Pumpkin Pancakes Homemade Apple Butter

2 eggs
1 3/4 cup biscuit mix
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 Tbls. sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp.nutmeg
In medium mixing bowl, beat eggs until lemon colored and thick. stir in remailning ingredients. Pour batter by Tablespoons onto a hot griddle. Cook until puffy and bubbles begin to break. Turn and cook on the otherside until golden brown. makes 5 dozen 2 inch pancakes.

Apple Butter

1 cup sugar
2 cups crushed (blended) apples (peeled and cored)
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp cloves
½ tsp allspice
2 cups apple cider (not juice)

You can double or triple (or more) this recipe. I triple it and use two large pans. I have larger pans but you can keep better control by having just two or three batches in each pan.
Place all ingredients in a large heavy bottom pan. Bring to a boil, watching it carefully and stirring occasionally. When the apples mixture starts to bubble turn down to simmer. Continue simmering throughout the day, watching and stirring occasionally. This apple butter is done when you place a small spoonful on a plate and it stays in one place without weeping out on the sides of apple mixture.
When apple butter is thick enough for you, heat it back up to boiling, stirring constantly. This gets it hot enough to bottle. When mixture is hot and bubbly turn off heat and start to dip mixture in cleaned jars, and seal each one tightly.
Now hide them somewhere safe or your family will put this on everything, I have had company put it on their frittata.

Note: I also find that putting this on complete simmer the night before gives me plenty of time to bottle it the next day. It has simmered overnight and by noon I can bottle it. The plus side is waking up to that wonderful apple cinnamon fragrance.

Frosted flakes french toast

French toast

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

beat together in a pie tin.

Then take 2 cups frosted flakes and crush in a ziploc bag, then put in another pie tin.

Place slices of white bread dip in the egg mixture, then into frosted flake mixture.

place on a hot griddle that has been sprayed with pam. Cook until brown on each side.

Use maple syrup or jam for topping. This is so yummy! My mom made this for me when I was young. I made it for my children, and hopefully they will make it for my grandchildren.

Crepes

3 eggs

1 cup milk

Mix together

1 cup flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbls. melted butter

mix the wet ingredients with the dry. Pour a small amount into a buttered frying pan, make sure it is thin and roll the dough around in the pan by holding the handle and turning the pan. cook on one side then flip and do the other.

I filled these with; 1st sliced apples and cinnamon sugar, 2nd apricot jam and sliced apricots,3rd raspberries and cream

These will work for any type of filling. Cherries, chocolate mousse, bananas & CArmel

Really Yummy Cinnamon Rolls

1 C milk
1/2 C butter
1/2 C sugar
3 eggs (beat really well...that's the trick)
2 tsp salt
2 T yeast
1 C water
1 tsp sugar
About 6 1/2 C flour
Melt butter in milk over low heat and cool.
Dissolve yeast in warm water with the 1 tsp sugar. Beat eggs in a large bowl until foamy. Add sugar and salt. Next, add milk mixture. Add yeast mixture. Stir in flour. Dough will be a little sticky. Let rise about 1 hour. Roll out on floured surface. Cut into rolls, crescents, or cinnamon rolls. Let rise until doubled in size. Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown (about 8-10 min). Frost when slightly warm.

Tips: After the dough is rolled out butter the dough and sprinkle a cinnamon sugar mixture over rolls. I usually do about 1 C of brown sugar and 4 tsp cinnamon.

Frosting:
3 C powdered sugar
1/3 C butter softened
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2-4 Tbsp milk (enough until it's as thick or thin as you like it)
Mix all ingredients together.

-Lindsey

Ihop French Toast

This is the best french toast I have ever had!!! Try this!

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1/8 tsp salt

1 tsp. vanilla

3 Tbls. flour

6 slices of thick sliced french bread ( Use store bought it turns out the best)First beat eggs, then add remaining ingredients mix with a wish. Dip both sides of the bread and place in hot buttered pan.Flip over when browned. Serve with coconut syrup.

This is the best syrup you will ever have!!

7-8 Tbls. butter

3/4 cup buttermilk

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. coconut extract

Place butter, buttermilk and sugar in a pot. Then turn stove on medium and stir until butter melts and sugar dissolves.Bring to a boil and boil one minute. Remove from heat amd add soda and flavoring. It will bubble up; just continue to stir and give it a few minutes for the fizz to reduce before serving.

Oven Bacon

This is a trick I learned a couple of years ago. I love crispy bacon and it makes it crispy everytime and you don't have to sit and turn it. The mess is easy to clean up, fold up the used foil and throw away.

Bacon ( I like the pepper bacon from Sam's club)

large cookie sheet

foil

line your baking sheet with foil, place bacon on top. Bake at 375 for 15 -20 minutes depending on how crispy you like it.

Six Week Bran Muffins

1-12oz Box Bran Flakes (I crushed them a bit)

3 C. Sugar

5 C. Flour

5 tsp. Baking Soda

2 tsp.Salt

4 Eggs, beaten

1 C. oil

1 Quart Buttermilk

1 Tbsp Vanilla

Mix cereal,sugar,flour,baking soda,and salt together. Then add in eggs ,buttermilk,oil and vanilla.

Put into muffin pan and cook at 4oo degrees for 15 min or until golden brown.

The batter will keep in the fridge for up to weeks.

Also when you pour in the buttermilk the batter will look really soupy give it a minute and it will all soak in. - Lindsey