Well, say hello to the brunch to remember! Bread slices slathered and stuffed with salted date caramel and almond butter (or other nut butter), then sandwiched and soaked in chocolate brownie batter, then cooked up and served with a generous drizzle of more caramel and chocolate.
La Lah! Weekend breakfast plans made.
Creamy nut butter with a smooth refined sugar free caramel inside, are an amazing surprise with every bite. The dark chocolate vanilla batter makes the french toast gorgeous and delicious! Serve up with favorite fruits. For variation, stuff with PB & J! Or make just the simple brownie batter french toasts, unstuffed.
The decadence can be adjusted to preference. The caramel is lightly sweet and with just a light layer of the caramel and nut butter, the french toast is just lightly sweet and not too heavy!
What are your favorite French Toasts?
More Breakfast from the blog
- Samoa Cooke French Toasts
- Molten Lava French Toasts
- Samoa Cookie Pancakes with Salted Date Caramel, Toasted coconut
- Cinnamon roll Pancakes
- Cinnamon rolls
In other awesome news, 4 more circus elephants in India. were rescued from a life of misery, chained up 22 hours a day, tortured to perform, and barely fed. They are now headed to a sanctuary to live out their life in freedom.
Wildlife SOS with the help of several other organizations is trying to rescue all 67+ circus elephants from all over India. All of the animals from this particular circus (birds, dogs, camels, goats etc) are also heading to rescues and shelters and adoptions! Read more about it here. The circus owners had earlier been arrested for rape of minors and human trafficking. I am mad that it took so long for both the issues to be handled, and thankful that these animals will not have to live in constant misery now. Please consider supporting them for ongoing rescue and care here.
Back to this french toast.
Steps:
Make the batter and caramel. Slather bread slices with nut butter and caramel.
Sandwich the slices and soak in batter.
Pan fry until crisp to preference.
Slice and plate.
and serve with a drizzle of date caramel, chocolate and fruits of choice.
Almond Butter Salted Caramel Brownie French Toasts
Ingredients
Brownie Batter
- 1 cup (244 ml) non dairy milk
- 2 tbsp flour white or wheat or glutenfree(rice or chickpea)
- 3 tbsp or more cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp oil
Salted Date Caramel
- 9 to 10 soft medjool dates soaked in hot water for half an hour
- 3/4 cup (183 ml) non dairy milk
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt or to taste
French toast
- Creamy almond butter or peanut butter
- 6 to 8 Bread slices, home baked or artisan or french bread
- vegan chocolate ganache or melted vegan chocolate
Instructions
- Blend everything under brownie batter. Pour into a shallow bowl.
- Blend everything under salted date caramel until smooth, Add more non dairy milk if needed. Taste and adjust salt and sweet. Add a touch of sugar or maple if needed.
- Spread almond/peanut butter on a slice of bread. Spread date caramel generously on the other slice. Combine the 2 slices into a sandwich. (You can also use fruit preserves instead of salted caramel for a PBJ filling)
- Place the sandwich into the brownie batter, flip after 10 seconds and soak the other side.
- Cook on a heated and greased pan for 2 to 4 minutes each side. Repeat for the rest of the french toasts. Store the french toasts in the oven at a minimum setting to keep warm until ready to serve.
- Drizzle more salted caramel and melted chocolate or chocolate ganache on the french toast. Dust with sugar (optional). Serve with favorite fruits.
Notes
Nutrition
June Burns says
April 8, 2015 at 2:48 pmHoly cow that looks amazing! Bookmarking the recipe for sure š Can’t wait to make this for some brunching!
Maria says
April 8, 2015 at 4:14 pmThat does look delicious! I had no idea making salted caramel would be that easy. Thanks for the recipe! Thanks also for the elephant rescue news. Definitely a step in the right direction. Hopefully more awareness will lead to even more rescues.
Cassie says
April 8, 2015 at 5:38 pmThis looks soooo good! I’m going to try and sub this with tahini! Sounds weird but I think it tastes like almond butter dressing! š
Rachel (LittleChefBigAppetite) says
April 9, 2015 at 8:29 amYum! This looks so incredible!
Ruchi says
April 9, 2015 at 11:41 amOut-of-the-world good! Will try asap. Thank you!
IR says
April 10, 2015 at 10:55 amWow, this looks sooo delicious! *Homer Simpson drool*
I am happy the elephants were rescued! Hopefully, such an atrocity will end soon in India and the rest of the world. Thank you for bringing awareness!
Richa says
April 10, 2015 at 3:50 pmI am keeping my fingers crossed for all the 67 off circus elephants from all over India! I hope they keep rescuing all the other animals from those circuses as well and close them down or change them to only people acts circus.
IR says
April 10, 2015 at 5:25 pmI wish the same! 4 just isn’t enough…
Circuses should definitely stick to human only acts
Denise says
April 15, 2015 at 8:53 amThis looks amazing! I will definitely need to try this!
Mimi says
May 2, 2015 at 1:36 pmOMG stop this looks so good. I need it like yesterday (or every day let’s be real).
Emily says
June 22, 2015 at 7:28 pmWe made these with PB and berry preserves and they were loved by everyone!
Kathy Tyler says
March 5, 2016 at 5:26 amYou called it refined sugar free, so what kind of sugar did you use?
Richa says
March 5, 2016 at 11:29 amthe caramel is refined sugar free as it uses dates.
Div says
August 17, 2018 at 3:22 pmOmg ! Omg ! That is soo soo delicious. . I seen this recipe couple of days before and I tried it today because I was keep thinking of sugary stuff coz Iām pregnant . My husband loved it sooo much .. thank you Richa for sharing this recipe .
Richa says
August 17, 2018 at 5:50 pmawesome!!