Category: Breakfast and Brunch

Sunday Baking Fun

Breads and Muffins, Breakfast and Brunch

I spied a few sad browning bananas on the counter, so I decided to have a little baking fun. I made two different recipes; chocolate banana bread and blueberry banana muffins. I may have gone a little crazy, but luckily I have an awesome neighbor whose family loves to taste test my creations 😉

BLUEBERRY BANANA MUFFINS

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup plus 1 tsp sugar, divided
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ripe mashed banana
  • 2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Preparation

Heat oven to 375°. Line a muffin pan with paper liners or use non-stick cooking spray. Whisk butter, eggs and milk in a bowl. Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients; fold in blueberries. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp sugar. Bake until muffins are golden brown and a knife comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. I always say let them sit and cool, but really the girls and I will eat one fresh out of the oven and risk burning our tongues 😉

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1/3 cup 2% or whole milk 1 tbs vanilla
2 ripe bananas
1/2 bag chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

Prepare a loaf pan with non-stick spray

In a medium bowl, combine your dry ingredients

In a large bowl, combine your wet ingredients

Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix by hand just until combined.

Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick or cake-tester comes out clean

Easy AF Crepes

Breakfast and Brunch

Crepes always seemed intimidating to me, but honestly they are just like making pancakes. This batter was made in the blender! I made it last night and let it sit in the fridge overnight. I would put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes up to overnight. This allows the flour to fully absorb the liquid and will result in much more tender crepes than if you were to cook them right away.

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 Tablespoons butter , melted
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions-

Blend all your ingredients until combined. Spray a non-stick cooking spray onto an 8 inch- 10 inch frying pan. I actually used a 10 inch crepe pan, but any non-stick skillet will do. Pour about 1/4-1/2 cup batter into the pan and cook over medium-low heat. Make sure to turn the pan from side to side batter Cook for about 1-2 minutes per side, or until lightly browned. Remove from heat and stack on a plate. My stack doesn’t last long, because the girls usually demolish them before I have a chance to have a pretty stack 😉

You can add whatever filling in these- sweet or savory. We love Nutella with banannas and strawberries. There were only 2 left, so I rolled them up with Nutella for the girls to have for breakfast in the morning.

Blueberry Syrup Sauce and Blueberry Vanilla Pancakes

Breakfast and Brunch, Dips, Dressings, and Spreads

Yesterday I was taking stock of the fridge and what I needed to get from the store. I spied a huge container of blueberries that we got from Costco. My family is so weird when it comes to fruit. Either they gobble up all the berries, bananas, apples, oranges, etc. that I buy, or they never eat them and I have to figure out what to do with them before they rot.

The berries were looking a little grumpy, so I threw them in a pot with a cup of sugar, a few tablespoons of lemon juice (could use orange juice), 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, half of cup of water, and a splash of white wine. The alcohol cooks out, NBD. I cooked them on medium heat until they boiled, then I turned the burner down to low and let them simmer for 20 more minutes.

My neighbor got a nice gift 😉

I have been converted to boxed pancake mix, but only this one… I never follow directions, so I add a dollop of vanilla yogurt and just enough water to create the perfect pancake batter. This also makes great waffles 😉

I add a few of the blueberries from the syrup to the top of the pancakes. So delicious!