Pioneer Woman's Perfect Pancakes

I love pancakes.  So much.  My husband thinks they are below waffles and French toast, but I think they are #1.  Sunday morning I made Pioneer Woman's Perfect Pancakes and they were so tasty.  The batter makes a ton of pancakes, so make sure you're going to be feeding a few people or be prepared to eat leftover pancakes the next couple mornings.  We covered ours in butter, syrup, and peanut butter.  Yum! There's not much better than delicious breakfasts on lazy Sundays.

Pioneer Woman's Biscuits

I made these with Chicken Fried Steak and gravy.  They were super easy and made a large batch.  They're pretty yummy, although I don't like using margarine.  We have a lot leftover that we're just snacking on like cookies. Yum!

HERE'S her recipe.

Crockpot Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

This couldn't get easier.  I just threw everything in the crockpot before I went to bed and by morning it was perfectly ready.  I think the reason it turned out so delicious was because I used a spicy cheese (hot pepper blend).  DEFINITELY USE A SPICY-ISH CHEESE!  It wouldn't be as flavorful otherwise.  We ate it plain, with ketchup and some people used Cholula on it.  Easy peasy.

HERE IS THE RECIPE.  This is perfect to throw in on a Friday night at midnight- to have a hot breakfast with no  fuss on a weekend morning.

Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls

I have been wanting to try this recipe for a long time now & thought Christmas was a good time to try it because my family always has cinnamon rolls on Christmas day (from the frozen foods aisle; still delicious).  These are time consuming, but not as difficult as I had thought they would be.

These are delicious!!!  The recipe makes a TON of rolls so I have about three pie tins full in my freezer to be heated in the oven as I so desire.  I highly recommend making these - they are very rewarding to make.

HERE IS THE RECIPE.

YUMMMMMM!!!!!

P.S.  These use a whole lotta butter.

Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese

I am obsessed with Einstein's pumpkin shmear (sp??).  But I never make it to Einstein's and I wanted to try a homemade recipe to see how it measured up.  I made Skinny Taste's Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese - but I used fat free cream cheese (the recipe called for 1/3 fat).  I think next time I would use a full fat cream cheese - it would be worth it.  This cream cheese is more creamy and thick rather than light and fluffy like Einstein's.  I think I prefer Einstein's but this is still really tasty and easy to make.  Plus there is more of it so you're saving money.  I'll be eating this for lunch for a week on wheat bagels and I look forward to doing so!

Maybe next week I'll treat myself to an Einstein pumpkin shmeared bagel, though.

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

Pumpkin recipes galore, I know!  I made these pancakes Sunday morning and they were delightful!  I covered them with syrup and Pumpkin Fluff Dip.  They were easy to make - not too many ingredients - and added a little flavor to the normal pancake.  If you love pumpkin spiced things, these are a real treat for a fall morning.  My husband really liked them, too.

Eggs-in-a-Hole

I think I'm a late jumper on to this bandwagon.  I wanted to use up some french bread I bought before we went out of town and so I looked in my handy-dandy PW cookbook and found Eggs-in-a-Hole.

This was perhaps the easiest breakfast I've ever made and it was so incredibly yummy.  My husband says he had it growing up and I think people make this all the time.  But guess what? I'd never had it or heard of it until now.  Bread soaked in butter can't be wrong - but the egg/salt/pepper makes it doubly good.  I don't think it would be quite as good with thin, regular bread - I think I will make it with thick, artisan-type breads every time I make it.  

Delicious!  Here is the "recipe" - four ingredients!

Lemon Blueberry Pancakes

This past weekend my family had breakfast up in the mountains.  Everything tastes better up there - but these were scrumptious and would be just as so at home.  

Of course, everything amazing comes from The Pioneer Woman's website.  HERE is her recipe for Lemon Blueberry Pancakes.  I had to double the recipe to feed my family and I decided to add extra lemon juice to my batter because I wanted a more overwhelming lemon taste, instead of really subtle.  I am glad I did because they were deliciously lemony!  Top them with butter and syrup, of course.  

If you love lemon and you love blueberries - you simply must make these!

Now if only I could perfect the flipping/timing of pancake-cooking.  Grrr!