Banana Bread Waffles

Today I tried something different. We always have tons of bananas that don't get eaten and I love banana bread so I always freeze the bananas. Then every few months one falls on my toe because now that is all that is in the freezer because I never have time to make them. So today I got really hungry for some waffles...not really a shocker there...and there were some slightly overripe bananas. Hence banana bread waffles!

 I used a modified version of 'The Taste Of Home Cookbook's' Banana Nut Bread. And then threw it in my waffle iron. Verdict: Success!

*the only change I made to the recipe I made was leaving out 1/4 cup of flour oh and using chocolate chips instead of nuts. I didn't have any walnuts on hand but I definitely had chocolate chips. ;) 

German Pancakes: Easy and Scrumptious!

This recipe is one that the whole fam LOVES! Whenever we woke up smelling this we all knew it would be a beautiful day. Confession: I have eaten a whole pan of these on my own....you've been warned!

Ingredients: Flour, Milk, Eggs, Butter, Vanilla

Melt the butter in the oven. 

                                                                         Throw everything else in the bowl.

                                                         Whisk till there are no lumps. It will get a little foamy.

Pour in the Milk, Egg, and Flour mixture being careful not to stir the butter in.

Bake until batter is set and only butter remains on top. I loved watching it 'grow' in the oven growing up.

Ingredients:

1 c. Milk

1 c. Flour

6 Eggs

6 tbs. Butter

Splash of Vanilla

Serves 4-6 (or one....)

Directions:

Turn oven on to 450 degrees.

Cut butter into small cubes and space out on a 9x13 pan.

Mix milk, flour, eggs and vanilla till there are no lumps.

When oven is heated place the 9x13 pan in the oven for a couple minutes to melt the butter. (Be careful not to scorch it.) once butter is melted pour in the batter. DO NOT MIX! Place in oven for about 20 minutes. The batter should rise up on the sides and be a dark brown on the sides. The middle should be a little puffy with no raw batter. 

Serve with jam, syrup, powdered sugar, or whatever else you want. I even like them plain. Enjoy in the puffy goodness.

Enjoy with whatever toppings you want. We like to treat them like normal pancakes.  This one has raspberry jam and powdered sugar. My husband went to Finland on an LDS mission and apparently they eat this for dessert all the time. We like it for breakfast. 

Published by: Alexis

Orange Rolls!

Directions:

2 cups milk

1 cube butter (not margarine or shortening!)

2 tsp salt

3/4 cup sugar

Place in microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minutes, or until butter is almost all melted. 

in a separate small bowl combine: 

1 cup hot water

3 TBL yeast

In mixer place

1 1/2 cups all purpose or bread flour (you may also substitute wheat flour for some of this flour)

Add milk mixture to the flour in the mixture. Blend for one minute

Add the yeast mixture and blend for one minute. 

Gradually add flour until the dough just starts to pull away from the bowl (6-7 additional cups) 

Knead 8-10 minutes. Transfer dough to a large lightly greased bowl. Cover with a damp cloth. Let raise 20 minutes or until doubled in size. 

While dough is raising prepare filling:

Zest 2 oranges

Melt 1 cube of butter

Add the zest and butter to 1 1/2 cups of sugar. 

On a lightly floured surface roll the dough into a rectangle shape. 

Spread filling on dough as shown below. 

Carefully roll long end of dough as shown below. 

TADA!

We have found dental floss works well for slicing the dough into sections. About  12-18 inches of floss works well depending on the width of your initial roll. 

So, slice the dough to desired thickness using dental floss. 

Place floss under one end of dough. Bring both arms up and cross your hands so the floss slices the dough. 

On lightly greased pan place each roll cut down, let raise 20 minutes. 

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 12-15 minutes depending on how gooey you like them. 

Make orange glaze using juice from the two zest end oranges and adding powered sugar until desired thickness is reached. 

Put a layer of the glaze on the warm rolls. After the rolls have cooled you may want to add another layer of a slightly thicker glaze. Enjoy.