Waffle Pancakes

Mmmmm, these were so good! I found this recipe on Picky Palate a long time ago and just recently gave them a try for the first time...love them! Buttermilk just makes everything better. I highly recommend giving these a try...they would make a great Easter morning breakfast! Side note though- I have a Belgian waffle iron and the recipe only made 3. I'm sure you would get at least twice as many off a regular waffle iron though. Either way, plan according to what you need.

Ingredients:

2 eggs

3/4 cup buttermilk

1/2 stick melted butter

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup flour

3/4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

3 Tbsp. sugar

Directions:

1. Whisk eggs, buttermilk, butter and vanilla in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix wet ingredients until just combined.

2. Cook in waffle iron and serve hot with lots of butter and syrup!

Breakfast Burritos

This is the Pioneer Woman's breakfast burritos. If you follow her recipe she has you cook the eggs in with the meat and potatoes. I cooked mine in a separate skillet because I don't eat eggs. These were really good and super filling. I had tons of leftovers and I only made 1/2 the recipe. Make sure you buy really big tortillas!

You can find the recipe for the breakfast potatoes here.
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You can find the recipe for the actual burritos here.

Blackberry Muffins

Ingredients:
1 white cake mix
1 tsp. baking powder
2 Tbsp. flour
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
1-2 cups fresh blackberries (or strawberries or raspberries)

Directions:
Mix all ingredients (except blackberries) with a hand mixer for approximately 2 minutes. Slice blackberries and fold into mixture. Spoon into a greased cupcake pan and bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees.

Breakfast for Dinner

It's not very often we do breakfast for dinner at our house. This meal turned out really good so we'll have to do it more often. I used the breading recipe from my chicken fried chicken recipe, found here, but substituted breakfast steak for the chicken. I also made hashbrowns and whipped up some country gravy to pour over top both the hashbrowns and steak. Yummy! I did fry up some bacon to go with but the only missing was biscuits. I was running tight on time, maybe next time.

Raspberry-Lemon Muffins

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 eggs
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup milk
6 Tbls. unsalted butter, melted
1 Tbl. lemon zest
1 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:
1. In a large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.
2. In another bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar until blended. Whisk in milk, butter, and lemon zest.
3. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir till evenly moistened. Gently fold in the raspberries.
4. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling them 3/4 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes at 425 degrees. Let stand 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Tips: I personally thought these needed a little more lemon and a little less nutmeg. I recommend 1 1/2-2 Tbls. of lemon zest and 1/8 tsp. of nutmeg. I'm not a huge fan of nutmeg and I could taste it a little more than I would have liked to.

Banana Crumb Muffins

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 bananas, mashed

3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten

1/3 cup butter, melted

Topping Ingredients:

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

2 Tablespoons flour

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 Tablespoon butter

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

2. In a small bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg, and melted butter.

3. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture until nice and moist.

4. Spoon batter into lined or greased muffin tin.

5. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, flour, and ground cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Generously sprinkle over muffins.

6. Bake muffins at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes of clean.