Weekend Brunch: Vegan Banana Bread French Toast

Weekends are for brunching in our book and we can't wait to whip up some of this vegan banana bread french toast from our friends at Foodstirs. Enriched with flaxseed and almond flour, this toast is slightly sweet and totally tasty. 

VEGAN BANANA BREAD FRENCH TOAST

Makes 6-8 servings 

Vegan Banana Bread

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas, mashed

¾ cup unsweetened soy milk or almond milk

¼ cup agave nectar or (honey)

1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour

2 tablespoons ground flaxseed

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, whisk together 2 bananas, ¾ cups soy milk, and ¼ cup agave nectar or honey.
2. Mix in 1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour, 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon, and ½ teaspoon salt. Stir until combined.
3. Pour into loaf pan, and bake about 50 minutes or until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Vegan French Toast

Ingredients

1 ripe banana, mashed

1 ¼ cups unsweetened soy milk or almond milk

½ tablespoon ground flaxseed

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon almond meal

coconut oil for pan

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Slice banana bread into pieces that are 1 x 3 inches.
2. Place on a baking sheeting and put into the oven to dry out. Bake for 10 minutes and flip until all sides are “toasted” and dry.
3. In a medium size bowl, add 1 mashed banana, 1 ¼ cups soy milk, ½ tablespoon ground flaxseed, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix together.
4. Dip dry pieces of banana bread into wet mixture and coat. Allow the bread to soak up the wet batter. Dip into almond meal, coating all sides.
5. In a fry pan, heat coconut oil. Cook banana french toast until crispy on all sides.
6. Serve with sliced bananas, syrup and powdered sugar.

~Recipe and photos by Katie Romey, MS, RD, for Foodstirs