Super Easy Vegan French Toast Recipe (NO chia!)

This vegan French toast recipe tastes just like the classic! With just 7 ingredients, refined sugar free and no chia seed, this is the best eggless French toast recipe. Top with fresh coconut whipped cream and berries for a classic breakfast that everyone will love!

Why you’ll love this vegan French toast recipe

This is going to be your new favorite vegan French toast recipe, and for a good reason (or a few).

Not only is this vegan French toast only 7 simple pantry staple ingredients and incredibly easy to make, but the result is absolutely astounding: this tastes like French toast!! It’s not “eggy,” it’s not soggy, and it’s most certainly not chia-y (which tends to happen with French toast).

You get the perfect sear on each side, and the cinnamon vanilla flavor is just melt-in-your-mouth heavenly.

The trick? It’s all in how you prepare the ingredients. Think about it. Have you ever watched the Great British Bakeoff? Well, if you haven’t, there’s always a second challenge in which the contestants are given all of the ingredients, but not told how to make the dish. So the results are actually quite funny- they’re all so different!

Same goes with this vegan French toast. If you don’t add the ingredients together properly, your French toast will definitely be more soggy than custard-like!

Which is why this is the best vegan French toast: we’re going to walk through how exactly to get that custard like texture that everyone loves!

How do I make French toast without eggs?

With making French toast vegan, we need to address the egg replacement. Instead of using just flaxseed, we’re actually using a mixture of arrowroot and flaxseed. But first, let’s go over why we’re using flaxseed instead of chia.

So vegan French toast is certainly not new to hit the inter webs. But I did a bit of digging and found out people really don’t like the taste of chia seed and it never yields a fantastic texture. To be honest, same here. I don’t really think that it has a great aftertaste, and the only time I enjoy chia seeds are in chia pudding. When it comes to vegan egg replacements, I still with ground flaxseed, aquafaba or applesauce.

Some say to use chickpea flour, but the results are again *iffy*. When it comes to this eggless French toast, then flaxseed is the move.

So this eggless French toast is actually chia free, corn free, chickpea free, and refined sugar free!And no, it’s not just non-dairy milk sweetened up a bit, I promise.

Now let’s go over the remaining ingredients, because making French toast without eggs or milk may sound a little funny to some people.

For this recipe, you’ll need the following:

• Vegan bread (gluten free if needed! I recommend using my easy vegan Challah bread recipe or my vegan Brioche bread for the best tasting vegan French toast!)
• Dairy free milk (the thicker the better: I recommend my homemade 5 minutes oat milk or a thick coconut milk from the can)
• Ground flaxseed
• Arrowroot powder
• Vanilla extract
• Maple syrup
• Cinnamon

Now you’ll notice we’re using maple syrup in the actual batter of the vegan French toast. This is not a mistake! It honestly gives the best flavor and consistency.

If you’re in the New York/tri-state area, I recommend Crown Maple. However, if you’re not, your local maple syrup will do!

What bread is best for French toast?

It really depends on what you’re going for with your French toast. I grew up with my mom always using Brioche bread, and Jared grew up with always using Challah, so our preferences are different.

In general, an enriched bread, such as Brioche or Challah, works best here, but you can also use ciabatta, sourdough, or an artisan loaf. As long as it’s day old bread, you’ll be perfect!

If you need gluten free, then definitely use a gluten free vegan bread. My favorite is Little Northern Bakehouse.

How to make vegan French toast taste like the classic

As with all of my recipes, the full written instructions are found down below in the recipe card, along with ingredient measurements. However, let’s go over the basics here.

It’s really simple, but definitely requires some vigorous whisking. Basically, you’ll need to:

1. Whisk together the flaxseed, arrowroot starch, and cinnamon. This ensures that the dry ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the French toast batter.
2. Next, add in the dairy free milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Use a whisk or a fork to vigorously beat everything together until it’s basically a thick whipped batter, almost like the consistency of traditional French toast batter.
3. Then, place one slice of bread into the batter and let it soak for 2-3 minutes. If the bread is very thick, you can soak for longer (up to 10 minutes). You want to really allow the bread to absorb the mixture. Flip the bread and let it soak again for another 2 minutes.
4. Then, preheat a skillet with coconut oil on medium high heat. Place the soaked bread onto the skillet and let it cook for another 2-3 minutes. If it doesn’t look cooked like French toast, allow it to cook for longer. Flip to the other side and repeat.

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Then just repeat this process until all of your bread slices become French toast!

Tips for making the ultimate vegan French toast

• Day old bread works best. In France, French toast is called pain perdu, which essentially means lost bread. The recipe calls for day old or stale bread. Essentially, soaking the stale bread in the batter adds back the moisture. If you were to use fresh bread, you’ll get a bunch of soggy slices. Not good!
• I don’t recommend swapping out flaxseed with the chia seed. I just think that chia seed French toast doesn’t come out as good! Chia seeds, while nutritious, tend to leave an aftertaste that flaxseed just doesn’t have. If you want your eggless French toast to truly taste like the classic breakfast recipe, then use flax over chia.
• Feel free to play with the spices! You can use a pumpkin pie spice blend if you’d like for a more fall or autumn tasting French toast, or even a mix of gingerbread spices for the holidays.
• You can swap in cornstarch for arrowroot powder. They’re both 1:1 replacements for each other. I just tend to have arrowroot starch (or powder- the name is interchangeable, it’s the same product).
• Storage: If you have any leftovers, I find it best to store the leftover slices frozen in an airtight container. For reheating ease, you can place a piece of parchment paper in between each slice. Store the French toast for up to 3 month in the freezer.

Eggless French toast topping ideas

• Coconut whipped cream
• Fresh berries
• Sliced banana
• Chocolate chips
• Maple syrup
• Candied walnuts or nuts or seeds
• Vegan coconut “bacon”
• Peanut butter, almond butter, or cashew butter
• Vegan Nutella

I hope you love this vegan French toast as much as I do. If you give it a go, be sure to leave a comment down below, as well as a rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ so that others may find this recipe.

As always, I love to see your beautiful creations on Instagram and Pinterest, so be sure to tag me there!

Happy French toasting!

More Healthy Vegan Breakfast Recipes:

Easy Vegan French Toast Casserole

Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes

Gluten Free Vegan Belgian Waffles

Banana Bread Granola

Vegan Overnight Oats

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