If you have some brown bananas laying around, this is a great treat for the family and a great way to use those bananas everyone refuses to eat. Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp cinnamon ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg 2 eggs, beaten 1½ […]
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These are really easy and quick muffins to throw together even on a busy morning. If you don’t have any poppy seeds, these are great plain lemon muffins! Ingredients: ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened 1½ cups sugar 2 eggs Grated zest of 1 lemon Juice of 1 lemon ½ cup half and half 2¼
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There just something about biscuits and gravy that makes it a good morning. Grandma was the queen of biscuits and rolls and this is one of her easiest recipes. I always make these in a cast-iron skillet but you could easily make these in a regular baking pan. Ingredients: 2 cups flour ½ tsp salt
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Turn up the volume on traditional popovers by adding Gruyère cheese and bacon! Ingredients: 4 thick slices of bacon 1 cup milk 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon fresh chives (chopped) 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup Gruyère cheese (grated) Directions: Step 1 Preheat oven to 375°F and
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This is an excellent sweet bread that is sure to make the holidays extra festive!! Try it with the streusel crumb topping, you won’t be disappointed! Ingredients: 3 cups of sugar 3⅓ cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda ½ tablespoons baking powder 1½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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Yeahhhhh… this was pretty much amazing. I was trying to come up with something to do with my leftover challah that was a few days old. Later I ran across some extra pumpkin I had leftover from another foodie project. The light bulb just exploded in my head. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast. Perfect. Oh jeez, where to start with
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Mushrooms are by far one of my favorite vegetables. Sadly, my husband hates them… so I had to wait till he was away training to sneak this dish into my kitchen hehe mushroom lasagna!! Amazing… I ate the entire tray all by myself in the matter of 6 days. It was SO good. Plus, it’s a Cook’s Illustrated mushroom lasagna
I have had a raging war with Tiramisu for a long time now. I have tried many times to recreate the Italian classic using recipes that dictate the authentic method and have always failed. Always. For those of you that are unfamiliar, I am referring to the authentic custard that is prepared using mascarpone cheese
