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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Ok….just scrolled down to end of comments and saw a previous cashew butter question!! Sorry…thanks! Will be baking tomorrow!!
I tried this recipe twice and I want to make it for my non plaeo friends on Sunday but the bread is sinking, specially in the middle. How can I solve it?
Thank you. A million times over. Idk what happened, but somehow I became a chef in the process of making this. Whenever I venture into the kitchen.. Well let’s just say I get nervous and it doesn’t always work out. Could it be a sign that my first positive baking experience came while making a paleo recipe??? I think yes. Thanks again for giving me the courage and the sweet, sweet reward. Soon, I’ll be trying that blackberry pork recipe. Cannot wait.
I made this and it was A.MA.ZING. But… I put the cashews in a blender (I don’t have a food processor) and it kinda killed my blender – so now I really want a food processor so I can make this + other recipes(!!) again. But there are just so many to choose from, ugh. What one do you use? Is like most things, and you get what you pay for, or is it worth trying be a cheapo?
I don’t recommend a cheap blender if you are paleo and plan on grinding nuts often. My old blender didn’t even last me a whole year before the motor died and I was only doing veggies and stuff. Invest in something high quality and read reviews first. I have heard that you can use a nut mill as well.
Has anyone ever tried making this into muffins? I need portable food to take with me to work and was thinking I could bake this into muffin tins but wasn’t sure if there was a reason no one had mentioned it.
I just made this this morning. I had to sub a few extra types of nut flour because I didn’t have enough almond to make enough almond flour/meal. So because of that I was afraid of it being too oily/liquidy and added a spoonful of coconut flour to help suck up some of the extra moisture. This bread was DELICIOUS. I did have to cook it quite a bit longer than directed, at 30 minutes the center was still jiggly and so I ended up cooking it close to 50 minutes and it was perfect. When it was done, the center was puffed right and the top was cracked a bit. That’s probably why other people had some trouble with the center not cooking, it just probably needed more time 🙂 Hubby who isn’t even paleo had like 5 pieces of the french toast and love it and wanted more. I found I was stuffed after 2 pieces. This was absolutely delicious and I will make it over and over again 🙂
This was yummy. I posted a photo on twitter. 🙂 Wonder what would happen if I threw a handful of enjoy life choc chips in the batter? Might try that next time. My middle was a little under cooked. Next time I’ll leave it a little longer.
Thanks Juli! Your recipes are great. 🙂
Question. Everytime I make a paleo baked good (this banana bread and the blueberry muffins) They never seem to rise right and are mushy…what am I doing wrong????? 😮
Im not totally sure because I don’t really know what i’m doing what i bake, but it could be because you need a bit more almond meal or baking powder….
I feel like this shouldn’t be legal let alone Paleo…therefore I will make it!!! SO freaking EXCITED
I’ve made this twice. Both time I followed the directions to the letter but the bread fell in the middle both times. Thought the first time was due to undercooking so I cooked 2nd batch a full 7 minutes longer than the first. Same thing. When I cut into it it’s a little too wet. My solution was to slice and bake on a cookie sheet for 3-5 minutes to firm up the slices. The end product was delish and the french toast was perhaps the best thing ever t pass my lips but am frustrated why the first cooking doesn’t seem to be enough. Any thoughts?
It could be because of the altitude you’re at. Have you tried using smaller loaf pans?