Lemon Monkey Bread

My mom made this delicious lemon monkey bread yesterday. She found the recipe on Pinterest from My Baker Lady. She thought it would be perfect for a brunch or baby shower.

Ingredients:
12 Rhodes dinner rolls, thawed but still cold
zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted

Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice

Directions:
1. Cut rolls in half and place in a greased 9×13″ pan.
2. Drizzle with the melted butter.
3. Mix lemon zest and sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle HALF of the lemon sugar mixture over the rolls. Cover and let raise till doubled.
4. Sprinkle remaining sugar mixture on top. Bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes. Remove from pan.
5. Combine glaze ingredients. Drizzle over rolls while still warm.

Apple Fritter Bites

 

While visiting family during the 4th of July holiday, my mother-in-law taught the "kids" how to make these scrumptious apple fritter bites. This recipe makes a dozen 1-2 inch doughnut bites.  Recipe can be doubled.

Ingredients:

1 C Flour

1/2 C Sugar

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Apple pie spice (cinnamon + nutmeg)

1/4 C Apple Sauce

1/4 C Milk

1/2 Apple diced

1 Egg

Crisco for frying

Glaze:

2 C Powder Sugar

2 TB milk or water

Directions:

1. Combine all dry ingredients and mix. Stir in milk and apple sauce and egg. Fold in diced apples.

2. Heat up Crisco in a pan to fry the fritters. Drop 1-2 TB dollops of dough into frying pan, and fry for 2 minutes each side.

3. Make the glaze while fritters are frying. Glaze both sides of the fritters, one side at a time. Let cool until glaze hardens on fritters. Serve warm with milk. Enjoy!

Kneader's French Toast

 

Ingredients:

1 loaf Kneader's Cinnamon Swirl Bread*

5 Eggs, beaten

2 TB Milk

4 tsp Sugar

2 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Vanilla

* Can use any loaf of cinnamon swirl bread from the store if you don't live near Kneaders.

Directions:

1. Mix eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, & vanilla  together in a square flat bowl.

2. Slice loaf of bread into about 8 pieces.

3. Dip both sides bread in egg mixture.

4. Heat griddle to 350 degrees, and cook on griddle or skillet until golden brown, then flip and repeat until other side is golden brown. Recipe can be doubled, tripled etc. 

Serve with strawberries and maple syrup.

Peach Jam

  

Adapted recipe from Kraft. We make them with home grown Redhaven Peaches.
 

Ingredients:

4 C prepared fruit (about 3 lbs fully ripe peaches)

2 TB Lemon juice

1 Box sure-jell fruit pectin

1/2 TB butter or margarine (optional)

5.5 C sugar (measured in separate bowl)

Directions:

1. Bring boiling-water canner, half-full with water, to simmer. Wash jars and screw bands in hot soapy water; rinse with warm water. Pour boiling water over flat lids in saucepan off the heat. Let stand in hot water until ready to use. Drain well before filling.
 
2. Peel and pit peaches. Finely chop fruit. Measure exactly 4 cups prepared fruit into 6- or 8-quart saucepot. Add lemon juice and fruit protector; stir until well blended. Stir in pectin. Add butter to reduce foaming, if desired. Bring to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
 
3. Stir in sugar. Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
 
4. Ladle immediately into prepared jars, filling to within 1/8 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with 2-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on elevated rack in canner. Lower rack into canner. (Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches. Add boiling water, if necessary.) Cover; bring water to gentle boil. Process 10 minutes. Remove jars and place upright on towel to cool completely. After jars cool, check seals by pressing middle of lid with finger. (If lid springs back, lid is not sealed and refrigeration is necessary.)

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Pancakes

1c Buttermilk pancake mix

1/3c water (may vary depending on desired thickness of pancakes)

1/3c milk

1/2 c canned pumpkin

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

Dash of pumpkin pie spice

Chocolate chips/ nuts optional

1. Mix all the ingredients together

2. Cook over griddle/ skillet like normal pancakes

3. Serve with maple syrup 

Ann's Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

3 1/2 c  Flour                             1c  Veg. Oil
2 tsp  baking soda                     4   eggs

1.5 tsp   Salt                               2/3   c water

1 tsp   cinnamon                        2   c Canned pumpkin

1 tsp  ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp  cloves

1/4 tsp  all spice

3 c  sugar

1. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl

2. Add chocolate chips! (Or walnuts, raisins, whatever you'd like)

3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes

Makes about 3-4 dozen. Freezes well.