Waffles

This is a great waffle recipe! I usually serve them with homemade raspberry or cinnamon syrup.

Waffles
by Chelsey W.

2 cups flour
2 Tbsp sugar
4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1/4 cup oil

Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl mix milk, eggs, and oil together. Add wet ingredients to dry ones and stir together without over mixing. Pour 1/2 -3/4 cup of batter into a greased, heated waffle iron to cook. Makes around 16 waffles in my Belgian waffle iron.

Raspberry Topping

This raspberry topping is great served with waffles & cream, or as an ice cream topping.

Raspberry Topping
by Chelsey W.

2 cups frozen raspberries
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups water
3 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup cold water
1 Tbsp lemon juice

In a medium saucepan place raspberries, sugar, and 2 cups water. Then bring them to a boil. In a separate bowl stir together cold water and cornstarch. Add cornstarch to boiling raspberries stirring constantly to thicken. Remove thickened raspberry mixture from heat and stir in lemon juice. Return to heat for 1 minute continuing to stir. Remove from heat and let cool.

Cinnamon Syrup

This easy syrup is fabulous on waffles and pancakes. A dollop of whipped cream on top makes it a special treat.

Cinnamon Syrup
by Chelsey W.

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup whipping cream

In a medium saucepan stir together all ingredients Except the cream. Stirring constantly bring to a boil over medium heat for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cream. Syrup will thicken as it cools. Serve warm over waffles or pancakes. Great with freshly whipped cream or the kind you spray out of the can.

Recipe from YourHomebasedMom.com

Butterscotch Bundt Rolls

These delicious rolls have several names from sticky buns to bubble bread. They are simple to make and perfect for special occasion breakfasts. You simply add the ingredients to frozen roll dough, let them rise overnight and bake them in the morning for a warm butterscotch-caramel treat.

Butterscotch Bundt Rolls

by Chelsey W.

18 frozen dinner rolls (Rhodes)

1 (3.5oz) pkg butterscotch pudding powder (not instant)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter, melted

pinch of cinnamon

1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Arrange frozen rolls in a greased Bundt pan. Melt the butter and add other ingredients. Mix together then pour over frozen rolls. Cover with a dish towel or greased plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature overnight or about 10 hrs. Remove plastic wrap and Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes. Cool for 5 min. before turning over the rolls on a serving plate. Enjoy them warm & gooey!

Pancakes

These pancakes are simply perfect. They are thick, yet fluffy, with good flavor. This recipe is the one my mother used to make us pancakes growing up. It's not a secret recipe, in fact it just comes from moms old Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. It's a great recipe that is simple to throw together with ingredients that are always in the house.

Pancakes:
1 1/4 c flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 beaten egg
1 c milk
2 Tbsp oil

Sift together the dry ingredients (I just stir them). Add egg, milk, and oil to dry ingredients. Stir until most of the lumps are gone. Bake on a hot griddle. Makes 8 pancakes and can easily be doubled for more.

Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

This is a wonderful breakfast casserole that is full of flavor. I've seen this recipe a couple different places and in a freezer dinner cookbook. I thought that making a double batch and freezing half of it was a great idea. Then you can cut up all the veggies at one time, since that is the most time consuming part. After doing it I would probably wait to put the shredded cheese in the frozen batch after it has thawed so it doesn't clump together. I'll definitely make this recipe often.

Recipe:
8 eggs
4 c hash brown potatoes
12 oz evaporated milk
2 c shredded cheddar cheese
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 c onion, diced finely
1 1/2 c green pepper, diced (use some red for Christmas)
1 c ham, diced
Mix together the eggs and milk. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir together. If freezing put the mixture in a gallon size freezer bag, remove air before sealing, and freeze. Thaw frozen mixture completely before baking. Put in a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes until an inserted knife comes out clean.

Sugar Donut Muffins

Sugar Donut Muffins
by Chelsey W.
3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking power

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon 

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup milk 

1 tsp vanilla extract

Roll muffins in:

2 tbsp butter, melted (brush on top)

1/2 cup sugar with a little cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until light in color. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Pour into egg mixture and stir to combine. Pour in vegetable oil, milk and vanilla extract. Divide batter evenly into 10 muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. While muffins are baking, melt butter.  Put remaining sugar and some cinnamon into a small bowl. When muffins are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar. Cool on a wire rack.

Makes 10 muffins.

adapted from BakingBites.com

French Toast

This is an easy french toast recipe that I got from my sister-in-law Kelli. I know you don't really need a recipe for french toast but I like this one because of all the spices in it. You can use the thick texas toast if you'd like but I always just use whatever bread I have around that needs to be used up.

Recipe:
4 eggs
1/2 c milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
8 slices of bread

Beat the eggs and milk with a fork. I like to use a pie plate. Then add vanilla and spices. Dip both sides of the bread in the egg mixture and allow excess to drip off. Put bread on a heated griddle buttered or sprayed with nonstick spray. After one side browns flip it over to the other side. Serve with butter, syrup, or powdered sugar.

Orange Julius

This is an easy, refreshing beverage I remember making often as a teenager. The ingredients were always in the house so it was easy to whip up. I like it better than the mall's version. It's also really good with some frozen strawberries blended in.

Recipe:

1/2 to 3/4 can frozen orange juice concentrate

1/2 to 1 c cold water

1 c milk

1/2 c sugar

1 tsp vanilla

around 12 ice cubes

Put all the ingredients into a blender, using 1/2 can of orange juice concentrate, and 1/2 c water. Blend, taste, then add more concentrate and water if needed until you reach desired flavor and thickness.