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Home » Simple Vegan Recipes » Breakfast Recipes » Churro French Toast Covered in Cinnamon-Sugar Goodness

Churro French Toast Covered in Cinnamon-Sugar Goodness

by Becky Striepe

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Churro French Toast has all of the cinnamon sweetness of a churro in a crunchy vegan French toast recipe that you can eat for breakfast!

Pouring syrup onto a plate of Vegan Churro French Toast. Coffee mug with colorful feathers on it in the background.

How to Make Churro French Toast

You don’t need any fancy ingredients to make this cinnamon French toast recipe. I was able to get everything needed to make this recipe at the regular grocery store near my house.

This 7-ingredient vegan French toast recipe is super easy to make. Instead of using eggs, you dredge your bread slices in a silken tofu mixture before you fry it.

When the toast is done frying, you quickly coat in in a crunchy cinnamon-sugar mixture to bring that churro goodness into the mix.

Serve this with a dollop of vegan butter and a drizzle of maple syrup for some breakfast decadence.

More Sweet & Easy Vegan Breakfasts: Chai Chia Puddings, Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats

The Simply Vegan Cookbook

This Churro French Toast recipe is a sample from The Simply Vegan Cookbook by Dustin Harder.

Image of The Simply Vegan Cookbook Cover

Dustin’s book is all about making vegan eating easy and affordable, and I think this recipe is a great example of that.

If you want to check out some other recipes from this book, try these on for size:

  • Baked Lentil Falafel
  • BBQ Hawaiian Tofu Bowl
  • Soft-Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

I KNOW!

plate of cinnamon french toast with vegan butter and maple syrup

Finding Vegan Bread

Of course, to make vegan French toast, you need to start with vegan bread.

“Where can I get vegan bread?” is a really common question that I see from folks who have just gone vegan. And I can understand why. What is up with hidden animal ingredients in breads?? So annoying.

But don’t despair! There are plenty of great vegan bread options out there for everything from sandwiches to this Churro French Toast recipe.

The trick to finding vegan bread is looking out for sneaky animal ingredients. These are some common things to look out for when you’re searching through the bread aisle:

  • honey
  • eggs
  • whey
  • L-cysteine

If you don’t feel like squinting at the ingredients when you’re shopping for vegan bread, I recommend Dave’s Killer Bread (not currently a sponsor. Call me, Dave’s Killer Bread!). These breads are vegan and my family’s favorite.

Their 21 Whole Grains and Seeds variety is the bread I used for the photos and video you see here, and it’s the one we eat every day. It’s currently the only whole grain bread that everyone in my family can agree on!

Pouring syrup onto a plate of Churro French Toast.

OK, so you have the bread situation covered. You’re basically ready to rock. You only need six more ingredients to make your Churro French Toast. Let’s cook!

Pouring syrup onto a plate of Vegan Churro French Toast. Coffee mug with colorful feathers on it in the background.

Churro French Toast

Churro French Toast has all of the cinnamon sweetness of a churro in a vegan French toast recipe that you can eat for breakfast!
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Vegan
Keyword: churro french toast
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 479kcal
Author: Dustin Harder

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened soy or almond milk
  • 1/4 cup silken or soft tofu
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1/2 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 4 tablespoons vegan butter – divided
  • 8 pieces sturdy vegan bread – (not standard white bread)
  • maple syrup – for serving

Instructions

  • In a wide, shallow bowl, whisk together the milk, tofu, vanilla, and salt, making sure to break down the tofu, until the mixture is smooth. (NOTE: I did this in the blender, then poured the batter into a bowl.)
  • In another wide, shallow bowl, whisk together the sugar and cinnamon until well combined.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drop 1 tablespoon of butter into the pan. As it melts, quickly dredge 2 pieces of bread through the milk mixture, being sure to get only the outsides of the bread moist. Do not soak it.
  • Repeat with the remaining bread, 2 pieces at a time, melting 1 tablespoon of butter to start each time. Serve hot, topped with maple syrup.
  • Transfer both slices of bread to the skillet and cook until lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the bread to the sugar-and-cinnamon mixture and coat evenly on both sides, knocking off any excess sugar and cinnamon.

Notes

recipe from The Simply Vegan Cookbook; published here with permission from Dustin Harder

Nutrition

Calories: 479kcal
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About Becky Striepe

Becky Striepe (rhymes with “sleepy”) is a vegan food writer and cookbook author. She been vegan since 2006 and developing simple vegan recipes since 2008.

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Comments

  1. Sherwood

    March 23, 2018 at 9:07 pm

    Maybe I’m being picky, but some of the instructions in Steps 4 and 5 seem a little mixed up. Easy enough to decipher. Just wanted to let you know, though, for possible polishing purposes.

    Reply
    • Becky Striepe

      March 23, 2018 at 9:46 pm

      Thank you for letting me know!

      Reply
  2. Cadry

    March 17, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    This sounds so good! I’m always jealous of folks at Disneyland with their churros. Now I can remedy that problem – for breakfast!

    Reply
    • Becky Striepe

      March 17, 2018 at 12:29 pm

      Churros are the best. We always got one when we went to the ice rink as kids.

      Reply
  3. Sarah

    March 14, 2018 at 11:59 am

    Oh my! This looks divine. I need to check out this cookbook!

    Reply
    • Becky Striepe

      March 14, 2018 at 12:16 pm

      It is such a good one!

      Reply
  4. Dawn Meisch

    March 13, 2018 at 8:49 am

    My family will love this! It looks delicious.

    Reply
    • Becky Striepe

      March 13, 2018 at 8:52 am

      Enjoy it, Dawn!

      Reply
  5. Sarah De la Cruz

    March 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    Gah, I love French toast! It is SO much easier than making pancakes!!! And the added tofu in the batter is such a great idea! I bet it gives it a thicker “eggy-ness” that you wouldn’t have otherwise. Can’t wait to try this. Oh, and yeah, we’re big fans of DKB. They are welcome to come sponsor me as well!

    Reply
    • Becky Striepe

      March 12, 2018 at 5:47 pm

      Yesss Dave’s! Come sponsor us!

      Reply
  6. Dianne

    March 12, 2018 at 10:25 am

    This looks amazing! French toast was one of my favorite breakfast foods before going vegan. I’ve been vegan forever, and I’ve yet to get back into the swing of making french toast, but that will change soon, thanks to this recipe! I wish my local grocery stores carried Dave’s Killer Bread! I know it’s available around here, but the two stores I shop at the most don’t have it.

    Reply
    • Becky Striepe

      March 12, 2018 at 11:22 am

      Aw bummer! I wonder if you can ask for it? I know some stores will stock stuff on request.

      Reply

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