Cannoli French Toast Rollups
These Cannoli French Toast Rollups are brimming with vegan ricotta filling, gently spiced with cinnamon, rolled up and dunked in a French Toast batter, and pan fried until golden and crispy.
Whether you are looking for a breakfast or brunch recipe to make the weekend or a holiday morning feel special, or just feel like treating yourself, this Cannoli French toast recipe, is a keeper. Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning breakfast or brunch.
While you can certainly can pour warm maple syrup over the top of the cannoli’s, and eat with appropriate cutlery, these are also fun to dip in a small ramekin of maple syrup! Feel free to swap or add in berries, sliced bananas, apples, or pears, or toasted pecans, walnuts, or hazelnuts for a little extra texture. A dusting of powdered sugar is a sweet final touch.
Cannoli French Toast Rollups
Ingredients
French Toast
- 6-8 slices sliced bread
- 1 cup plant-based milk we used oat milk
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp flax seeds
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- plant-based butter for frying
Ricotta
- 1 cup raw cashews soaked, unless using a high power blender
- 1-2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2-3 tbsp water (as needed to thin to desired consistency)
Instructions
French Toast Batter
- In a shallow baking pan, whisk together the plant-based milk, cornstarch, ground flaxseeds, baking powder, cinnamon, maple syrup and vanilla.
Ricotta
- Place the cashews, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, powdered sugar and salt in a blender with a bit of water. Blend until smooth and creamy, add water no more than a teaspoon at a time, to thin until it reaches the consistency of ricotta cheese. Scrape down the sides of the blender with a spatula.
Assemble
- Cut the crusts off your bread slices. Then flatten with a rolling pin.
- Spread one tablespoon of filling onto each slice of bread.
- Roll up one slice of bread and dip into the French Toast batter.
- Place a cast-iron skillet on medium-high heat and add the butter. Place cannoli rollups in the hot pan and repeat for remaining slices until the pan is full.
- Cook 3-5 minutes, turning the rollups so they brown evenly on all sides.
- Remove and plate, dusting with additional powdered sugar and serve with maple syrup. Enjoy!
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