Monkey Bread

Yemp, these are Super Yummy, and so easy to make! (and its the same dough recipe as the Super-Duper Pizza Dough recipe!) Monkey Bread

1 envelope Dry Yeast (2 1/4 tsp)

1 tsp. Sugar

3/4 c. luke warm Water

1 3/4 c. Flour

1/2 tsp. Salt

Mix the yeast, sugar and water. Let it bubble. Then add the flour and salt. Beat for 5 min.

Once the dough is made, pinch off little balls about 1 in. big.

Now you need to prepare 2 bowls:

Melt about 1/2 stick of butter in a bowl.

In another bowl mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1 Tbs. cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, nutmeg or what ever spices you love to combine with cinnamon.

Dip the balls first into the melted butter, then roll in the sugar mixture. Place the sugar-coated balls in a 8 x 8 greased pan. Let the balls rise for 10 min. Bake at 350' for 10 min. Drizzle frosting on the warm Monkey Bread to let it melt into the cracks. Yummy!

Frosting

2 oz. Cream Cheese

2 TBS. Butter

1 tsp Milk

1 tsp Vanilla*

Powdered Sugar

Whip together the cream cheese and butter. Add the milk and the vanilla to make a little bit runnier. Slowly add powdered sugar to the mixture until you have the consistancy you want, or until it tastes good.

(*I added a 1/4 tsp. of Maple Extract to the frosting instead of Vanilla to make a good "breakfast" flavor to it also)

French Pancakes & Maple Syrup

Heres 2 recipes in one post perfect for Breakfast. Homemade Maple Syrup and French Pancakes. Now the recipe for the pancakes can be thined out with more milk to make an almost crepe batter as shown in the bottom picture. Either way they are yummy!
Maple Syrup

(Now you can switch the 2 cups of white sugar with 1 cup white sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar)

2 C. White Sugar
1 C. Water

Combine, stir, and let boil in a thick pot for a little over 5 min. Watch the mixture, when the bubbles and liquid turn to a clear color, remove from heat.
Add 1 TBS Maple Extract.
Let cool and enjoy.
Double if needed.






French Pancakes

1 C. Flour
1/2 C. Sugar
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 Egg
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 C. Milk

Mix all the ingredients together. Cook on a hot oiled griddle turning once to brown both sides. Serve with warm Maple Syrup.

To make a crepe like batter, add 1/2 C. more milk for a thinner batter.
Fill with jam or fresh fruit and creme cheese. Roll the pancake around filling and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Makes 8 - 12 pancakes

Hootananny Pancakes

Hootananny Pancakes

Preheat oven to 425 deg.

Melt 1 cube of butter in a 9 x 13 pan while you mix the batter.

1 C. Flour

1 C. Milk

6 eggs

1/2 t. salt

opt. cinnamon

Pour batter into pan with the melted butter, without stiring.

Bake for 12 - 15 min.

Sing: Hootananny, Hottananny, Hoot, Hoot, Hoot!

These are really good with my homemade syrup ontop! Make sure the kids are around when they come out of the oven to see how puffy they get!