Meet my new favorite brunch recipe – Vegan French toast, flavored with orange juice, a hint of vanilla and cinnamon. It’s simple and delightful!
Each slice cooks up golden on the outside and pillowy soft in the center, with subtle flavors of orange and cinnamon all around.
Serve this to your family, friends and overnight guests. You can impress them with this easy breakfast or brunch they will surely want the recipe for.
Recipe adapted from the very fun recipe blog called Vegan Stoner, you can find the original recipe here.
Finding The Best Bread For French Toast
Using the right bread to make french toast is essential. I’ve had the best luck with dense, hearty breads such as sourdough, French or Italian loaves and round artisan breads, cut into 3/4 – 1 inch thick slices (1/2 inch pre-sliced loaves should be ok too).
These breads are sturdy and can stand to be dipped in liquids. Unlike the majority of breads typically found in the bread isle, which tend to get soggy.
So for the best results, head to the bakery section and pick up a loaf of sourdough, French, Italian or whole grain artisan bread!
How To Make Orange French Toast
This vegan Orange French Toast recipe is SO easy to make! Simply mix your ingredients, in a shallow bowl, dip the bread on both sides and cook on the griddle or skillet for 2 – 3 minutes per side.
That’s it, vegan french toast made simple, straight forward and quick!
Result is golden, flavorful slices of pillowy soft deliciousness. I ❤️orange-french toast!
More Vegan French Toast Inspiration
Banana French Toast ( Vegan + Healthy)
ORANGE-FRENCH TOAST (VEGAN)
A wonderful vegan french toast to be enjoyed any time of day!
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: Serves 3 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 loaf french or sourdough bread, sliced 3/4 – 1 inch thick
- 1/2 cup almond milk, or non-dairy milk of choice
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed or pure organic orange juice
- 2 tablespoons pure cane sugar, maple syrup or coconut palm sugar
- a few dashes of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
- 1 to 2 tablespoons coconut oil, for griddle/skillet
- pure maple syrup, to serve
- pure cane powdered sugar, to garnish (optional)
Instructions
In medium size, flat bottom, shallow bowl, mix milk and orange juice. Add choice of sweetener, cinnamon and optional vanilla extract, mix well.
Melt coconut oil on griddle/skillet at about a medium high heat, lightly dip both sides of toast in mixture and cook until golden brown on each side, approx. 2 – 3 minutes per side. After dipping 3 or 4 toasts you may want to add a few more dashes of cinnamon to the mixture, it floats on top and will most likely be gone after the first few dips.
Serve with pure maple syrup and garnish of choice.
Serves about 3 – 4, depending on how thick you slice your bread.
NOTES:
Nutrition information is based on 1/2 loaf of bread, or about 6 slices.
Mateo says
Hi can I use honey instead of maple syrup? Which one is healthier?
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Julie | The Simple Veganista says
I recommend maple syrup since it’s vegan, but they both are about the sweetness. Enjoy!
Tina says
I LOVE this recipe!! The batter is so awesome that I make double and use it to top my french toast.
karina says
you have saved me!!! one of the things i miss terrible after going vegan is french toast. these are amazing!!! i added some homemade strawberry syrup on top and ON NOM NOM
Ginny McMeans says
I am also in love with this recipe. I can't wait to make it for my nieces.
julie@thesimpleveganista says
Hope your family loves it as well!
sophiesfoodiefiles says
MMMM! I have made it twice already & loved every bit of it! So tasty too! :)
julie@thesimpleveganista says
Yummy! And so easy too. :)