Eggless French Toast | French Toast Without Eggs

Name: Eggless French Toast | French Toast Without Eggs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 7 - 8 thick bread slices, (preferably stale bread); 1 cup milk; 2 tablespoons cornstarch/custard powder, (if you wish to add eggs, use 3 eggs); 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, (add as required); 2 tablespoons butter, (or as required); 1/16 to 1/8 teaspoon salt, (or to taste)

January 4, 2018 by Freda Dias 32 Comments

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This eggless French toast is lightly crisp on the outside, pillowy, and custardy on the inside. Enjoy it with a drizzle of maple syrup and your favorite toppings!

Hello folks!

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous New Year 2018!! May you have a year that is filled with love, happiness, good health and of course good food! 🙂

Let me begin my first post for this year with this eggless French toast 🙂 If you love French toast, but avoid it due to eggs and are wondering if you can make french toast without eggs? Then this recipe is just for you.

I usually make the conventional French toasts with eggs, just like the ones I used to have as a kid. So when I came across an eggless version, I was really intrigued. In this eggless French toast recipe, eggs are replaced with cornstarch.

Would it work by simply swapping the eggs with cornstarch? I set to test it out, and the verdict – It was just as great as the ones made with eggs. This is truly a great alternative to still make some French toast if one ever runs out of eggs or simply can’t have eggs due to dietary restrictions! This is also great for toddlers.

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Is French toast French?

French toast has a rather interesting history. It certainly did not originate in France.

So, if the French did not invent the modern French toast, who did? According to legend, it was an Albany, New York, an innkeeper named Joseph French. He created the dish in 1724 and advertised it as “French Toast” because he was grammatically inept and forgot the apostrophe. {Source- neatorama.com}

Ingredients needed for this simple French toast recipe

To make eggless French toast, you will need

Bread– The best bread for French toast is either brioche or challah, in my opinion. But the store-bought ones contain eggs and beats the purpose of using it in this recipe unless you bake your own eggless brioche, challah, panettone, and other enriched loaves of bread. Stale sandwich bread, sourdough, or any other eggless bread will also work well. If you are just looking for an egg substitute in the batter and don’t mind the eggs in the bread itself, definitely use brioche or challah. The ideal thickness of the bread for French toast is between 1/2 to 3/4th inch thick.
Milk or buttermilk
Cornstarch– this is the egg substitute for French toast in this recipe. The cornstarch and sugar lend a nice crust to this eggless French toast. I’ve used custard powder instead of cornstarch. Custard powder is nothing but cornstarch with added vanilla flavor and yellow food color, which is used to make an eggless custard. The use of custard powder makes the batter light yellow, which looks just the regular egg-milk batter! It adds a nice yellow tinge to the French toasts. You will find it easily in any Indian grocery store.
Some sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and salt.
Butter

How do you make French toast without eggs?

For the French toast batter, combine milk, cornstarch or custard powder, sugar, flavorings like vanilla, orange zest, etc, a pinch of salt in a shallow bowl and whisk well.

Dip a slice of bread in the milk mixture, and cook in a skillet with some butter until both sides are golden brown.

Important: Make sure you do not over dredge the bread slices in the batter or else it tends to get too soggy. Just a few seconds each side in the batter is more than enough, shake off excess.

You can use this batter to make stuffed French toast, French toast sticks, and other variations too.

These eggless French toasts are slightly crunchy on the outside, pillowy & custardy on the inside, kissed with some maple syrup!! Yumm!!!

I put my Hubby to the test and asked him how he liked it. He said it was great, to which I further asked him if he realized this was an eggless version? And he said he really couldn’t find much difference :). Mission accomplished !!

How to make eggless French toast – Step by step instructions

Step 1: Prepare the batter

Preheat the griddle/non-stick skillet over medium heat.

Combine 1 cup milk, 2 tablespoons cornstarch/custard powder, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and about 1/16th teaspoon of salt in a shallow bowl. Mix until well combined.

Step 2: Dip bread in the milk-cornstarch mixture

Quickly dip the bread into the mixture, just enough to coat both sides. If using thin slices, do not soak too much as it will turn soggy. If using thick slices, make sure the bread is soaked enough to absorb the milk-cornstarch mixture.

Step 3: Cook bread slices

Melt butter in the skillet over medium heat. Cook coated bread slice until it is golden brown on one side, then flip and cook the side. Depending on the size of your pan, you may cook in batches. Prepare the rest of the French toast in the same way.

Remember to whisk the batter each time before using as cornstarch has a tendency to settle at the bottom.

Serve immediately, drizzled with a sweetener and toppings of your choice.

Note

For a vegan version, swap the butter with vegan butter and the milk with plant-based milk of your choice.

★ If you try this French toast without eggs, I would love to hear from you! I’d appreciate it if you could rate and leave a review below in the comments. Your reviews help others know the recipe better too. Feel free to share your feedback and suggestions at [email protected] Thanks so much 🙂

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