Christmas breakfast - Page 2

[jeanine123]

My oldest son got the latest Barefoot Contessa cookbook from my parents for Christmas this year.  (he's 7 and in total love with her) In it was a recipe for French Toast Bread Pudding.  Didn't see that until tonight so it's too late to get any of the ingredients for tomorrow, but this is on the list of possibilities for next year!!

http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/1577244-French-Toast-Bread-Pudding

[gardenmommy]

Here's my recipe.  A mama on MDC posted it several years ago, and it is the best I've ever tried.  I wish I could remember who posted it, unfortunately, I lost that part of the post when I copied and pasted it to my email.

Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:

3/4 cup milk

1/4 cup butter, softened

3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 pkg. (.25 ounce, about 2 1/2 tsp.) instant yeast

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 cup water 

1 egg

Filling:

1 cup brown sugar, packed

2 1/2 TB ground cinnamon

1/3 cup butter, softened

1 cup raisins, optional

Frosting:

3 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/8 salt

1.  Preheat oven to 400F.  Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, remove from heat.  Mix in butter, and stir until melted.  Let cool until lukewarm.  In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 1/4 cups flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.  Mix well.  Add water, egg, and milk/butter mixture.  Mix thoroughly.  Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. 

2.  When the dough has just pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes.  You can also let a bread machine or stand mixer do this for you.  LIghtly grease a bowl.  Place dough in a bowl and cover with a damp cloth.  Let it rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in size.  Meanwhile, mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.

3.  When dough has doubled in size, punch it down.  Lightly flour your countertop or a bread board, and roll dough out into a 16" X 21" rectangle (give or take a bit).  Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter.  Sprinkle evenly with cinnamon mixture.  If desired, sprinkle raisins over cinnamon mixture at this point.  Roll up dough, pinch to seal edges.  Cut into 12 rolls (approximately).  Place rolls in a lightly greased 9" X 13" pna.  Cover and let rise until doubled (about a half hour).  

4.  Bake rolls in preheated oven 15 minutes, or until golden brown.  While rolls are baking, beat together ingredients for the frosting.  Spread frosting over warm rolls (it will get all melty and gooey), and serve!

[WorldsBestMom]

Awesome recipe!

[velochic]

Gardenmommy - that's my recipe, but I don't know if I was the one that posted it here.  I learned how to make them from a woman I worked for 20 years ago.  I think it's a fairly generic recipe and I've seen that recipe many times over the years in magazines and online recipe sites.  It DOES make the best cinnamon rolls I've ever tasted, though.  I use that dough recipe to make other pastries, too, like cream cheese danish, fruit danish, and filled jelly rolls.  It's a great, versatile sweet dough.  If you cut back on the sugar a bit and change the milk to water ratio, you have a nice dinner yeast roll.  As you can see, I use this basic dough recipe for many things.

[gardenmommy]

Originally Posted by velochic 

Gardenmommy - that's my recipe, but I don't know if I was the one that posted it here.  I learned how to make them from a woman I worked for 20 years ago.  I think it's a fairly generic recipe and I've seen that recipe many times over the years in magazines and online recipe sites.  It DOES make the best cinnamon rolls I've ever tasted, though.  I use that dough recipe to make other pastries, too, like cream cheese danish, fruit danish, and filled jelly rolls.  It's a great, versatile sweet dough.  If you cut back on the sugar a bit and change the milk to water ratio, you have a nice dinner yeast roll.  As you can see, I use this basic dough recipe for many things.

I think the person who posted it was married to a baker.  I never thought to use it for anything else!  That's a great idea!

[Storm Bride]

Originally Posted by GardenStream 

I keep searching for the right thing for us on Christmas morning.  I tried monkey bread and cinnamon rolls but we aren't into sweet breakfasts.  I'm going to be doing sausage gravy and biscuits tomorrow.  If the boys want something sweet they can put some raw honey or homemade rhubarb jam on their biscuits.

How did this work out? If you're still looking, I can post our recipe - ham hash and eggs. The kids love it, and it's not a huge amount of work. It's savoury, not sweet, and I like to give the kids a good solid breakfast before they have a big, exciting day (and one where we'll almost certainly snack on more sweets than usual).

[velochic]

Originally Posted by gardenmommy 

Originally Posted by velochic 

Gardenmommy - that's my recipe, but I don't know if I was the one that posted it here.  I learned how to make them from a woman I worked for 20 years ago.  I think it's a fairly generic recipe and I've seen that recipe many times over the years in magazines and online recipe sites.  It DOES make the best cinnamon rolls I've ever tasted, though.  I use that dough recipe to make other pastries, too, like cream cheese danish, fruit danish, and filled jelly rolls.  It's a great, versatile sweet dough.  If you cut back on the sugar a bit and change the milk to water ratio, you have a nice dinner yeast roll.  As you can see, I use this basic dough recipe for many things.

I think the person who posted it was married to a baker.  I never thought to use it for anything else!  That's a great idea!

Yeah, I didn't think I had posted it, but it's the one I have used for decades.  (My dh is a professor, certainly not a baker!)  The dough *is* a really great, versatile dough.  It's fun to make in big batches and experiment with.