This recipe for dairy-free cashew French toast is a “main course” entry in the So Delicious Dairy Free 3-Course Recipe Contest, submitted by reader Denise Viola. Denise says, “You’ll always want to start your day with this delicious breakfast dish from now on!”
Special Diet Notes: Cashew French Toast
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, peanut-free, and vegetarian. Make it gluten-free by using your favorite gluten-free bread for the Italian bread. It is easily soy-free, as long as you choose a soy-free margarine for making the buttercream.
- 2 cups dairy-free milk alternative (Denise uses cashew milk)
- 1 loaf Italian Bread
- 2 cups egg substitute
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 cups whole cashews
- 1 cup organic maple syrup
- ½ cup dairy-free “buttercream" frosting for lettering the French toast
- Non-stick fat-free cooking spray
- First slice Italian Bread into 4 thick slices and place on a plate.
- Then grab a mixing boil, pour So Delicious Cashew Milk, Egg Substitute, Vanilla Extract and Cinnamon into bowl.
- Whisk ingredients thoroughly into a mixture.
- Proceed by dipping 1 slice of bread into the mixture into bread evenly absorbs french toast mixture.
- Then grab a small bowl and pour 1-1/2 cups of cashews into the bowl.
- Start to crush cashews into smaller pieces, not into dust though.
- Next, spray a skillet pan with non-stick fat-free cooking spray and place the slice of bread dipped in the mixed french toast mixture onto the skillet.
- Grab the bowl with crushed cashews, and sprinkle onto crushed cashews.
- Let the first slice of french toast cook on skillet for a minute and a half (Medium heat), flip gently being careful to keep the cashews on the french toast for about a minute or until lightly brown.
- Then remove french toast slice with spatula and place on serving platter.
- Repeat steps 3-9 for the next 3 slices, and place each slice on top of one another like a tower
- Pour Dairy-Free Organic Maple Syrup on top of tower of french toast
- Pour ½ a cup of whole cashews around the tower of french toast
- Decorate top slice of French Toast that tops the french toast tower with your designed message.
2 Comments
This looks so delicious, definitely my favorite recipe of the bunch !
Superdelicious slices! Thanks for sharing the recipe! 🙂