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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I’m on my thrid loaf in as many days!
Shut up, this was so rad! I didn’t have cashews so I toasted some pecans instead. Holy crap we didn’t even get around to the french toast bc the bread was so delicious. My 4 year old told me “thanks for the cake mommy, you’re the best cooker ever” You can see how often he gets sweets, ha! Thank you for being hilarious (I love reading your blog) and for sharing this recipe! (also the sweet potato brownies are awesome also)
Hi Juli – I’ve made this bread many, many times. It’s incredible. Like some other posters, I’ve had it be mushy inside with a black top. I think adding more almond flour may be the trick. Just a couple things. First, I omit the honey, and it’s still darn good. Second, do you know if this would freeze well? We’re going camping for two weeks, and I’d LOVE to bring some along, then thaw it as needed.
Have you tried freezing it? Thanks1
I’m really not sure, i just worry it might get a bit mushy when it thaws…
In the oven as I type. I haven’t found something that curbs my sweet tooth, but I’m thinking this is it. I’m just making it as bread and the dough tasted AMAZING! Like OMG!!!!!!
Just wanted to rate after it came out of the oven!
Love, love, love it! Used olive oil in place of walnut oil. Mushy in mine after baking 30 min so thought maybe cover it for 30 then bake 10 more uncovered. We shall see. But Oh My Word how yummy!!!!
It’s like bread! Only better……cause it’s NOT like bread.
I would like to see what we can do to get a 6 star rating….YUM! IF there’s any left in the morning i’m totally doing the french toast…
Love!!!! I would have to say this banana bread is better than “normal”! Can’t wait to share with my non-paleo friends who all think my husband and I are crazy to live without bread 🙂 thank you for sharing and I can’t wait to try some more of your recipes.
Awesome! This is my favorite banana bread recipe!
Hiii! The bread is in the oven and I’m so excited.. I didn’t realize I was almost out of cashew butter- so I did a 50/50 ccashew butter and sesame seed butter. Do you think it will work? I didn’t read all the comments first or else I would’ve just used almond butter..I’m a bit nervous.