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Cranberry Pecan Sticky Rolls and My Trip to the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Test Kitchen

November 23, 2010 by Tiffany

When I was contacted about the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Holiday Bake-Off trip, I quickly agreed to participate. Then I realized I would need to come prepared to bake something. (Pictures from the trip are at the end of this post.)

Cranberries are a natural holiday food, so I created two recipes featuring these beautiful gems. Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze is the recipe I chose to enter, only because I was afraid the roll dough in this recipe would not have time to rise in the 2-hour time limit.

But the rolls are a cinch to make and have all the sticky-sweet goodness you expect from a sticky roll. As a bonus, they’re studded with tart, red cranberries making them perfect for the Holidays. [Read more...]

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Apple Butter in the Slow Cooker – Homemade Christmas Gift Alert!

November 19, 2010 by Tiffany

One of you brilliant readers left this recipe in the comments section. I can’t remember which post now, so I can’t find out who it was. If you’re the wonderful person who shared this recipe, please let me know so I can thank you!

If you’re looking for easy, homemade Christmas gift ideas you’ll want to consider this apple butter. It makes a lot, which is good, because you’ll want to keep some for yourself too.

It starts with a couple jars of store-bought applesauce and a slow cooker. The result is fragrant deliciousness that’s heavenly spread on a warm biscuit. It will even perk up a plain old piece of toast. [Read more...]

Filed under: Breakfast, Crockpot Tagged with allspice, apple sauce, Christmas gift, cinnamon, cloves, holiday, nutmet, slow cooker, sugar24 Comments

Gingerbread Pancakes with Sweet Cider Syrup

November 18, 2010 by Tiffany

I made these pancakes for dinner last night and they quickly bumped to the top of my “recipes to share” list. Please schedule a breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or snack time to cook up a batch. You’ll thank me later.

The pancakes are sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger, cinnamon and allspice. But it’s the Sweet Cider Syrup that steals the show.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

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Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Holiday Bake-Off and Giveaway!

November 8, 2010 by Tiffany

I know it’s Monday and that usually means a new menu with grocery list. But today I’ve got something different for you and it includes a really cool giveaway!

Recently, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! contacted me, asking if I wanted to participate in their Holiday Bake-Off. Did I mention that it takes place in New York City this Friday?

I will join 9 other bloggers to take part in a friendly competition at the Unilever Test Kitchens. The fun starts today with a giveaway of baking equipment! But first, my recipe for Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze. [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Breakfast, Giveaway Tagged with bake-off, brunch, cranberries, eggs, flour baking powder, holiday, I can't believe it's not butter!, milk, orange marmalade, sugar, vanilla232 Comments

Slow Cooked Apple Oatmeal

November 5, 2010 by Tiffany

I was going to call this Apple Pie Oatmeal, because it really does taste as good as apple pie. I’ve made it twice now. Once I used regular oatmeal (not quick cooking). The second time, I used steel cut oats. They were more expensive, but I thought they held up better in the slow cooker. Jim thought that the regular oats were just as good. They were good, but they were a little mushier than I would like.

The taste of both versions was delish! Apples, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar…all for breakfast! And the leftovers heat up great the next day. Just add extra milk and microwave. [Read more...]

Filed under: Breakfast, Crockpot Tagged with apple juice, apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, oatmeal, oats, slow cooker, vanilla11 Comments

Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes

October 21, 2010 by Tiffany

I’m pretty sure my family eats more pancakes than the average household. We rarely ever have them for breakfast. My kids know if Jim is out of town, we’re probably having pancakes for dinner. Or if I need a super-quick meal, pancakes it is.

I served this stack for lunch after church, with ham and a fruit salad. I dressed up the whole wheat pancake recipe with apples, applesauce, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar. Delicious appley goodness on an October afternoon.

Grab a few common pantry ingredients and you’re all set:

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Scrambled Eggs, Ham and Muenster Cheese Skillet

October 16, 2010 by Tiffany

We needed a quick dinner one night (I feel like I say that all the time!), so breakfast for dinner worked great. I really wanted to make Scrambled Egg-wiches, but I didn’t have any English muffins.

Instead, I cooked the eggs and ham in the skillet and then placed Muenster cheese slices over the top. The cheese melted into the eggs and ham perfectly.

Super fast and it tasted great too.

How often do you have breakfast for dinner? How often do you cook this type of food for breakfast?

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Whole Wheat Biscuits

October 15, 2010 by Tiffany

My mom calls these graham biscuits. They are a bit heartier than the white flour version and taste wonderful with honey. The ugly one in the picture is on purpose. Jim really likes the “mutt” – pieces of dough left over that I press gently together.

Biscuits are simple to make. The whole wheat version is made just like regular biscuits. [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Breakfast Tagged with baking powder, butter, milk, salt, whole wheat flour21 Comments

Homemade Apple Sauce in the Slow Cooker

September 23, 2010 by Tiffany

This may be one of the best things I’ve ever made. Warm, sweet and cinnamon-y. It made the house smell wonderful while it was cooking.

I altered the recipe on A Year of Slow Cooking. I used more apples, more brown sugar, more cinnamon. I also used apple juice instead of water. I will be making this again, it was so delicious.

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