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Breakfast Goodies

My family always took brunch very seriously, and I’ve made it my mission to find all the best breakfast recipes and brunch goodies around.  Sure, the healthy stuff like delicious frittatas and smoothies full of fruits and veg…but especially the wonderful carbs.

That’s right, the sheer number of different types of pancakes, waffles, scones, twisty sweet breads, biscuits, and more that I’ve got here might blow your mind.

With that in mind, here are a few of my fave breakfast recipes to get you started:

  • Easy Buttermilk Belgian Waffles
  • Paul Hollywood’s Chelsea Buns
  • Strawberry Cornmeal Griddle Cakes
  • Cherry Almond Scones
  • Bittersweet & Indulgent Dark Chocolate Waffles
  • Orange Almond Biscotti
  • Frittata with Baby Spinach, Goat Cheese, & Sweet Potato Hash Crust

You can see the full recipe index here, look through a more visual archive here, or you can browse the archives below…

Snickerdoodle Banana Bread

August 7, 2020

I have accidentally been keeping this recipe secret waaaaay too long.  I know, it’s not the deal we’ve made.  So without further ado, I bring you this cinnamon sugar banana bread goodness…that’s right kids, today we’re talking snickerdoodle banana bread!

Snickerdoodle Banana Bread | An easy and delicious cinnamon-sugar banana bread that's perfect for breakfast or a snack.  Quarantine banana bread, fancy banana bread that only takes a few minutes to whip up.  #snickerdoodle #bananabread #cinnamonsugar

It’s a long-established fact that I am a sucker for a cinnamon-sugar combo.  Seriously.  I have a deep, abiding love affair with both cinnamon and almond extract, and I tend to add them to recipes with abandon if I feel it’s warranted.  

So it was a no-brainer when I ran across this recipe, was definitely going to happen at some point.  And “some point” was definitely going to be during the early days of quarantine.

The original recipe had way too much sugar for my taste, so the biggest change I made to the recipe was backing that off quite a bit.  I really like the cinnamon to come through in this banana bread, and the sugar will tend to overpower it if you’re not careful.

With that change made, this bread is basically perfect…not too sweet, warm cinnamon shining through, a ripple of the cinnamon-sugar winding around, and with a really tender crumb.  

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How To Baste Eggs: Basted Eggs with Caramelized Shredded Brussels Sprouts

August 1, 2020

What are basted eggs, you ask?  Well, friend, prepare to fall in love.  It is a super fast and easy way to cook eggs, but strangely flies under the radar.  It’s somewhere between fried (which I never ate growing up) and poached (which is complicated and challenging).  Basting eggs takes like five minutes total, and you can choose whether the yolks are runny or firm.  So let’s talk how to baste eggs.

And then I’ll share a “recipe”…which isn’t really a recipe so much as a meal combination that I stumbled upon many years ago in the throes of desperation, trying to avoid yet another meal of cereal and wine.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

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I’ve already shared my love of brussels sprouts, including this delicious, easy caramelized shredded brussels sprouts (and much faster than roasting them in the oven!).  

You can make this breakfast for dinner

So one night, I had a few brussels sprouts sitting in the fridge I knew I could make up, but that wasn’t going to cut it for dinner. So I decided to baste up some eggs for a protein kick. What was great was how the egg yolk (I like mine on the runny side) mixed in with the brussels sprouts.  Think of these brussels sprouts like you would a vegetable hash, a wonderful base for eggs.

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Easy Basic Crepes Recipe

April 11, 2020

It’s weird that I’ve never made crepes.  For many people these are one of the most basic cooking (or baking?) recipes, a starter classic.  For many of my friends these are a traditional must-have during the Days of Unleavened Bread in the spring.  Whatever the reason, they just haven’t really been a part of my life.

If I’m being completely honest, the thin delicacy hasn’t given me the cravings that heartier, more satisfying carbs do (lookin’ at you apple fritters…).  But after this, consider me a convert!

Easy Basic Crepes Recipe | This delicious crepes recipe only takes a few minutes to make and is crazy flexible...sweet or savory, your choice! A simple batter and many possibilities, perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dinner and a great Days of Unleavened Bread option. #unleavened #brunch #crepes

This basic crepes batter is crazy easy, and comes together in about 30 seconds.  Let it rest for a bit (or make it up the night before), and then like…two minutes for cooking??  It’s crazy how easy this is.

It’s a blank slate flavor-wise, with just a tiny hint of sweetness.  So you can keep it simple or dress it up with various sweet or savory flavors that complement your fillings.  Ideally stick to herbs or spices, as they won’t affect the texture of the batter.  A hint of dried mustard for savory could be interesting, and for sweet I tested out cinnamon and cardamom.

Easy Basic Crepes Recipe | This delicious crepes recipe only takes a few minutes to make and is crazy flexible...sweet or savory, your choice! A simple batter and many possibilities, perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dinner and a great Days of Unleavened Bread option. #unleavened #brunch #crepes

This is a perfect breakfast for one person as well…I made a half batch of the batter, cooked up three crepes, and then saved the rest of the batter for the next day.  It’s flexible by nature. 

Top with my homemade lemon curd (or grapefruit or blood orange), fresh berries, whipped cream, nutella and bananas, or anything else your heart desires.  I bet this salted honey custard would be amazing too!

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Apple Butter Cinnamon-Sugar Babka

February 2, 2020

This is one of those places where I cram a lot of my favorite things into one recipe and see how it comes out.  Apple butter, check.  Cinnamon-sugar, check.  Soft delicious challah dough in a twisty babka bread??  Check.

And I’ll be honest…halfway through making this I was pretty sure it was going to be a disaster.

Apple Butter Babka with Cinnamon Sugar

Delicious apple butter babka with cinnamon-sugar, baked

I can’t remember what gave me this particular brainwave, but it was very likely when I made a new batch of my amazing homemade apple butter and was thinking of all the different ways it could be used.

I’d been browsing challah and babka recipes including peanut butter and jelly, tahini and pistachio, and so many more, and thought…why not apple butter??

apple butter babka dough spread ready to roll

So I started looking for apple butter babka recipes and really kind of came up empty.  Which I found surprising, because it feels like such a logical and beloved flavor combo.  So after finding a few different things that were in the right direction, I set out to figure out something on my own.

I think you’re going to like it…

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Raspberry Skyr Cake With White & Dark Chocolate

December 26, 2019

When I went to Iceland last year, I was delayed for 24 hours and so my friend V had a whole day on her own to explore.  When I picked her up in the rental car, she greeted me with coffee and pastries (smart girl!) and the first thing she said was “Wow, Iceland men are like real MEN!”  The second thing she said was “Also, the milk here is so good!”  True story on both counts.

She was seriously obsessed with all their dairy products (and apparently there’s a scientific reason), and we drank and ate a ton of it while in the country.  Skyr is one of the most well-known of their dairy products, a lot like Greek yogurt (though interesting, produced more like cheese).

Raspberry Skyr Cake with White & Dark Chocolate | This yummy cake made with skyr (like Icelandic yogurt) is so moist and flavorful, and EASY! It's packed full of fresh raspberries plus white and dark chocolate. #skyr #raspberries #dessertrecipes

You’ll find skyr cake in Iceland but it will be more like a no-bake cheesecake.  And DELICIOUS.  But I didn’t want to deal with the hassle of gelatin sheets and all, so I decided to make a slightly different kind of cake with skyr…using it the way you’d use sour cream or yogurt to give some tang and moisture.

(Side note, if you’d like to see some of the AH-MAZING things we saw and did in Iceland, I’ve got you covered!)

fresh raspberries in my skyr cake

This skyr cake is packed full of raspberries and both white and dark chocolate chips, and is even better than I thought it would be.  The white chocolate isn’t really present as a flavor, but kind of melts into cake to provide extra moistness and texture.  I sliced myself off a few pieces and then called my sister to come take it away from me and have her family eat it!

Raspberry Skyr Cake with White & Dark Chocolate | This yummy cake made with skyr (like Icelandic yogurt) is so moist and flavorful, and EASY! It's packed full of fresh raspberries plus white and dark chocolate. #skyr #raspberries #dessertrecipes

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Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Skillet Banana Bread

August 24, 2019

This is a continuation of my long love affair with cake breads.  Cakes masquerading as bread.  I’m all about things being more awesome than they say they are, so I bring you this delicious skillet dark chocolate olive oil banana bread.  It’s a mouthful in more ways than one…

dark chocolate olive oil banana bread - slice

But don’t be fooled into thinking this is truly dessert.  It’s moist, dark, fudgy, but is a bittersweet flavor and not too sweet.  I like to use white whole wheat flour to add a bit more health (and a nuttiness), and the quality of dark chocolate chips you use (and the cocoa powder) does make a difference.

I like to use my old school cast iron skillet, and it slides easily out of the pan.  But I’ve used a simple non-stick cake pan and it cooked just as evenly.  I’ve tried this recipe a few different times to get the amounts right, and I always take it to work…where it gets devoured almost immediately.

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Heavenly Dark Chocolate Orange Babka

July 21, 2019

Even though I made this at least a month ago, I’ve been dreaming about it ever since.  And forcibly restraining myself from making it again.  Because this chocolate orange babka is what dreams are made of.

Ready to serve the chocolate orange babka

As a flavor combo, chocolate and orange will always be a winner—particularly this kind of dark chocolate.  One thing I really love about this recipe is that it uses a challah dough as the base, which makes the final result lighter and softer.  I often find babkas a bit denser and drier than I like, so I was drawn to this particular recipe.

This is my happy place…

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Norwegian Skillingsboller (Cinnamon Bun Pastries)

March 31, 2019

I’ve been lucky enough to visit Norway a couple of times over the past year, and have quickly fallen in love with the country’s mind-blowing landscapes and delicious baked goods.  Yes, scenery and pastries—that’s basically what I’m here for.

Most recently, I spent a few days in charming Bergen over the holidays, and made it a point to visit as many coffeeshops and try as many different pastries as possible (all in the name of research, of course).  And as soon as I got home, I knew I had to try out some of the recipes myself.  So behold, Norwegian skillingsboller!

How to make Norwegian skillingsboller, or cinnamon buns

Skillingsboller (skillingsbolle is singular) are basically Norway’s take on cinnamon buns, and technically these are really specific to Bergen.  It translates to “penny bun” (kanelbolle would be “cinnamon bun”, and you’ll see that all over Norway as well), and they are truly everywhere in Bergen.

Want to see all about my Norwegian adventures?  Here you go!

Norwegian skillingsboller, delicious cinnamon pastries

I tweaked the original recipe a bit and added the cardamom, letting it steep in the milk and butter mixture to give extra flavor.  That cardamom is a flavor I fully associate with Scandinavian pastries, so I felt it was necessary (but too much will overpower the buns). 

These are actually WAY easier than they look, and the end result is less sweet than regular American cinnamon rolls.  It’s just lightly sweet and much more subtle (and also lower calorie, as a result), perfect for having as an afternoon snack with your coffee.

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Chai Spice Banana Bread

March 3, 2019

In a true signal of adulthood, I buy bananas about every other week solely to let them get overripe and bake with them.  But here’s the thing—I don’t actually like banana bread.  It doesn’t appeal to me at all.  So what I’ve ended up doing as a non-banana bread lover is accidentally starting a tradition of finding souped-up banana bread recipes to bring you.

Chai spices have been a favorite flavor combination of mine since I was in college and discovered Starbucks’ chai lattes (grande nonfat no-water chai, please!).  So when I saw this recipe I knew I had to give it a try…the fragrant combination of the traditional cinnamon and ginger, with the warmth of cardamom and kick of black pepper and cloves is just divine.

Chai Spice Banana Bread | This fragrant, delicious twist on banana bread adds a complex and warm spice mix to your batter and addictive streusel topping! Easy banana bread recipe, adds something special.

So here’s another amazing OTT (over the top) banana bread recipe for you, and it’s definitely going in my regular rotation.  I’ve linked to a few of my favorite other banana bread recipes at the bottom of this post if you’d like to give them a try as well!

One thing I’ll tell you up front—don’t be intimidated by the number of ingredients in the recipe.  The lazy person in me kept me from trying this recipe for quite a while after I’d bookmarked it, but everything comes together very quickly and simply.

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Feta & Sweet Potato Hash With Greens

February 10, 2019

It’s been over a month since I’ve posted something healthy, which feels like a pretty good indication of what my life choices have been like lately :p #allcarbsallthetime

Between work, travel, and this disgustingly cold polar vortex weather, I’ve been indulging a bit too much, and right now I feel the need to get my eating back on track.  But it’s still gross cold and so these healthy options have to be delicious as well.  Behold—soft, sweet, salty, healthy feta & sweet potato hash!

Feta & Sweet Potato Hash | This healthy breakfast recipe is easy & delicious, and a perfect Meatless Monday dinner option, and it makes great leftovers too!

The flavors of the mellow sweet potato, the bitterness of the greens, and the saltiness of the feta play really well together, and the dried herbs add depth to the overall flavor profile.  It’s a really comforting dish, something easy to throw together and really healthy, but feels like you’ve done something special.  Here’s to good choices 🙂

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