Mini Cinnamon Rolls

These were super, super easy and so good!! If you have a craving for cinnamon rolls and don't have the time to put in to making them completely from scratch, this recipe is perfection. Using crescent rolls, it makes a more difficult and time consuming dish easy.

Mini Cinnamon Rolls:

courtesy of Southern Living

1 8 oz can refrigerated crescent rolls (I used reduced fat)

1 1/2 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp. milk

1 drop vanilla extract

Unroll crescent dough and separate into four rectangles; pinch seams to seal.

Stir together sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over rectangles.

Roll up, jellyroll fashion, starting with a long side; press edges to seal. Cut each log into 5 slices, and place in a lightly greased 8" round cakepan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

Combine powdered sugar, milk and vanilla; stirring until smooth. Drizzle over warm cinnamon rolls.

Goose N Berry Inn Baked French Toast

Goose N Berry Inn Baked French Toast
courtesy of Goose N Berry Inn in Manahawkin, New Jersey

2 cups light brown sugar

1 stick butter

4 Tbsp. flavoring of choice: vanilla, hazelnut, almond, etc. (I used vanilla)

4 eggs

1 3/4 cups milk

1 loaf Italian or French bread cut into 1 inch thick slices (I used pre-cut cinnamon bread)

cinnamon to taste

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place brown sugar into a 13x8 baking dish. Melt butter in microwave. Blend brown sugar, melted butter and 2 Tbsp. flavoring until it makes a glaze in bottom of the baking dish.

Whisk eggs, milk and remaining flavoring in a shallow bowl until well blended. Dip each bread slice into the egg mixture, soaking both sides.

Set bread on top of brown sugar mixture in baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with cinnamon to taste. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown

Flip each slice of bread over so glazed side is up.

This was very good, but VERY sweet. You could probably cut the brown sugar/butter mixture in half and still have this be very good. It tasted like a thin cinnamon roll. Very good, but very rich!!

Saturday Waffles

I didn't have many breakfast options in the house this morning, so I decided to make my husband waffles. He just bought me The Joy of Cooking for my birthday, so I decided to make that recipe. They turned out pretty well.

Waffles:
Courtesy of The Joy of Cooking

Preheat your waffle iron. Whisk together in a large bowl:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt

Thoroughly blend in another bowl: (I didn't use a different bowl)

3 eggs
1 cup (2 sticks) melted butter
1 1/2 cups milk

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Combine with a few swift strokes of the whisk.

Pour about 1/2 cup batter onto the waffle iron surface. Close lid. Wait about four minutes. Waffles should be done when steam stops emerging around the lid. (Mine took about 10 minutes to get them close to crispy)

All in all...not bad!