Healthy Baked Torrijas

Here are the ingredients you need

• 1 loaf of stale bread (you can make them with fresh bread too)
• 1 vanilla bean
• 4 tablespoons date paste
• 4 medium eggs
• Lemon peel
• Cinnamon stick
• Unsweetened plant-based milk (whichever you use)
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Topping

• Vanilla protein powder (optional)

Method

1. 1In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the plant-based milk, lemon peel, vanilla, cinnamon, and date paste.
2. 2Just before it comes to a boil, take it off the heat and let it cool completely.
3. 3Beat the eggs.
4. 4Once the infused plant milk is cold, strain it and pour it into a shallow dish or tray.
5. 5Preheat the oven to 175ºC.
6. 6Soak the bread slices well in the milk mixture, dip them in the beaten egg, and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
7. 7Repeat the process until you've used all the bread.
8. 8Bake at 175-180ºC until golden, then flip them over.
9. 9Let them cool on a wire rack and brush with a little date paste or dust with protein powder.
10. 10And that's it! Now we can enjoy our HEALTHY BAKED TORRIJAS