From Mothers Recipe Box: Cowboy Coffee Cake

This was a Sunday morning favorite for church fellowship hour. 

Preheat oven to 375, grease an 9x9 baking pan.

Ingredients

Cake:

1/4 c canola oil

1 egg, beaten

1/2 c milk (not skim)

1 1/2 c all purpose flour

3/4 c sugar

2 t baking powder 

Dash salt

Topping:

1/4 c brown sugar

1 T Flour

1 t cinnamon 

1 T melted butter (unsalted)

1/2 c ground mixed nuts (optional)

Combine oil, egg, milk and mix well. 

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and whisk to mix. 

Stir in your wet ingredients to your dry, mix well.

Spread into greased 9x9 pan.

Mix together topping ingredients and sprinkle of top of cake mixture.

Bake at 375 for 25m.

Serve warm or cool, also topped with powdered sugar glaze drizzled over the top.

  

Review: Bob's Red Mill 10 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix

I usually make pancakes from scratch, but this morning I was in the mood for easy and tasty. Whiles I am not a fan of pancake mixes, I have tried other products from Bob and found them tasty. I made the recipe variation and used milk instead of water, and they were a little too thin so I add some more mix and that fluffed them right up. So when it says to add liquid and mix it in that is what they mean. All worked out though. They were defiantly 10-Grain, they had that extra grain taste, and required a little more syrup than your normal pancakes. Other than that they tasted just as if I made them my self with all 10-grains. Would I use again, yes I have most of a bag left. It made the perfect batch for 2, which was nice. Would I buy it again, I believe if I am in a rush and want heathy and yummy pancakes I will.

Sunday Morning Breakfast: Oven Baked French Toast

Oven Baked French Toast made with Challah Bread from Whole Foods.
1 LG Loaf of Challah cut into thick slices
Pre head oven to 400 Deg

PT 1:
1 LG Baking Dish
4 T of Butter
2 T of Grade A Maple Syrup
2 T of Honey
Put dish into oven with butter, honey, and syrup until butter melts and honey/syrup is bubbly.
remove from oven and mix together and add
1 C of chopped pecans or walnuts

PT 2:
mix is shallow pan, but large enough to dip bread into:
2 LG Eggs
2 Egg whites/egg beaters
1/4 C of Apple Juice
1 t of nutmeg
1 T of Cinnamon
Dip each slice of bread into mix until soggy, and then place into warm buttery-syrup mix

PT 3:
1 Egg
1/4 C Milk
1 T of Cinnamon
mix together and top bread mixture
sprinkle on 1/2 C of pecans/walnuts

Bake in oven at 400 deg for 20m

Hot Strawberry Topping
1 lb container of strawberries,
clean, quarter, and cut off stems
1/4 C of Vanilla Sugar (or regular white sugar)
the juice from 1 lemon
1 t of Vanilla
1 t of Cognac
Stir
remove 1/2 mixture and place on stove top in small sauce pan, add an additional 1/2 C of sugar and 2 T of water.
Heat until mixture is thick and strawberries are soft.
place warm mixture in blender and puree
the mix will be light pink
add back to sauce pan (but do not heat yet)
add the rest of the strawberries
and mix together, add sugar to sweeten if needed.
reheat through for a min or two once the french toast is done.
serve.

Sunday Morning Breakfast: Waffles

"and for breakfast I am makin' waffles!" -- Donkey from Shrek

Buttermilk Waffles from "America's Test Kitchen Family Recipes"
they were wonderful.

Sunday Morning Breakfast: Flapjacks

Why do I call them Flapjacks instead of Pancakes? Well, because... Pancakes in my mind are light and fluffy. These "pancakes" are not. They are flat, they aren't really light and are far from fluffy. These flapjacks are flat, easy to make, and quick to cook. I adapt the recipe from "The Joy of Cooking All About Breakfast and Brunch" one of my favorite breakfast cookbooks.

Here is my version of "Basic Pancakes"

Kansas Girl's Flapjacks

11/2 C of all-purpose flour
3 T of Vanilla Sugar or regular sugar
11/2 t of baking powder
1/2 t of Nutmeg
1/2 t of Cinnamon
Whisk together in large bowl
In a separate bowl mix:
11/2 C of Milk
1-2T of Veg Oil
2 LG Eggs
1 t of Vanilla

add the wet mix to the dry, and whisk together, but don't over-mix. Some lumps but not overly lum-py.

Cook 1/4-1/2 C on griddle until it bubbles and flip over. Cook until done.

PS That is Cool Whip Lite, 2 T