Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

Cinnamon Buns like Cinnabon's® Heavenly cinnamon rolls drizzled in a sweet icing.
(by Better than I deserve)

Serves: 12 - 15

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 Tbls. ground cinnamon
(2) .25 oz. pkts. active dry yeast
1 tsp. granulated sugar
1 cup 110 degree water
1 cup warm milk
2/3 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cup melted butter OR margarine
2 tsp. salt
2 eggs - slightly beaten
up to 8 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup melted butter OR margarine
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts OR pecans - optional
1/2 cup melted butter OR margarine
1/3 cup granulated sugar
4 cups powdered sugar
2/3 cup melted butter OR margarine
2 tsp. vanilla extract (maple extract too if you want)
2 oz cream cheese
up to 6 Tbls. hot water



-Mix together 1 1/2 cups sugar and the cinnamon; set aside.
-In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 tsp. sugar in warm water; set aside.
-In a large bowl, mix together milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 2/3 cup melted butter, salt, and eggs; add yeast mixture and 4 cups of flour to mixture; beat until smooth; stir in enough flour to form a slightly stiff dough.
-Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface and knead for 8 minutes.
-Place dough into a large greased bowl, cover, and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
-Punch down dough and let rest for 5 minutes.
-Roll dough out onto a floured surface into a 15" X 20" rectangle.
-Brush 1/2 cup melted butter over dough; sprinkle cinnamon sugar evenly over dough; sprinkle nuts evenly over dough, if desired.
-Tightly roll up dough and pinch edges together to seal; cut the roll into 12 - 15 slices using dental floss or thread.
-Coat the bottom of a 13" X 9" X 2" baking pan with 1/2 cup melted butter; sprinkle 1/3 cup sugar evenly in the bottom of the pan.
-Place cinnamon roll slices close together in the prepared pan; cover pan and allow to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
-Bake rolls in a 350 degree oven for 25 - 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
-Stir together powdered sugar, 2/3 cup melted butter, and extracts; stir in hot water, 1 Tbls. at a time, until the glaze reaches desired spreading consistency.
-Spread prepared icing over slightly cooled rolls.

Sweet Potato Hashbrowns (by Januinely~me)

1 lb sweet potatoes, peeled & cubed
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
3/4 cup cooking onion, chopped
1 1/2 tsp garlic, minced
1 1/2 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp
paprika -salt & pepper to taste-

In a large bowl; combine sweet potatoes, green pepper, onion, garlic, olive oil and paprika. Toss to combine. Transfer to large baking sheet and arrange in a single layer.
Bake in preheated 400 F (200 C) oven for 20 minutes. Turn and bake an additional 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Season with salt and pepper.

Breakfast/Brunch recipes (by illinibaby1)

Not sure which category this would go under? Breakfast or snacks

Ingredients
-2 cups quick oats (original recipe called for whole rolled, but the quick worked just fine)
-3/4 cup packed brown sugar
-1/2 cup whole wheat gram flour (again called for 1/2 cup wheat germ but all I had was gram flour and it worked great!)
-3/4 teaspoon cinnamon (We just dumped a bunch in b/c we love cinnamon)
-1 cup all purpose flour
-2pkg of high fiber instant oatmeal cinnamon swirl (optional, just wanted some more bang for my buck you could also use the dried apple kind)
-3/4 cup raisins or any dried fruit (we used crazins and raisins)
-3/4 tsp salt
-1/2 cup honey
-2 egg whites (again it called for 1 whole egg but I wanted to make these low cholesterol)
-1/2 cup oil (any will work, I used olive)
-2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9x13 pan
2. Large bowl mix oats, sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, flour, raisins, salt. Mix and make a well in center. Pour honey, egg whites, oil and vanilla, mix well Pat mixture into pan
3. Bake for 30-35 min untill bars turn golden at the edges. Cool 5 min, cut into bars while warm. Don't let bars cool completely before cutting b/c they will be too hard to cut You can wrap individually in suran wrap for quick snacks.

For granola use the same recipe. bake a few min more. break into chunks while still warm. Store in air tight container.
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Melissa

Deluxe Potato Casserole (by Ten From Him)

1 can cream of chicken soup (10 oz / 284 ml)
250 ml sour cream 1 cup
50 ml onion, chopped 1/4 cup
50 m butter, melted 1/4 cup
5 ml salt 1 tsp
1 kg potatoes, peeled & chopped 2 lb
500 ml cheddar cheese, shredded 2 cup
500 ml stuffing mix 2 cup
40 ml butter, melted 3 tbsp

In a medium bowl; combine soup, sour cream, onion, 1/4 cup (50 ml) butter and salt.

In a lightly greased casserole dish; combine potatoes and cheese. Pour soup mixture over potatoes, mixing well. Sprinkle stuffing mix over potatoes; drizzle with 3 tablespoon (40 ml) butter.

Bake in preheated 350 F (180 C) oven for 1 hour or until potatoes are tender.

Serves 8
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Hugs,

Beth
formerly EightisEnuf

by mom2two

I like making a sausage ring which is made like the Pampered Chefs taco ring.

I cook up the sausage in a pan - scramble eggs - then mix the eggs and sausage together. Then I arrange crescent triangles in a circle on a round baking pan or stoneware with bases overlapping and points out. I spoon the sausage/egg mixture on the triangle base and top with shredded chedder cheese. Fold points over the sausage mixture and tuck under.

Bake at 375 deg. for 15-20 min.
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~Angie~

Fluffy Pancakes (by Januinely~me)

3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted


Combine milk with vinegar in a medium bowl and set aside for 5 minutes to "sour".
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Whisk egg and butter into "soured" milk. Pour the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and whisk until lumps are gone.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and coat with cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.

Emily's Christmas Eve Shortcut Cinnamon Buns

These are made the night before and popped in the oven Christmas morning when the kids are attacking their stockings (or if your dks are teens like mine while you are trying to drag them out of bed! )

20 unbaked frozen dinner rolls (I get mine at Kroger and use the store brand)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup instant vanilla pudding mix (1/2 of a small package of pudding mix. . . oh, gee, you'll have to make these again to use the rest up!)
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, melted.

Lightly grease a 10-inch bundt cake pan. Place frozen rolls into the pan and sprinkle with brown sugar, the pudding mix, and cinnamon. Pour melted butter over the top.

Cover with a clean, damp cloth (yeah, the recipe really says, 'clean'. . . until i read that i was thinking i would use one i pulled from the bottom of the hamper! ) and leave overnight at room temperature to rise.

In the morning, preheat the oven to 350º. Remove the towel and bake rolls for 25 minutes, until golden brown. Turn rolls out onto a serving plate and dig in. (of course, don't let anyone see you turn them out onto the plate, for there's always a lot of tasty little crusties left in the pan. if no one is around, you can eat them all yourself! )
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~Emily