Vegan Eggnog French Toast Cassrole
This delicious vegan eggnog french toast casserole can be prepped ahead for a delicious holiday morning breakfast ready in minutes! Just 10 ingredients.
Servings: 12 pieces
Calories: 394kcal
Equipment
- 9x13 casserole dish
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 16 oz stale bread, cut into ½" cubes, (Use homemade bread or artisan, like an Italian loaf. See post for how to quickly make stale bread)
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch (can sub for arrowroot powder)
- 1 ½ Cups Vegan eggnog
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
For the topping
- ½ cup vegan butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup pecans, chopped (can use other nuts like walnuts)
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Make sure you are starting with stale bread. If you haven't left your bread out for a few days, you can quickly dry out in the oven. See post for instructions on doing this.
- In a small bowl, combine ground flax seed and water together. Whisk together, then let sit for 15 minutes until it becomes gelatinous.
- In a larger bowl, add the eggnog, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Once the flax eggs are ready, also add to the bowl. Whisk everything together well. It's okay if a few lumps remain.
- Add stale bread to a greased 9x13 casserole dish and then pour the mixture evenly across the top. Use a spatula to mix together, making sure that all the pieces of bread are coated.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Once ready, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a small saucepan make the topping. To start, add the butter and let melt.
- Add brown sugar and whisk until it's a caramel like texture.
- Stir in chopped pecans, nutmeg and cinnamon.
- Spread the mixture over bread mixture.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes. Check at the 30 minute mark to see if it is browning too much. If it is, then cover with foil and let finish cooking.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Top with powdered sugar if desired and serve with maple syrup.
- Store any leftovers in the fridge, covered, for up to 5 days.
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Notes
*It's important that you use a good quality vegan eggnog for this dish to taste great. If you don't have one, see our vegan eggnog taste test for recommendations.
*See post for notes about Top 8 Allergy Free variation
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 207mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 364IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg