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Vegan Baked French Toast is a simple sweet breakfast bake you need to add to the weekend morning rotation! Gluten-free option added. No standing around the stove flipping each toast! Soyfree recipe.
Vegan Baked French Toast Casserole is an easy-to-make morning breakfast bake the whole family will love! Pieces of bread are covered in homemade vanilla and almond-kissed vegan cashew custard, topped with a brown sugar cinnamon topping, and fresh blueberries.
Into the oven it goes until the French Toast is baked to perfection! Enjoy this baked french toast casserole fresh out of the oven with some fresh custard and fruit.
What I love most about this recipe? No sweating over the stove flipping each piece of bread. Instead, everything is spread into a casserole dish and baked. Less active time in the kitchen!
Make sure to pick decent bread. You might want to go for something a bit more artisanal and sturdier. Steer clear of the soft everyday sandwich bread and anything that’s too fresh. We want at least one day-old slices. I like to use ciabatta, not too sour sourdough, baguette, French bread or homemade white sandwich bread or wheat sandwich bread.
Change up the fruit as you like with raspberries, cranberries, banana etc. make ahead by prepping the casserole with the toasts and the custard and bake when needed!
More vegan breakfast casseroles:
- Eggs Benedict Casserole
- Peanut Butter And Jelly Baked Oatmeal
- Mexican Egg Casserole
- Savory Pizza Oatmeal Bake Vegan
- Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal
- Snickers baked oatmeal
Have wonderful and restful break you all. Sending lots of love your way especially since many of us are struggling for various reasons.
Vegan French Toast with Blueberries (Baked French Toast)
Ingredients
For the custard:
- ½ cup raw cashews,, soaked in hot water for 15 mins, see note for nutfree
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon flour
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons sugar
For the topping:
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup blueberries, or other berries of choice
Other:
- 6-8 slices bakery bread or ciabatta or french bread or a simple handmade bread that’s not too soft
- 2-3 teaspoons of oil
Instructions
- Make the custard: blend all the custard ingredients until really smooth, the cashews should be blended up and the mixture should not be gritty at all. To achieve this, Blend for one minute then sit for a few minutes and blend again. Repeat this 2-3 times until the mixture is silky smooth.
- Prepare the topping by mixing the sugar and the cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. Preheat the oven to 425ºF(220c).
- Bake: Brush the oil on a 10 x 13 inches or similar size baking dish. Use a stonewear or ceramic baking dish. Add two thirds of the custard into the baking dish then dip each piece of bread into the custard to coat really well then arrange it in the baking dish itself so that the pieces of bread are not overlapping but they are touching and well packed.(Depending on the bread you use you might need to let the bread soak for a few minutes in the custard if it isn't soaking really well before baking it.)
- Once all the bread is in the baking dish, brush some more custard on top of the bread slices, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and add the blueberries on top. Then place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 to 18 minutes, depending on your oven and the thickness of the bread as well as the thickness of your baking dish.
- Once the edges of the custard and bread start to look golden, the french toast are done. Remove from the oven. And then remove the toasts from the baking dish while they are still hot because they tend to stick to the baking dish as they cool down. Place them on your serving dish or plate. If you have any custard left, you can heat it up in a small saucepan to thicken and then drizzle it over the french toast. Drizzle with maple syrup and serve with some fresh fruit of choice .
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Notes
- Make ahead; Use artisanal bread, assemble with the custard, cover the dish tightly with foil and refrigerate overnight. Remove foil and bake when needed. Brush additional custard before baking.
- Gluten-free, use corn starch or tapioca starch instead of the flour in the custard, and use gluten-free bread for the French toast
- Nutfree: Use a mix of 3 tablespoons hemp seeds and 3 tablespoons silken tofu.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Ingredients:
- bread – I like using ciabatta or french bread or a simple handmade bread
- the bread is baked in a creamy cashew custard made from raw cashews, flour, almond extract, vanilla extract and sugar
- for that perfect caramelized topping, we sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over the bread
- my favorite fruit to add is blueberries, but any berries work
Tips:
- Depending on the bread you use you might need to let the bread soak for a few minutes in the custard if it isn’t soaking really well before baking it.
- To make this recipe gluten-free, use corn starch or tapioca starch instead of the flour in the custard, and use gluten-free bread of choice.
- Instead of blueberries, you can use raspberries, cherries, red currants, or whatever you feel like and have kicking around.
How to make vegan Baked French toast
Make the custard: blend all the custard ingredients until really smooth. The cashews should be blended up and the mixture should not be gritty at all.
To achieve this, Blend for one minute then sit for a few minutes and blend again. Repeat this 2-3 times until the mixture is silky smooth.
Prepare the topping by mixing the sugar and the cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. Preheat the oven to 425ºF(220c).
Brush the oil on a 10 x 13 inches or similar size baking dish. Use a stoneware or ceramic baking dish as a metal pan will brown the bottoms
Add two thirds of the custard into the baking dish then dip each piece of bread into the custard to coat really well then arrange it in the baking dish itself so that the pieces of bread are not overlapping but they are touching and well packed.
Once all the bread is in the baking dish, brush some more custard on top of the bread slices, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and add the blueberries on top.
Then place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 to 18 minutes, depending on your oven and the thickness of the bread as well as the thickness of your baking dish.
Once the edges of the custard and bread start to look golden, the french toast are done. Remove from the oven. And then remove the toasts from the baking dish while they are still hot because they tend to stick to the baking dish as they cool down.
Place them on your serving dish or plate. If you have any custard left, you can heat it up in a small saucepan to thicken and then drizzle it over the french toast.
Drizzle with maple syrup and serve with some fresh fruit of choice .
Why is my baked French Toast soggy?
Baked French toast goes soggy if you’ve used too thin, fresh, or soft bread. Other causes are too much liquid in the custard or soaking the bread for too long..
I am over the moon since I was able to find this recipe again. I lost my original and found it after a lot of time searching! I always get rave reviews on this particular recipe. I really enjoy all of Chef Richa’s recipes. Thank you SOOOOOO much for sharing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay!! Glad to have you back.
It looks good
I did not look at the photos before I made the recipe. I cut two French bread sticks into cubes and mixed with the custard and them out in the pan and topped with blueberries and the brown sugar cinnamon mix. It worked perfectly.
Yay
Made this for my family for breakfast today. It was amazing. They want another one before I leave!! It was super quick.
Awesome
Thank you for delicious recipe
thank you for trying it!
Delicious and easy! Delicious breakfast treat. I used frozen blueberries and it was fine. Will definitely make again
Great!
These came out so good! Friends had brought us a local bread and brunch was so delicious and I don’t have to be in the kitchen for long! The house smelled so wonderful. Thank you!
Yay!