Sunday Morning Sweet Rolls

Okay, I made these the other day and our family is divided on them. I am an all-out smotherer of cinnamon rolls and say the more frosting the better. My husband, on the other hand, is more health-conscious and thinks these sweet rolls are a perfect amount of sweet. So, with that said:

1 Cup Brown Sugar

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon

1 Cup Butter

About18 Rhodes frozen bread rolls

The night before, put sugar, butter and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Cook for 4 minutes.
Place frozen rolls in a Bundt pan, pour sugar mixture over the rolls.
Leave on kitchen counter overnight.
In the morning, bake in pre-heated oven, 350 degrees, for 20-25 minutes.

*The best part of these is how truly simple and easy they are. They're perfect if you have company and everything is hectic and such.
**I only have 2 kids, and one is still working on "chewing" rice cereal, so I halved this recipe and it worked just fine.

Crepes

This was my saving grace for my husband's birthday a couple weeks ago. I found this recipe from Krafty Katrina and I want to make them again as I'm typing this. My husband is diabetic, and although this recipe is not sugar-free, it is much better than waffles drenched in syrup or cinnamon rolls smothered in frosting (although I love both of those options). I had NEVER made crepes before this attempt and they came out perfectly. We ate them all! Crepes are easier than they seem. They're kind of like good lookin' guys, intimidating, but undeservedly so.

To the recipe:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tbsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

2 cups milk

2 tbsp. butter, melted

1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.

Stir in remaining ingredients.

Beat with hand beater until smooth.

2. Lightly butter 6-8 inch skillet.

Heat over medium heat until bubbly.

3. For each crepe, pour scant 1/4 cup batter into skillet.

Immediately rotate skillet until thin layer of batter covers bottom.

Cook until lights brown.

Run wide spatula around edge to loosen; turn and cook other side

until light brown.

Repeat with remaining batter, buttering skillet as needed.

4. Stack crepes, keep covered.

If desired, spread applesauce, sweetened strawberries, jelly, or jam thinly over each warm crepe; roll up. (Be sure to fill crepes so when rolled the more attractive side is on the outside.) Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

Unfilled crepes can be wrapped airtight and frozen up to 2 months.

Best French Toast Ever

This is my favorite French Toast ever! I've made it twice since discovering it and it has been a hit both times. It makes other French Toast look mooshy and boring. The consistency is awesome and the flavor is great AND you only need 1 egg (which was helpful this last weekend).

Best French Toast

8 slices bread

2 T. unsalted butter

1 c. milk

1 egg

2 T. sugar

2 t. vanilla

3/4 t. cinnamon

1/4 t. salt

1/2 c. flour

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 200.

Arrange the bread on a wire rack set over a baking sheet and bake until slightly dry, about 15 minutes.

While the bread is in the oven, melt 2 T. of butter and whisk it together with the milk, egg, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, & salt in a medium bowl.

Slowly whisk in the flour until smooth.Transfer 1 or 2 pieces of bread at a time from the oven into the batter & soak both sides.

Cook on a nonstick skillet or griddle until done, about 2 1/2 minutes per side.

(Recipe from America's Test Kitchen)

Banana Pancakes

Side note: This recipe is from my awesome sister, Bec. It's a DELICIOUS recipe, so even though the picture doesn't look super great. They're really good. They don't look so pretty as you're making them, but your house smells like you're baking banana bread and they taste amazing! We have had them for breakfast, but they're also a really good and fast dinner.

Ingredients:

1 cup oats
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
3/4 cup sour cream (or banana flavored yogurt)
3/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 mashed bananas
1/2 stick melted butter

Directions:

Mix dry ingredients. Set aside.

Mix all wet ingredients except for butter and bananas. Add butter and bananas and mix well. Add dry ingredients to wet.

Pour batter by 1/2 cup fulls onto hot skillet.

****I used about 1/3 stick butter and it was still really yummy. Also, it calls for whole milk, but I have always just used whatever I had in the house. I've never tried the banana yogurt, just because I always have sour cream. However, Becky loves it with banana yogurt. You can also add mini chocolate chips to make them a little sweeter breakfast treat!

Breakfast casserole

Mom’s breakfast casserole

Ingredients:

6 beaten eggs

6 pieces bread, cubed

1 t. dry mustard, or regular

½ t. salt

1 cup cheddar cheese

1 lb. turkey sausage

½ t. pepper

2 cup milk

Directions:

Bake 350 for 45-60 minutes

Creamed eggs with toast

I had this recipe growing up every year on Easter morning. It's a great way to use up some of your hard boiled eggs, and it's a great breakfast! I know it sounds a little weird serving it over toast, but seriously ... it's great!

Ingredients:

Cornstarch, and ingredients for white sauce on the back of the box

Milk

Butter

Salt

Pepper

Hard boiled eggs

Bacon bits

Toast

Directions:

Make white sauce on cornstarch box.

Heat cornstarch, milk, butter on skillet. Add salt and pepper. Add cut up hard boiled eggs. Sprinkle in bacon bits. Save out one egg to slice on top.