOILA!
I promise you it's even better than regular french toast! ... unless your a true banana hater! :-/ then I just can't help ya quite yet ha! 😉 maybe someday... but not now... Cause I loveeee my bananas so if your with me, then THIS is for you!!! 🙂
So this comes together really fast and easy, basically toss you wet mixture ingredients in a food processor, dump the mixture into a bowl so you can dunk your bread! Dunk each piece of bread in the mixture, fry them up and enjoy!
I know that some of you are going to say you don't like bananas and ask if there is a substitute for it... the answer is nope! I have only tried this with bananas so try anything else at your own risk! 😉
another thing, this is NOT the same texture as french toast you make with eggs and the type of bread you use affects the texture A LOT (softer or more firm) so be sure to read the notes above the recipe carefully!
a few more exciting things about this Healthy Vegan Cinnamon French Toast:
it's Healthy!
Fast and easy!
Flavorful
Cinnamon good-ness!
Perfect weekend breakfast
EGG FREE!!!
Soft
And you totally need it in your life asap!
I hope you give it a try and love it as much as we did!
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NOTE: the type of toast you use (firmer of softer) will affect the density of the toast, because bananas hold a lot of moisture a soft toast will be very very soft almost soggy for lack of a better word but I actually like that ... BUT a firm toast (wheat or like a french bread) will be more sturdy... but with either one note that it will take longer for this french toast to cook than your average french toast with eggs just because bananas are much more moist!Â
PrintHealthy Vegan Cinnamon French Toast
Healthy Vegan Cinnamon French Toast
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 3 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Ingredients
Blending Ingredients:
- 1-2 ripe bananas (depending on size 2 small or 1 large)
- ¾ cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I use SILK brand)
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- ½ tsp of cinnamon
- ¼ tsp all spice
- Everything Else:
- 6 slices of thick Texas toast
- 2-3 tablespoon vegan butter
- *extra cinnamon for topping
- *maple syrup for topping
Instructions
- In a food processor or blender, add your bananas, almond milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and all spice and blend until smooth!
- Add about 1 tablespoon butter (maybe a tiny more) to a skillet and turn on medium heat, once butter is melted all over the skillet dip one slice at a time of bread into the mixture and place on the skillet, repeat with however many fit in your skillet at one time! Let cook approx 2 minutes or until golden and then flip to the other side gently! Repeat until all bread and wet mixture is gone.
- Top with extra cinnamon and maple syrup!
- makes about 6 slices / about 3 servings
Notes
if you like your french toast really soft then dunk each piece of bread in the banana wash and place right on the skillet, if you like it more crisp on the edges then dunk the bread and run your fingers along each side to get off some of the excess so it's not such a thick layer of banana wash!
please note that this will not get as crispy as traditional French toast due to the fact we are using banana and not egg, but it can get a little bit of crips on the outside, though the center will remain soft.
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can always use a more firm toast if you don't like it soft.
Heather@TheSoulfulSpoon
Gorgeous! I'm going to try this with my Cinnamon Raisin Sprouted Ezekial 4:9 bread!:) Love this!
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tworaspberries
I love that bread! that will be absolutely delicious! thanks girl! 😉
Woshondria Fizzer
You must've been reading my mind. I was thinking the same thing when I read this for my cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread. That will be my breakfast this morning!!!
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Becky
I just made this and it was amazing! I also added some cacoa powder and I cooked it in coconut oil instead of vegan butter
tworaspberries
YAYYY I am SO happy you liked it! and adding cocoa powder sounds amazinggg GREAT idea 😉
Patty
Love that bread!! I'm allergic to bananas, any ideas of what else I could use instead of them?
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tworaspberries
Hi Patty!
unfortunately I haven't tried it with anything other than bananas but there are a lot of youtube video for vegan french toast that do not use bananas... this one looked pretty delicious to me and is also flavored with cinnamon! hope this helps, have a wonderful day! 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zilFKSrN0
Renee
What about chia seeds soaked?
tworaspberries
??? for what? in place of the bananas? that might be possible if the consistency was thin + sticky enough... I have not personally tried it, I would maybe grind the chia seeds first and then soak them ...so it could be a more thin and dip-able consistency...
Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen
These french toast look so beautiful, Michell! I love cinnamon in everything. Perfect breakfast recipe.
tworaspberries
thank you so much for the kind words! 😉
Nadia's Healthy Kitchen
This looks so delicious 😀 I haven't had french toast in years! Need to make some soon!
tworaspberries
you TOTALLY need to make this! your gonna love it! thanks girl! 😉
Linda @ Veganosity
This sounds delicious, Michele. I remember when I figured out how to make vegan French toast, it was so exciting! Pinned!
tworaspberries
it's the best isn't it?! 😉 thanks so much for the pin! your the best!
Bethany @ Athletic Avocado
I love the idea of replacing the egg with banana! Simply genius!
tworaspberries
it's the BEST! thanks girl! 😉
Harriet Emily
This looks soooo delicious Michele! I love french toast! Such a great idea to use bananas - they're such an amazing fruit!!! I definitely need to try this 😀
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tworaspberries
I totally agree they are the best fruit ever! and your going to love it! thanks girl! 😉
Manali @ CookWithManali
I can never resist french toast, looks so good!
tworaspberries
it's seriously delicious! thanks Manali! 😉
Mira
This looks gorgeous! Will definitely try it!
tworaspberries
you will love it! thanks! 😉
Renee @ Fit For Motherhood
This sounds delicious. We love French toast in our house and I love making meal healthier. I can't wait to make this for my girls. Thank you!!
tworaspberries
they are totally going to LOVE it! thanks so much 😉
Cakespy
If this is what health food looks like, please sign me up 🙂 Awesome!
tworaspberries
it's SO healthy and tastes so dreamy! thanks girl! 😉
Josee Wright
Bananas as egg substitute!!! What a great idea that I will definitely be trying this weekend. ( I am currently vegetarian slowly weaning myself off of eggs). I have been using coconut oil to cook my french toast, rather than butter. They are a hit with everyone. Looking forward to seeing the reaction when I switch eggs to bananas. ☺
tworaspberries
YAY! I am so glad you're going to try this, let me know what you think 😉 eggs can be a hard thing to substitute but with time it gets easier 😉 I hope you have a beautiful weekend and thank you so much for your kind comment!!!
Kris
I don't know what happened but this totally didn't turn out for me and was very soggy. I had to cook it forever to get all that moisture out. When I blended it there was too much froth and too watery. I did add 2 eggs and I put 1 banana and one half frozen banana because that's all I had. Did this happen to me because I added a frozen banana and 2 eggs?
tworaspberries
Hi Kris! well... this is a VEGAN french toast so naturally it will taste a bit different than traditional french toast BUT with that being said the recipe does not call for eggs or frozen banana so yes that would definitelyyy make the results drastically different! I have never mixed bananas and eggs together ever so I can't even imagine what it did for you!
if you are not vegan maybe you should check out my other french toast that was posted a while ago before I went vegan myself... I'll attach a link below...
on another note this french toast is quite soft (as noted in the post) and depending on the type of bread you use (a soft bread of a more firm bread) that will also affect your results... in the recipe notes I do write to run your fingers along the bread to get rid of excess banana wash if you don't like it to be super soft and moist... but again it's a vegan and if you are used to egg version it definitely won't taste the same.
here is the link for the non-vegan french toast:
https://tworaspberries.com/healthy-cinnamon-vanilla-french-toast-vegetarian/
I hope you have a great day! 😉
Stephanie
This looks so good! Cannot wait to try it 🙂
tworaspberries
I hope you love it as much as we did! 😉 thanks so much!
Les
Thanks for the yummy sounding recipe. (BTW, just a note, it's not "wala" but rather the French word voila.)
tworaspberries
😉 thanks so much for correcting that! HA I though "wala" looked a bit strange but wasn't sure! thanks again!
Moose
Thank you, this looks amazing.. I am vegetarian but my grandson is vegan and I have been struggling with finding recipes to make without cheese or eggs.. it would be so nice if more restaurants offered vegan options.
tworaspberries
I totally agree with you! I'm so happy you have something to try now! I hope he loves it! 😉 thanks so much for commenting!
Taj
Can I use frozen banana if I have it?
tworaspberries
Hi!
I have not actually tested it with frozen banana but my best guess is that it should be fine, I would let it thaw out completely before using it just in case there is any frozen ice in the banana from being in the freezer. 😉
Anabel
I just made it with a seeded whole grain bread from Sprouts and it was SO GOOD! Next time I will use a better pan because it was kind of sticking or maybe I just need to buy a new one. 🙂 Thank you for sharing your delicous recipe!
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tworaspberries
YAY! I am so happy you liked it! a sprouted grain bread sounds delicious! 😉 it is pretty easy for it to stick to the pan but what I find works the best is to leave it sit until I think it's totally browned on one side because then it seems to flip a little easier I think! thanks for commenting I hope you have a great day! 😉