Start your morning off with this dreamy Cinnamon French Toast. Made with cinnamon, vanilla, and one special ingredient, tofu! Not only does the tofu make the batter super thick but adds plant protein to your morning breakfast or brunch.
This Cinnamon French Toast is soft and fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside. Topped with fried apples, cinnamon, and maple syrup. Make the batter the night before to make a simple and easy breakfast or brunch in the morning.
For this french toast I used pre cut bread slices that were already packaged. The only problem that I had with buying packaged bread was that the bread was very soft. Normally I love soft bread but when it comes to french toast you want the bread to be slightly firm so it can hold up when dunking you dunk it in the chocolate mixture.
To firm up your bread I recommend that you dry your bread out by simply turning your oven to 350 degrees F (176 C). Place your bread slices on a baking pan and place in the oven for 5 minutes then flip bread slices and bake for an additional 5 minutes. This should firm up your soft bread making it easy to hold up after dipping it in the mixture.
This batter consists of cinnamon, milk, vanilla, maple syrup, and one special ingredient, tofu. You might think that is an odd ingredient to add to your breakfast or brunch but it is actually amazing. Adding tofu to this cinnamon batter not only thickens the batter to give it that french toast texture but adds plant protein to your first meal of the day. Plus you can’t even taste the tofu!
After you have made your cinnamon batter you will want to make sure to pour it in a big shallow bowl. This will make it so much easier for you to dunk each slice of bread in the bowl before frying it.
I topped my Cinnamon French Toast with fried apples, cinnamon and maple syrup. However, you can simply eat this French Toast as is or top it with what you already have in your pantry or refrigerator.
When I don’t have apple on hand here are some of my other go-to toppings for this French Toast:
Berries
Cream Cheese
Chocolate Chips
Nutella
Bananas
Peanut Butter
Hazelnuts
Pecans
This Cinnamon French Toast is:
Creamy
Bursting with Flavor
Simple and Easy to Make
Bursting with Cinnamon Flavor
Vegan/Gluten-free
If you make this Cinnamon French Toast I would love it if you would snap a photo of your food and share it with me on instagram @itsallgoodvegan.com. I can’t wait to see how you like it!
Cinnamon French Toast
Calling all breakfast lovers. Made with cinnamon, vanilla, and one special ingredient, tofu!
French Toast
- 8 slices of firm bread, substitute with gluten free bread.
- 1 cup dairy- free milk, I used almond
- 1 Tbsp ground flax seed
- ½ cup of firm or extra firm tofu, drained and patted dry.
- 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp maple or agave syrup
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp dairy-free butter, for the frying pan or spray oil.
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit (176 C). Place your bread slices on a baking pan and place in the oven for 5 minutes then flip bread slices and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a high powered blender or food processor combine milk, flax seed, tofu, cinnamon, vanilla, maple syrup, salt. Pulse the mixture until it becomes smooth and creamy.
- Pour the mixture in a large shallow bowl and place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to thicken.
- Preheat a large frying pan on medium heat. Grease the pan with one teaspoon of butter or spray oil.
- Take your french toast mixture out of the refrigerator. Dip the slices of bread in the batter covering both sides. Gently shake the excess batter of your bread slices.
- Fry each side for about 3 minutes or until crispy and brown. Repeat steps until you have cooked all your French Toast slices.
- Top your French Toast with fried apples, cinnamon, and drizzled maple syrup.
- I recommend using firm bread. By doing so, it will hold up better when you dip the bread slices in the batter.
- When picking which bowl to use for your batter mixture make sure to use a big shallow bowl. This will make it a lot easier when dipping your bread.
- I used dairy-free butter to grease my pan. You can also substitute the butter for spray oil.
Looks delicious. Such a good tip to dry the bread if it isn’t already stale!