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Breakfast, Dairy Free, Recipes, Special Diets, Toasts, Vegetarian · October 22, 2021

Apple Tahini Toast

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Apple tahini toast is one of the simplest, most beautiful, sweet and cozy fall breakfasts for me. Some of my other toasts can get pretty elaborate, but this toast knows exactly who she is: sweet baked apples, shiny honey almonds, bitter creamy tahini and a touch of lemon juice to balance it all out.

There’s no intense steps in this recipe, just one baking sheet and fifteen minutes of baking time. When it comes out of the oven you will have a perfectly crispy, slightly glossy, breakfast toast that is the epitome of apple pie in a bite.

Ingredients to make this tahini toast

The ingredients are minimal for this, but they are still so so good. Here’s everything I suggest to make 4 servings of this toast:

  • 1 large apple
  • 4 slices bread of choice
  • 2 tbsp tahini
  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 1/4 cup slivered almonds
  • salt to taste
  • lemon juice to taste

How to make this apple and tahini toast

The instructions are long, but only because I like to be specific! We are building this toast from the bottom up – think of it as upside-down apple cake. Here’s the details on how to make it:

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Thinly slice the apple into crescent slices. Make each slice as this as possible, since the goal is to lay them flat on the toast.
  • OPTIONAL: put your bread slices under a broiler for 2 minutes to get one side of the bread toasted. If you need to skip this step, that’s totally fine!
  • Spread a layer of tahini on each piece of bread. If you opted to toast the bread, spread the tahini on the toasted side.
  • Lay down a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the sliced almonds on the sheet, creating a rough shape of the bread you are using. The bread will be placed on top of the almonds, so try to match the shape as best as possible.
  • Drizzle honey directly on top of the almonds, then layer the apples on top of the honey.
  • Place the tahini-side of the bread directly on top of the apple slices.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes at 350F, remove when the side of the bread that you can see has started to toast, or when you see the honey has begun to caramelize.
  • Let the toasts rest for 2 minutes out of the oven, then flip over onto a plate and carefully remove the parchment paper.
  • Top with a squeeze of lemon juice and eat right away 🙂

Wait, why do we make the toast upside-down?

Besides loving the glossy-honey-coated reveal of the toast at the end of baking, there are a few other reasons that I love to make this toast “upside-down” – because I’m not just doing it to do it, I promise!

Reason #1 – It keeps the toast *toasty* – if we were to put the apples and honey on top, the honey and apple juice would seep into the toast during the baking process, making the toast slightly less crispy.

Reason #2 – It helps the honey caramelize on the almonds – think of it as toasting the almonds! The heat on the pan will go directly onto the honey and nuts, caramelizing the sugars and creating a deeper color, flavor and texture for the top of the toast

Reason #3 – The apples bake more quickly – they are closer to direct contact with the pan, helping them gather more heat and cook at a quicker pace.

So making this toast upside-down isn’t just for fun (but believe me, it’s still fun 😉 There’s a method to the madness, I promise 🙂

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And that’s it for this apple tahini toast recipe! This blog post was short n’ sweet, but it’s just one of those days, yknow?

If you do make this, please tag me on Instagram or Pinterest, I would love to see! PS if you make it and love it, it would mean the world to me if you left a review below, it helps the website more than you know <3

And of course leave a comment if you have any questions! You all know this is the best place to reach me.

Watch the recipe video here:

https://youtu.be/4FpUa0BTk90

Apple Tahini Toast

This upside-down apple tahini toast is like apple pie in a breakfast. It's sweet, crunchy, and subtly creamy from the tahini. The apple cooks perfectly in the oven making this a gorgeous, glossy (but still low-effort!) toast.
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Prep Time:10 minutes mins
Cook Time:15 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple, apple pie, cinnamon, tahini, toast
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 large apple
  • 4 slices bread of choice
  • 2 tbsp tahini
  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 1/4 cup slivered almonds
  • salt to taste
  • lemon juice to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Thinly slice the apple into crescent slices. Make each slice as this as possible, since the goal is to lay them flat on the toast.
  • OPTIONAL: put your bread slices under a broiler for 2 minutes to get one side of the bread toasted. If you need to skip this step, that's totally fine!
  • Spread a layer of tahini on each piece of bread. If you opted to toast the bread, spread the tahini on the toasted side.
  • Lay down a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the sliced almonds on the sheet, creating a rough shape of the bread you are using. The bread will be placed on top of the almonds, so try to match the shape as best as possible.
  • Drizzle honey directly on top of the almonds, then layer the apples on top of the honey.
  • Place the tahini-side of the bread directly on top of the apple slices.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes at 350F, remove when the side of the bread that you can see has started to toast, or when you see the honey has begun to caramelize.
  • Let the toasts rest for 2 minutes out of the oven, then flip over onto a plate and carefully remove the parchment paper.
  • Eat right away 🙂

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Comments

  1. Lindsay MacLeod says

    October 27, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    Just made and devoured this. 🙂 Yum! Thank you

    • Justine says

      October 27, 2021 at 8:18 pm

      omg I am so glad you liked it!

  2. Jay says

    November 6, 2021 at 11:57 pm

    Which Apple is best for this?

    • Justine says

      November 7, 2021 at 12:01 am

      I like gala or honey crisp!

  3. Mandy says

    November 8, 2021 at 3:18 am

    I haven’t stopped thinking about this recipe for DAYS, but don’t like tahini, is there a replacement that you would suggest?

    • Justine says

      November 8, 2021 at 11:12 am

      Of course! I like tahini because it is a bit bitter, but any nut butter you like is a great sub!

  4. Nini says

    November 12, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    I’ve been making this with almond butter instead of tahini because it’s what I have, and it’s DELICIOUS. It’s my favorite breakfast on days I don’t have to go in to work. My only complaint is that I find the parchment paper does not peel off nicely at all; I always end up having to scrape all the honey and almonds off of it. But it’s worth it for the deliciousness 🙂

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