Vegan Banana Bread French Toast with Strawberry Syrup
 
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While this can take a bit of time, if you make the bread and syrup the night before, you’ll have French Toast in no time the next morning. The banana bread is a good on its own, but it’s really designed to be battered and fried for maximum deliciousness! If you don’t want to make the syrup, this is just as good with maple syrup.
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 6 servings
Ingredients
Banana Bread
  • 2 cups ripe mashed bananas
  • ⅓ cup non-GMO canola oil (or your baking oil of choice)
  • 1 tablespoon molasses
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Strawberry Syrup
  • 1 pound strawberries, hulled and diced finely
  • ¾ cup turbinado sugar (can sub another granulated sugar)
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon lemon zest
French Toast Batter
  • 1 cup dairy-free milk beverage (if using unsweetened, add 1 tablespoon sugar + 1 tablespoon vanilla)
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon chickpea flour
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • Pinch nutmeg
Instructions
Banana Bread
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x5 or similar sized loaf pan.
  2. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, blend the bananas until mainly smooth. Add the oil, molasses, sugar, and vanilla, and mix to combine. Stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and then pour into the prepared pan.
  3. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
  4. Allow the bread to cool completely before making the French toast and slice it in to ¾ inch pieces.
Strawberry Syrup
  1. In a saucepan, combine all the ingredients and then bring to a boil over medium heat. Lower the heat and simmer until the strawberries are soft, about 20 minutes.
  2. Mash the berries in to the syrup, and then either serve as is, or strain the berries and return the syrup to the heat and reduce over medium for 10 minutes.
French Toast Batter
  1. Mix the flour, chickpea flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Add the non-dairy milk slowly, whisking as you go.
  2. Heat a pan over medium heat and lightly coat it with oil or dairy-free buttery spread.
  3. Dip the bread in the batter, allowing the excess to fall off, and then add it to the pan. Allow the bread to brown on each side, about 5 minutes per side.
  4. Serve warm with strawberry syrup or other topping of choice.
Notes
This recipe is reprinted with permissions from The Vegan Girl's Guide to Life by Melisser Elliott, with photography by Hannah Kaminsky.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/vegan-banana-bread-french-toast