Dairy-Free Apple French Toast

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 4 large Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored, and sliced
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or as needed
• 2 cups plain soy milk
• 0.5 cup apple butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 12 (1/2 inch thick) slices soft-crust French bread

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Saute apples until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cumin and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, 5 to 10 minutes more. Stir in lemon juice and remove from heat.
3. Blend soy milk, apple butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt together in a blender until smooth. Pour into a shallow bowl.
4. Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Dip bread slices into soy milk batter, coating evenly. Cook in the skillet until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Transfer bread to the prepared baking sheet.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
6. Place 2 slices of bread onto each serving plate and divide topping among servings.