Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon French Toast (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

This Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon French Toast is an easy vegan, allergy-free, and healthy breakfast recipe that’s perfect for fall! Classic egg-free French toast with a quick and simple apple cinnamon compote, you won’t even need maple syrup!

French toast is having a moment. Pancakes and waffles may always get the spotlight, but French toast needs to get the recognition it deserves! Pan-tasted gluten-free bread, topped with a crisp, fresh apple cinnamon compote, now we’re talking! Once you figure out how to avid just a sad plate of soggy bread, French toast becomes a go-to sweet alternative to plain old toast you’d pop in your gluten-free toaster (no avocado please!)

Start With The Right Bread

When it comes to gluten-free bread that’s also vegan, options can be slim. Looks for some nice big slice white bread, from Aldi, BFree, or Little Northern Bakehouse! The best thing about making some good French toast is that you don’t need fresh fluffy bread. You actually want stale bread! If you use fresh, fluffy, soft bread, soak it in your “egg” mixture, and then try to pan-fry it…sad sogginess will occur!

Pro Tip: Leave your bread out overnight or give it a quick light toast in a toast oven if you don’t have “stale” bread!

Soak It In The Best Egg-Free Coating

• Chickpea Flour (The key ingredient for your egg-free soak! It creates a nice thick gooey crust coating!)
• Nutritional Yeast (Adds that slightly, cheesy, nutty, eggy flavor.)
• Non-Dairy Milk
• Vanilla Extract (maple extract would be beautiful too!)
• Cinnamon (lots of cinnamon here!)

Mix until combined, dip your gluten-free bread in to coat both sides, then you’re ready to pan-fry until crisp and golden brown!

Easy Apple Cinnamon Compote

This is where the magic happens! While you’re frying up your toast, you can have your apples and cinnamon simmering away on the stove, allowing them to naturally get syrupy, sweet, and glistening, ready to be piled on your crisp and warm French toast! It’s just 4 ingredients too!

• Peeled and Cubed Apple (Go for something crisp like Fuji, Honey Crisp, or Jonagold!)
• Light Brown Sugar-Style Sweetener
• Cinnamon
• Vegan Butter

All you have to do is peel, roughly chop your apple into bite-sized pieces, so they soften evenly. Melt the butter in the pot, add the apple, cinnamon, and sweetener. Let them simmer away for just about 5-8 minutes until the apples soften and you see natural syrup start to form! Yes! It’s that easy! You can cook the apples down further if you want a super soft more traditional compote, but I liked keeping the apples slightly crisp and undercooked! You can totally use this apple cinnamon topping for too! Pancakes, waffles…ice cream.

Serving Your Apple Cinnamon French Toast

This recipe makes enough for 2 servings and can easily be scaled to serve more! Once your French toast has been pan-fried and plated, simply divide the apple cinnamon compote topping between the two plates of toast! You can add maple syrup if you’d like, but there really is no need since the natural sugary juices of the lightly cooked apples act as the perfect substitute! Add a little powdered sugar and extra cinnamon to finish the presentation before diving in!

Healthy Seasonal Breakfast

French toast with a healthy fruit topping and no syrup required? I think you’ve found your next weekend family breakfast! This cozy recipe is:

• Gluten-Free
• Vegan
• Allergy-free (Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Peanut-Free, Wheat-Free, Sesame-Free, Corn-Free, Coconut-Free)
• Naturally Sweet
• Kid-Friendly
• Simple, Quick, Easy, & DELICIOUS!

Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon French Toast Recipe

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See? French toast deserves some love the season! While it’s peak apple season now, you can whip this apple cinnamon topping up any time of the year and top some old plain vegan French toast. Who’s ready to dive into a stack of these CIRSP golden French toast?

More Must-Try French Toast Recipes:

• Air Fryer Toasted Coconut French Toast
• Cinnamon French Toast Bites
• Grilled French Toast
• Mini Microwave French Toast

+ What is your favorite way to top French toast?

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