Sour Cream Waffles

These are THE BEST waffles I've ever made.  I will never go back to using Bisquick or Krusteaz pancake mix for waffles.


SOUR CREAM WAFFLES


What you need:


1 3/4 cup flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
8 Tbsp butter, melted
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sour cream
3 eggs
waffle iron


How you do it:


Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; make a well in the center and set aside.  Whisk together butter, milk, sour cream, and eggs; pour into well.  (Don't worry if the butter sets again ... and don't mix it too much.  The butter and sour cream should look like little clumps in the mixture.)  Whisk just until wet; do not over mix.  Pour a scant 1/4 cup of batter onto bottom of waffle iron and close.  Cook until no steam escapes, about 3 minutes.


(The waffles in the photo have peanut butter syrup on them.  Just heat in the microwave 1/2 cup peanut butter and 1 cup maple syrup.  Yummy, but I still prefer buttermilk syrup.)

Banana Bread

My favorite banana bread recipe, with a tweak from my sister.

BANANA BREAD

What you need:
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/3 cup bananas, smashed
1/3 tsp. salt
1 2/3 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup water
cinnamon-sugar

How you do it:
Mix together sugar and butter.  Stir in eggs until blended.  Add banans and water and beat for 30 seconds.  Mix in rest of ingredients until moistened.  Grease loaf pan with shortening, sprinkle pan with cinnamon-sugar mixture and coat sides and bottom of pan.  Pour batter into pan, sprinkle top with cinnamon-sugar and lightly press.  Bake at 350° for 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick comes out clean.  Cool for 5 minutes, loosen sides, remove from pan and serve.

Monster Pancakes

When I was younger, a lady in my neighborhood held a summer cooking class for some of the neighborhood children.  I didn't attend it, but my older brother did and this was one of the recipes he brought home.  These are really "German" pancakes, but because of the way the batter "grows," we always called them Monster Pancakes.

MONSTER PANCAKES

What you need:
6 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 Tbsp. sugar
dash of salt
4 Tbsp butter

Beat all ingredients together, except butter, in a blender.  Melt butter in dripper pan (I place mine in my 9x13 dish and then put it in the over while it is preheating).  Pour in egg mixture.  Bake at 400° for 25 minutes.  DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR WHILE BAKING.  When finished baking, let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

My family used to eat this with powdered sugar on top and maple syrup.  And, recently we tried it with fresh raspberries and whipped cream, which was also really yummy.

Sugar Doughnut Muffins

I found this recipe here a while ago and just made them. These muffins are YUMMY! Next time I'll try rolling them in cinnamon-sugar or glazing them. They would be great with a little jelly in the middle too. Really, the possibilities are endless! My little boy was the first to try them and they were a winner!

SUGAR DOUGHNUT MUFFINS

What you need:

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 Tbsp. butter, melted

1/3 cup sugar

How you do it:

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease muffin tin with cooking spray (I used my mini muffin tin). In a large bowl, beat together 3/4 cup sugar and egg until light in color. In a small bowl blend together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In a measuring cup mix together oil, milk, and vanilla. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and stir together to combine. Make a well in the mixture and pour in milk/oil mixture. Stir until wet and blended thoroughly (may be a little lumpy). Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full. (Again, I used 24 mini muffin cups and loved this size.) Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. While muffins are baking, melt butter. When muffins are finished baking, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter and remove from pan to roll in 1/3 cup sugar. Cool on a wire rack. (Or eat them right away like we did!)

My Boschy Adventures: Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins

Okay, so I've been using my Boschy to make a lot of stuff. The most I've done is wheat bread ... I'm determined to find a good wheat bread recipe. But, I've also made white bread, rolls, pretzels (twice), and most recently Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread (Muffins).

I posted this recipe on my old blog, but I haven't been able to import all my old recipes here. So, I'm posting it again! I LOVE these muffins! I like to make them as mini muffins because they are perfect size for a snack (and less messy than cutting the bread). This recipe makes almost 100 mini muffins, about 50 regular-sized muffins, 8 mini bread loaves, or 3 regular-sized bread loaves. You'll have to adjust the baking time according to which pan you use. I don't usually make this recipe into regular-sized muffins, but I will tell you that I bake the mini muffins for 18 minutes each batch (I only have one 24-cup pan), and the mini loaves for about 45 minutes. Just about every time a friend of mine watches my children for me, I take a bag of these muffins for a snack (and a thank you). And, I don't think I've ever had a friend not ask for the recipe. So, I thought I'd spare all of you the chore of watching my children and just give you the recipe!

CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN BREAD

3 cups sugar

1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin puree

1 cup veggie oil

2/3 cup water

4 eggs

3 1/2 cups flour

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

1 Tbsp. nutmeg

2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour three 1 lb. size coffee cans, or three 9x5-inch loaf pans. In a large bowl combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water and eggs. Beat until smooth. Blend in dry ingredients, Fold in chips and nuts. Pour into cans/pans. Bake for 1 hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Cool on wire racks before removing from cans/pans. (I actually immediately dump mine out and let them cool on the rack when I make mini muffins because I need the pan again.)

Oven-Baked Caramel French Toast

I don't have a picture for this recipe, but I totally wanted to share it because I like it so much better than regular French toast with maple syrup. I've had this exactly as the recipe is, and then I made it according to my liking. First off ... if you make it exactly like the recipe, it is really yummy; but, it was a little bit soggy for my tastes. I like my French toast to be a little crispy. So, I just make regular french toast (out of the egg mixture of this recipe), then layer it in the 9x13 pan and bake it for about 8-10 minutes with the caramel sauce. But, I'm sure the baking is purely optional if you make it using this method. Anyway, enjoy and let me know what you think!

OVEN-BAKED CARAMEL FRENCH TOAST

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
2 Tbsp. heavy whipping cream (optional)
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
12 slices French or Italian-style bread (I like homemade bread)
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
Caramel Sauce:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1 Tbsp. heavy whipping cream (optional)

In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 tablespoons corn syrup, and 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Pour sauce into a 9x13-inch baking dish and sprinkle with 1/2 cup pecans. Place 6 slices of bread on top of the sauce, sprinkle with the remaining pecans and cover with the remaining 6 slices of bread. Combine eggs, milk, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in a blender. Pour egg mixture evenly over bread slices, cover the baking dish, and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. The next morning, preheat oven to 350º. Remove the French toast from the refrigerator 30 minutes prior to baking. Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until lightly brown. Drizzle sauce over the toast right before serving. To make the Caramel Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1 tablespoon corn syrup, and 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.

Rivka's Cinnamon Rolls

RIVKA'S CINNAMON ROLLS
2 cups milk
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 Tbsp salt
2 eggs
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. yeast
½ cup butter, softened
½ - 3/4 cup brown sugar (the darker the better)
2 - 3 tsp. cinnamon

Combine milk, 1/2 cup butter, and sugar; warm in microwave until butter is softened and parly melted. If it gets too hot it can kill the yeast when you add it, so you may have to let it cool a bit. Add salt, eggs, flour, and yeast. Mix together until ingredients are well combined. Do NOT knead this dough for any length of time. The dough will be sticky. Spray the top of the dough with cooking spray and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Place the dough in a warm area and let rise for one hour, or until it doubles in size. Meanwhile, prepare cinnamon filling: Mix together softened butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. When dough is double, punch down the dough and place it onto a well-floured surface. Flour the top of the dough and roll into a rectangle about ¼ to ½-inch thick. Spread with cinnamon filling. Get it all the way out to the edges. Starting at one long side, roll the dough into a log shape. Cut into fifteen rolls. Place rolls cut side down in a greased 9x13 baking dish (three across, five down). Let the rolls rise in the pan for another hour (or skip this step as Rivka does, which is what I did). Bake at 325º for 20-25 minutes, until the tops or the middle rolls are beginning to turn golden. Remove from the oven and cool slightly before glazing (or frosting in my case; recipes below).

Rivka's Glaze:
2 c. powdered sugar¼ - ½ c. milk½ tsp. vanilla (or almond/lemon/maple extract)

Or, my preference:

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 (3 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
1½ cups powdered sugar
½ tsp. vanilla extract
dash of salt

Beat together all ingredients. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

Cream Cheese Clouds

CREAM CHEESE CLOUDS

1 can (12 count) refrigerated biscuits
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon, ground
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, cut into 12 cubes
1/4 cup butter, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Separate dough into 12 biscuits; press or roll each to 1/4-inch thickness. Mix sugar & cinnamon in shallow dish. Dip cream cheese in butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar. Place 1 cream cheese cube in center of each dough circle; gather up sides of dough to enclose filling. Press edges of dough together to seal. Place seam side up in lightly greased muffin pan; drizzle with any remaining butter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Banana Buttermilk Pancakes

BANANA BUTTERMILK PANCAKES

2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
2 cups buttermilk
4 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 bananas, really ripe, mashed

Beat all ingredients together with mixer until light; you want to have some air in the batter. Drop onto griddle in 1/4 cup portions. Flip when bubbles appear and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.

Buttermilk Syrup

I got this recipe from my friend, Tammy. So yummy! It's almost like eating candy.

BUTTERMILK SYRUP

1 stick butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
4 tsp. corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla (2 if imitation)
1 tsp baking soda

Boil together butter, sugar, buttermilk, and corn syrup; boil for one minutes. Remove from heat, and add vanilla and baking soda; whisk until all blended. (You may have to hold the pan over the sink after you start whisking the baking soda in as it makes the syrup really bubble big.) Serve warm over pancakes.