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This delicious coconut vegan french toast recipe is easy to make with simple ingredients such as coconut milk, flour and pure maple syrup. Try it with added nutmeg for a delicious holiday flavour, perfect for breakfast on Christmas morning.

A stack of coconut vegan french toast being topped with maple syrup.
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Vegan French Toast Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make this delicious, egg-free french toast:

  1. Bread. Of course you’ll need some bread to make French toast! I like big, thick slabs of rustic, hearty bread but virtually any bread works. Try sourdough, whole-wheat or anything else you like! Regular ‘ol white sandwich bread is just fine too. Just check the ingredients as some store-bought brands have added milk products.
  2. Coconut milk. You’ll need full-fat coconut milk for this recipe. Make sure you give the can a really good shake before opening.
  3. Maple syrup. Just a touch of natural maple syrup is perfect for sweetening the batter. Agave and coconut sugar work too.
  4. Cornstarch. Cornstarch helps add that eggy texture to the fried bread.
  5. All-purpose flour. Flour helps to thicken the batter up so it sticks to the sliced bread. This can be subbed with whole wheat or spelt flour.
Bread, maple syrup, vanilla and spices sitting in front of a griddle.

How to Make Vegan French Toast

Well, there’s not much to it! Mix up the batter, coat the bread, grill the bread, enjoy! Just like traditional French toast, it’s that simple. Here are a couple of tips though…

  • Use a dish to mix the batter that’s wide and shallow enough to coat the bread slices in.
  • Depending on the type of. bread you use, soak each side for 10-25 seconds. For thin, white sandwich bread, go no more than 10 seconds per side. For thick, hearty bread like ciabatta, or anything kind of bread that’s on the drier and thicker side, soak closer to 20 seconds. It should be fully coated but not totally soggy.
  • Make sure the griddle is fully heated before you begin cooking.
  • Use a quick spritz of coconut or olive oil cooking spray to prevent cooking.
  • 3 minutes on medium-hight heat should do the trick!
Coconut milk being poured into a shallow dish.
Whisking fresh toast batter in a small shallow dish.
Flour being dumped into a shallow dish of french toast batter.
Vegan French toast being grilled on a griddle.

A slice of vegan French toast toped with sugar and maple syrup on a white plate.

Christmas Morning Breakfast

Who doesn’t love a big, decadent breakfast on Christmas morning? What gives this french toast a holiday perfect eggnog quality, is the addition of maple syrup and nutmeg. Combined with the richness of the coconut milk, it’s just perfect.

A stack of vegan french toast being sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Vegan French Toast Recipe

This vegan French toast with coconut milk is easy to make with simple, everyday ingredients, no eggs or dairy needed! It has a hint of eggnog flavour, making it the perfect Christmas morning breakfast.

More Christmas Breakfast Recipes

Here are some more vegan recipes that would be perfect for Christmas mroning:

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A stack of coconut vegan french toast being topped with maple syrup.

Coconut Vegan French Toast

  • Author: Alissa Saenz
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 3 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Grilling
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan

This amazing coconut french toast tastes a bit like eggnog making it just perfect for a luxurious Christmas morning breakfast. Enjoy topped with pure maple syrup and a light sprinkled of nutmeg and powdered sugar.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup full-fat canned coconut milk, shake well before opening
  • 2 tbsp. maple syrup or agave syrup
  • ½ tsp. ground nutmeg, plus extra for topping
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 6–8 slices bread
  • About 1 tbsp. coconut oil (or cooking spray, or cooking oil of choice)

Instructions

  1. Stir coconut milk, maple syrup or agave, nutmeg, vanilla and salt together in small bowl. Whisk in flour and cornstarch until batter is smooth. Transfer to a shallow dish.
  2. Coat skillet or griddle with oil or cooking spray and heat to medium-high. Dip each side of a slice of bread in batter, to coat. Place in skillet and cook until lightly browned on bottom, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook another 3 minutes.
  3. Repeat until all slices are cooked, adding a bit more oil between batches if cooking surface begins to dry up.
  4. Serve with maple syrup, a sprinkle of nutmeg and for a special holiday treat, a dusting of powdered sugar.

Notes

Avoid submerging the bread slices, as you might be inclined to do if working with an egg-based batter. With all vegan French toasts, I suggest laying the slice on top of the batter and then flipping and laying the other side, so that both sides are fully coated. This avoids the bread becoming over-saturated and falling apart.

A thickly-sliced, hearty bread works great here.

Keywords: coconut french toast, vegan french toast

UPDATE NOTE: This recipe was originally published on November 24, 2014, as a guest post by Connoisseurus Veg. It was rewritten in my own words and updated with new photos in November 2019.