German Pancakes

Cinnamon and Sugar Pull Apart Muffins

Monkey Bread

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

This is more of a recipe review. I found this recipe at a linky party at Be Different Act Normal (I love linky parties. So much fun stuff). The recipe was posted on I'm Topsy Turvy.  My family really enjoyed these. My husband who does not like pancakes was really into these.

Just a couple things before I post the recipe. These took a lot of time; not like a normal pancake. You have to make three separate things: pancake batter, cinnamon filling, and glaze. If the cinnamon filling spills out of the batter onto your griddle it burns-quickly-and smells awful. Also, the filling gets super hot! I may or may not have burned myself. The pancake recipe is totally delicious even without the filling and glaze.

I'm not going to post a full tutorial here, but over at I'm Topsy Turvy she has an amazing tute! Check the whole thing out here.

Picture from I'm Topsy Turvy

Here's what you need:

Cinnamon Filling
1/2 C butter, melted
3/4 C brown sugar, packed
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

Cream Cheese Glaze
4 Tbsp butter
2 oz cream cheese
3/4 C powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Pancakes (Can be doubled or cut in half easily)
3 C flour
6 Tbsp sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Wisk together in a bowl
2 1/2 C milk
6 Tbsp melted butter
4 Lrg eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Wisk together in a separate bowl

French Toast Casserole

I love breakfast foods. Breakfast has got to be my favorite meal. Next to cold, highly sugared, cereal I love French toast. A few years ago I was on a camp out with my church. Our bishop was in charge of making breakfast. He made this casserole in a dutch oven; it was so good! We had it later at a Christmas party as well. I enjoy it so much!

 

I had to take a picture in the pan because my family was already picking at it even though it was still so hot!

What you need:
1 Loaf of cinnamon swirl bread or Texas toast bread cut into cubes
6 Eggs beaten
3 c Milk
2 t Vanilla
2 t Cinnamon
1 c Fresh Raspberries or Blueberries optional

• Place cubed bread into a greased 13x9 pan
• Mix eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon and berries if you choose to use them
• Pour over bread
• Refrigerate covered overnight or at least one hour (Overnight is the best)
• Uncover and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes
• Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve with syrup

My husband liked this because it reminded him of bread pudding. I am going to put raspberries in next time and try to find a custard recipe to put on top. I think that would make it just like the bread pudding we love at Kneaders.

Finn's Cafe Traditional Norwegian Waffles

I LOVE breakfast for dinner. My better half, not so much. He isn't really into breakfast food. So when he emailed me this recipe I took that as the green light. I'm not sure where he found it. I think it was on the local news website, but don't quote me on that. With the recipe was this little blurb:

Finn Gurholt, owner and chef of Finn's Cafe, recently won the award for Best Breakfast from Salt Lake Magazine's dining awards.

These waffles have a different very distinct taste. I really enjoyed them.

Here's what you need:

6 eggs

1 c Sugar
1/4 c Sour Cream
1 c Flour

1/8 t Nutmeg

1/8 t Cardamom (Heads up, this is expensive! I found it for $10-$14 per bottle. I couldn't resist though!)

1/8 t Dried Ginger (I love ginger)