Zucchini Bread French Toast
Here's a secret! I always double the recipe and make 2 loaves of zucchini bread. We enjoy one immediately and then freeze the other. When our kids are home for the weekend, or we have guests at our lake house, i can quickly take this out of freeze and make French toast! This is really a gourmet breakfast or brunch to enjoy. I love to add fresh fruit on top then drizzle pure maple syrup.
*CHEFS NOTE* You can make the French toast in advance just preheat your oven to 100 F and place on a baking sheet until ready to serve. You can also add crushed nuts to the bread after you dip in the eggs! My granddaughter loves when I grate a little dark chocolate to her zucchini french toast.
Ingredients
- Ingredients for Zucchini Bread:
- 3/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup olive oil or coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 large zucchini, grated
- 1 teaspoon good quality vanilla
- 1/4 cup walnuts, optional
- ---Ingredients for French Toast--
- Coconut oil
- 4-6 large eggs
- Loaf of zucchini bread, sliced
- Cinnamon
- Unsalted butter
- Pure maple syrup
Directions
For Zucchini Bread:
Preheat oven to 325 F
Grease a loaf pan by brushing melted coconut oil
In a mixing bowl, sift coconut flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg
In a large bowl, whisk eggs until they are combined well
Add dry mixture to wet bowl and combine using a rubber spatula
Mix in oil, honey and applesauce then add zucchini and vanilla
If you want to add in walnuts- do that now!
Pour mixture in your prepared loaf pan and bake 55-60 minutes or until dry in the middle with a toothpick.
To make French Toast:
Heat a large saute pan over medium heat. Add about 1-2 tablespoon of oil
In a large bowl whisk eggs, and dip the zucchini bread in eggs to coat both sides.
Sprinkle both sides with cinnamon.
Add to the pan and cook each for 2-3 minutes. Do this in batches adding more oil during each batch.
Top each french toast with a little butter and serve with pure maple syrup.
Enjoy!