Vegan French Onion Soup

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp vegan butter
• 2 lbs yellow onions, thinly sliced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tbsp unbleached wheat flour
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 3 cups mushroom broth
• 1 Tbsp pickapeppa sauce
• 1 bay leaf
• 4-6 sprigs fresh thyme, bundled and tied with string or ¾ tsp dried
• Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
• Baguette, sliced
• Olive oil
• Vegan cheese (We used Violife Smoked Provolone)