Cinnamon Roll Pull Apart Bread

Once again I found another GREAT recipe on Pinterest!
This one is from the blog: Plain Chicken.

It got RAVE reviews from all the family! And better yet it was EASY! Really EASY! 

Ingredients:
1 unsliced round loaf sourdough bread

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsp milk

Directions: 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make Vanilla Honey Butter: Whip butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar together until smooth; stir in honey and vanilla.  Set aside. (You can use regular butter if desired)

Cut the bread lengthwise into 1/2" slices, without cutting through the bottom crust. Spread vanilla honey butter in between slices.  Rotate the bread 90 degrees and slice the bread again into 1/2" pieces, without cutting through the bottom crust. Spread more vanilla honey butter in between new cuts. This doesn't need to be perfect - just make sure there is lots of butter in between all the cuts. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Generously sprinkle in between all cuts.

Wrap in foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, until bread is warm.  Unwrap cinnamon bread and place on serving platter.  Combine powdered sugar and milk - adding milk until you get the consistency desired.  Drizzle icing over bread and serve immediately.

We had some company Saturday morning when I made this and put it on the coffee table to eat he said, "that looks like a blooming onion!"  That is certainly what it will remind you of...fun to eat too...The only problem is it's so easy to keep plucking off little, yummy bites of the bread!  Try this and you will not be disappointed!

Apple Fritter Muffins

Today I noticed I had some gala apples that were getting a bit soft...instead of throwing them away I started searching for a recipe.  I found this recipe for Apple Fritter Muffins when looking around on Pinterest.  They turned out quite well.

Ingredients:
For the Apples:
2 large apples, 1/4 inch dice (I used 4 small gala apples)
3 tbsp butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp water

1/3 cup flour

For the Muffins:
2 large eggs
1/4 cup applesauce
1/4 cup canola oil
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk

For the Glaze:
2 tbsp butter melted
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp hot water

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. 
2. Line 14 muffin cups with muffin liners  and lightly spray the liners with cooking spray.
3. In a saucepan add apple ingredients except flour and cook over medium heat until apples are tender, about 8-10 minutes.  Stir in flour to coat apples (this prevents apples from sinking to bottom of muffins)
4. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
5. In a large bowl beat together applesauce, oil, and sugars till smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla and mix thoroughly  
6. Stir the flour into the applesauce mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour and making sure everything is thoroughly combined. Gently stir in apples until just combined.
7. Spoon batter into cups, filling the cups almost full. Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups. Bake until muffin tops are a pale golden and springy to the touch, 15 to 17 minutes, rotating halfway through baking time.
8. Cool muffins in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool 10 minutes before glazing. 
9. To make the glaze, In a medium bowl mix together the melted butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla and water. Whisk until smooth. 
10. When muffins have cooled slightly, dip the muffin top into the glaze and allow the glaze to harden. 

ENJOY!

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Tonight I decided to make some BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS - I had some overly ripe bananas laying on the counter and of course my family loves muffins so I whipped them up after my little man went to bed.  Here's the recipe:

Ingredients: 

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Whisk together your dry ingredients.
2. Mix the egg,vanilla, oil, sour cream and bananas together.
3. Combine the wet and dry until they are almost mixed thoroughly, then add in the chocolate chips. Don’t over mix the batter.
4. Place into your lined or greased unlined muffin tins and bake at 375 until beautifully browned, about 10 minutes for mini’s and 20 for large.

For me this made 24 mini muffins, along with 6 regular muffins...a perfect and yummy addition to breakfast or for dessert.  YUMMY!

Hashbrown Nests

This morning I made these yummy, little creations for breakfast - they were amazing and pretty easy to prepare and low fat too!

Ingredients:

Approximately half a package of frozen country style hashbrowns

Cooking Spray

1/2 - 3/4 cup cheddar cheese

1 container Egg Beaters - Southwestern Style

Directions:

Thaw hash browns first - you can defrost them in the microwave a bit first if you don't have time to let them thaw.  Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray.  Salt and pepper the potatoes then divide mixture up equally among all 12 muffin tins. Firmly push potatoes into the bottom and up the sides of each muffin cup; leaving a well to put your egg mixture in later. Then spray potatoes again with cooking spray.  Bake in a 400 degree oven for about 20-25 minutes or until edges are fairly brown and potatoes look set.  Remove muffin tin from oven then sprinkle the cheddar cheese equally on top of each cup and then add egg mixture equally to each cup.  (I might add here you could make your own egg mixture instead of using egg beaters - I just really like the flavor and zing of the Southwestern style egg beaters.  If I was using my own mixture I would finely dice onions and peppers then add eggs and beat well.)  Turn the oven down to 375 degrees and bake an additional 15-20 minutes or until the eggs are set!

These little puppies were AMAZING - I thought the Mr. was going to do a back flip after eating them!  This was a must do again recipe.  ENJOY!