There are just so many A’s in banana. So many. It’s confusing. And I have to sound it out every time. Sad, but true.
So I got this idea from the ever amazing Jessica at How Sweet It Is. Her blog posts come straight to my email so I’m greeted every morning with food I can’t consume. But her photography is unbelievable. What I would give to spend a day in her sugar jar. That sounded weird, but picture it. You can’t act like that wouldn’t be cool. And smell really good.
Anywho, I want to be just like her and as soon as I saw her post of banana (just sounded it out again) bread french toast, I HAD to make my own version. Twice. In two days. Laura and I ate it too fast on a Saturday night while we watched Bourne Supremacy and Bodyguard so I couldn’t snap any pictures. Wow, we’re single. Totes worth it though. I also had 2 non-paleo people say they LOVED it and my friend Sergio tell me to shut up when I asked him how it was. He stared at me with pure happiness in his eyes.
So this was cool. Laura and I went on a date for 5280 week at Fogo de Chao which is a brazilian restaurant in Denver. We don’t get asked on dates so we just take each other out…and pay for ourselves. Cool. Anyways. Ummmm holy meat. Just so much meat. Which was awesome. And the best part of it all was our server spilt a sangria on me (a trip from another patron occurred) and he felt soooooo bad. So bad. This poor adorable little man looked like he was going to cry because he was so embarrassed. I seriously didn’t care. It got in my hair. He obviously doesn’t know how disgusting my hair usually is because Laura and I got free sangrias AND desserts. Holy sugar overload. I ate flan and some kind of creamy dessert that tasted like melted ice cream. OH HELLS YEAH. I immediately was coughing up mucus after dinner and had a food child growing, making a home. I’m grossed out by myself from that last sentence. But it’s the sad sad truth.
Just to end this conversation, if you don’t ever try this recipe, your life WILL NOT be complete. If you want to win a man or woman over, make this dish. If you want to convert someone to paleo, make this dish. And if you want to cry tears into your food, make this dish. I don’t lie. Only 9 times out of 10 am I lying. Kidding…or am I? But you could just make the banana bread, make banana bread muffins, really whatever you want to do! Opportunities are endless in this paleo world!
Banana Bread French Toast
- Yield: 2-4 1x
Ingredients
For the bread
- 3 medium bananas (you want them brown and spotty)
- 1.5 cups roasted unsalted cashews
- 1 cup almond meal/flour
- 2 tablespoons walnut oil
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 1 tablespoon raw honey
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the french toast
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup canned coconut milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1–2 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Pull out your handy dandy food processor. It will make life soooo much easier. Add your cashews to the food processor to grind down.
- Once your get a fine cashew meal, add your walnut oil while your food processor is still on until you get a cashew butter.
- Then peel your bananas, roughly break them up, and add to your food processor with your cashews. Turn your food processor on and let combine for a minute or so until you have a soupy paste.
- Now in a large bowl, whisk your eggs, then add your cashew/banana mixture along with almond meal/flour, baking soda and powder, honey, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt. Mix to combine until you get a batter.
- Grease a loaf pan with some coconut oil. I used a loaf pan that was 9.3×5.2 inches (weird numbers) and it worked well. You could use smaller for taller loaf of bread, just may cook differently.
- Pour batter into your greased loaf pan. Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until bread is cooked through and the top of your loaf has a bit of a “crisp” to it.
- Let bread cool for about 10 minutes.
- When banana bread is cooled, whisk together your french toast ingredients (minus the coconut oil) in a shallow bowl.
- Heat up a skillet or griddle and add your coconut oil to it.
- Cut your bread into 1/2-1 inch slices, dip them in your egg mixture on both sides, then place on griddle to cook for 2-3 minutes per side.
- Top french toast off with slice bananas, maple syrup or honey, and a touch of cinnamon.
- Pure brilliance. Consume. Try to go slow. It is epic.
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This is my first week on the Paleo lifestyle. I tried this recipe the other day and LOVE IT and I love you for thinking of it. I did change it up a bit. I cooked the banana loaf and made my own pecan cocunut butter for a spread instead of making it into french toast. It was amazing! thanks so much. Cant wait to try some of your other amazing creations!
B-A-N-A-N-A bread is in the oven!! Sooooo excited. Licked all the batter I could! lol
My bf and I just made this the other night. I had to half it because I didn’t have enough eggs (oops). He thought it was a lot of work for such a small loaf of bread. Then he ate it, and it was sooooo good. I think this is the only way I will eat french toast ever again.
Also, I hate coconut, but I have never been able to taste the coconut flavor in any coconut oil or milk. Maybe it’s just a texture thing for me.
I am going to make the bread and then request Banana Bread French Toast with all the fixin’s for Mother’s Day!
This is extremely yummy thank you! I found some other great recipes too at the site below, I hope you like it!
http://tiny.cc/paleoyummys
Ok my husband and I just made your Buffalo Chicken and Sweet potato Meatza! I have to say it was Absolutely wonderful! And in the morning we are making this french toast! I think I have fallen in love with your blog! Thank you for all the posts and wonderful recipes!
Can you use coconut oil or olive oil if i don’t have almond oil!? looks delish!
I’m sure coconut oil would work!!
HALLELUJAH-HAAALLELUJAH-HALLELAYLYAAA!!!!!!
This recipe is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
My first time making a traditionally neolithic recipe. Verdict? SO SO SO GOOD.
Made some for the non-Paleo mother today for Mother’s Day. She loved it, surprised something like that could come out of the paleo world she loves to hate on. 🙂
Subbed dry roasted almond butter for the cashew stuff. Can’t wait to also experiment with cashews, walnuts, a dusting of cocoa powder…
Siiigh…This recipe and I are going to have a great life together. 🙂
THANK YOU.
Knew you just had to know that i too, have now made & tasted the amazing good times that is your banana bread/french toast recipe.
Sooooo damned good, lucky i had my mother in law over in the afternoon to help eat it, otherwise….
Just had a warm slice of the banana bread from the oven. It is perfect.
I love you :oD