French Toast (Vegan) Recipe

[la_samtyr]

Skinny (Vegan) French Toast w/Pecans
Nutritional Info

* Fat: 20.8g
* Carbohydrates: 32.3g
* Calories: 340.0
* Protein: 9.3g

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups soy or rice milk
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 tablespoons chickpea flour or brown rice flour
1 cup finely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons refined coconut oil, or more as needed for cooking
6 to 8 slices vegan whole-wheat or whole-wheat raisin bread
Maple syrup, for serving
Directions
In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy or rice milk, cornstarch, and cinnamon. Whisk in the chickpea or brown rice flour. Transfer the mixture to a shallow bowl. Place the pecans in another shallow bowl.
In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the coconut oil. One slice at a time, dip the bread in the milk mixture, turning to soak both sides. Dip one side in the pecans, pressing to coat. (Yeah, it's a little challenging to make 'em stick in there. Quit whining. You're about to have French toast!) Arrange the bread in the skillet (you might have to do more than one batch), pecan side down. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, until the pecans are well browned. Carefully turn the bread and continue cooking until the second side is browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve immediately with maple syrup.


Number of Servings: 6

Note: I'm pretty sure this is vegan anyway. I only have one question: what can you substitute for the whole-wheat bread for people who can't have wheat gluten?

Comments

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

You can probably substitute wheat bread for gluten free bread - it doesn't have the same airy texture but looking at the recipe it should work. Gluten free bread will thank you for doing something to it to make it more interesting - it tastes awful on its own.

Hugs Binky xxx

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I will try it. Thank you!

[fumitor.livejournal.com]

There's bread made from rice & from potatoes. Try one of those?

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Ok, thanks for the tip.

[dazedpuckbunny.livejournal.com]

If there's a store around you that carries it, you can actually buy a loaf of pre-made gluten free bread. It's great for French toast because it needs all the soaking and flavoring it can get. :)

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting! ::makes note:: Do you know a brand by any chance?

[dazedpuckbunny.livejournal.com]

Ener-G is a good brand. Well... it's passable. XD Bob's Red Mill, Gluten Free Bakery and Chebe all sell very good GF mixes for bread, cookies, cakes, crust etc.... So if you want to put in extra man-time then those would work.