Christy's favorite crepes

1.5 C. Flour
1 tsp. Sugar
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 C. Milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. Vanilla

Great griddle to medium high. Mix ingredients. Pour on and cook until done without flipping. Top with desired toppings.

Gloria's syrup

1 stick butter
1cup whipping cream
1 cup sugar, brown or white
1 tsp. Vanilla

Simmer.

Crepes

3 eggs
3 cups  milk
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
2   1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. Vanilla

High heat. Spread on griddle with a spatula until thin. Remove when brown present.  (Dad's variation)

Cinna Pecan Rolls

The balance of salty/sweet is amazing on this recipe!!  Like eating those chocolates with the sea salt.  First I'll post  the original (from organizedliving.com) and then I'll tell you my changes:

Artisan bread dough:

 1 1/2 pound of dough

(Artisan recipe) 1. 3 c. warm water

2. 1.5 T. granulated yeast

3. 1.5 T. kosher salt

4. 6.5 c. unbleached, all-purpose white flour {they have other recipes for different types of flour too}

Quickly mix the ingredients in a large food-safe plastic tub with a wooden spoon.

Let it rise for 2 hours.

Put the entire tub into the refrigerator and use throughout the next 2 weeks.

First, you mix up the maple/caramel topping and spread it in the bottom of a round cake pan.

• 6 T. softened butter

• 1/2 t. salt

• 1/2 c. brown sugar

Then  roll out the dough and mix up the fillings:

• 1 1/2 pound chunk of homemade bread dough {see recipe above}

• 4 T. softened butter

• 1 t. ground cinnamon

• 1/4 t. nutmeg

• 1/2 c. chopped pecans

Roll the bread dough flat, smooth the filling onto the dough and then roll it log -style up and cut in to 8 equal pieces for the rolls.

 Bake at 350F. for 40 minutes, or until golden brown and bubbly.  (She doesn't say so, but it is obvious from the pictures that you carefully flip the pan onto another pan so that the topping can be, well, on top!  I used a cookie sheet to deposit them onto because that's a big surface.  Be very careful, because it is VERY HOT.)

Original content from Simple Organized Living: http://www.simpleorganizedliving.com/2011/03/24/simple-delicious-homemade-bread/#ixzz2QAYP6DuI

Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

 MY VARIATION:

No pecans, simply because I didn't have any. 

Double the topping recipe, and I put it in a non-stick 9 x 13 pan (simply because it's the one in my house with a lid that fits after cooking for storing uneaten food).

There is no sugar in the filling recipe, so I added brown sugar.  Half a cup, I think, but maybe a cup.

After cooking and flipping them onto the cookies sheet (see above) and my family devouring the majority (again--very hot, so I let them cool before the kids dug in) I put the remainder back in the pan, so I could put the lid on.)

She calls them Maple Pecan Sticky Rolls, but there is no maple in the recipe.  Maybe one of these days I will through some maple in for kicks!!

Try these rolls!!  They are a keeper!!

Best Banana Bread

I've used this recipe for years--so moist!!

3 or 4 ripe bananas
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup melted butter

Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes in sprayed loaf pan.  (I go 60.)  Makes one loaf.

*Last time I did this I added 1/3 to 1/2 cup dry cocoa, and put it in cupcake liners and called it cupcakes.  Kids loved it!

*Also you can add chocolate chips.

German Pancakes

My family has always loved these pancakes, which puff up in the oven and are buttery and heavenly. =)

6 tablespoons butter
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Melt butter in 9X13 inch pan until bubbly.  Mix other ingredients together and pour into bubbly butter.  Bake for 25 minutes and serve with syrup or other pancake topping.

Tonight I made more batter and have added cheese to the big portion for dinner, and will add brown sugar to the other, for a "dessert."  I'll let you know how it goes...

Christmas Breakfast Casserole

This was served at our ward (LDS church) Christmas breakfast.  Pretty good, especially when my husband cooks!

Grease a 9X13 pan.  Add a layer of frozen hashbrowns and drizzle 3 tablespoons of melted butter.  Bake at 425 for 25 minutes or until golden brown.  (Can be done the night before.)

Mix in a separate bowl 12 eggs, breakfast meat of choice, and 2 cups grated cheese and pour over hashbrowns.  Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

It was good, but I know my husband added salt, pepper, and garlic, and a layer of cheese on the top.  He also precooked the cubed ham to caramelize them.  YUM.

Bran Muffins (or Raisin bran)

Ok, so I tried this recipe with regular bran flakes and it was DELISH!!
So today I will try it with actual raisin bran, even though my kids don't like raisins--will they give in and eat the muffins anyway (last time they were a hit!) or will they pick out the raisins??  Time will tell...

RAISIN BRAN MUFFINS
4 cups raisin bran
2 cups milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Add milk to flakes to soften; add oil and eggs.  Blend well.  In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients well, and then mix with flake mixture.  Distribute into greased (I use butter Crisco spray) muffin tins using a heaping tablespoon-sized cookie scoop.  Bake at 400 degrees about 16 minutes.  Makes about 24.

PS: They picked out the raisins! =(  What kid doesn't like raisins??  Oh, well, back to the regular bran.  I'd also like to try "Total" cereal.

waffles, thin batter when B&C visited

"BEST WAFFLES EVER"

 

1 1/3 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
2 eggs, separated
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 3/4 cups milk

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients.
2. Separate the eggs, adding the yolks to the dry ingredient mixture, and placing the whites in a small mixing bowl.
3. Beat whites until moderately stiff; set aside.
4. Add milk and melted butter to dry ingredient mixture and blend.
5. Fold stiff egg whites into mixture.
6. Ladle mixture into hot waffle iron and bake.

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/the-best-ever-waffles-31750#ixzz1eqQ1VL66

Notes: My husband loved the combo of this with his mother's cinnamon syrup.  I found it a bit runny and messy, and wanting a little, but until I find a *perfect* one, this will do.  I doubled the recipe and barely fed 7 people.