Have you seen the ginormous Double Chocolate Muffins (AKA Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins) sold in the bakery of the warehouse stores? They are rich and chocolatey and highly addictive – be careful! They are my favorite muffin ever – now you can make them at home with this simple recipe.
Breakfast
Whether you need breakfast recipes for overnight company, holidays, or a special family brunch — you’ll find a variety of ideas here.
Homemade Cinnamon Raisin Granola
Made from common pantry staples, Homemade Cinnamon Raisin Granola, is easy to prepare. It’s also easier on your wallet and your budget. Plus you can mix in whatever fruits, nuts and seeds you like!
Chocolate-Filled Pastry (Pain au Chocolat)
What’s better than a Chocolate-Filled Pastry to start the day? The buttery, flaky, pastry dough is filled with rich bittersweet chocolate and then rolled into a crescent and baked to perfection. Good things don’t have to be complicated. This Pain au Chocolat is proof.
Homemade Breakfast Sausage – Freezer-friendly, MSG-free, Preservative-free and Gluten-Free
Making Homemade Breakfast Sausage is simple with ingredients already in your pantry! No need to grind your own meat! They’re also freezer-friendly, MSG-free, preservative-free, and gluten-free!
Breakfast Pastries
Similar to the Toaster Strudels you can buy in the frozen food section of your grocery store, these Breakfast Pastries taste nothing like what you get from the boxed variety. Ready in just 10-15 minutes in the oven.
Baked Hashbrown Patties
Baked Hashbrown Patties are a staple in our house. My daughter, like me, isn’t much of a breakfast person. I’m lucky to get her to drink a yogurt smoothie on most days. But offer her Baked Hashbrown Patties, and it’s almost always a resounding “Yes!” These Baked Hashbrown Patties start …
No-Bake Granola Bars
With 12 hour work days, granola bars are a staple in my lunch box to keep me moving and energized through the long part of my afternoon. Instead of buying prepackaged granola bars, I use a blend of my favorite breakfast cereals and combine them into these tasty no-bake granola …
Gingerbread Scones
Gingerbread Scones are the answer to my lifelong quest to be able to openly and freely eat gingerbread cookies for breakfast. I love gingerbread anything so these scones are truly at the top of my list. I personally cannot think of any better ways to wake up in the morning than with …
Easy Cheese Danish
Everyone needs a few quick (and easy) brunch recipes. When a lot of family is over, I like to pull out a few of these recipes to get us all fed with a minimal amount of work and time in the kitchen. After all, I want to spend my time …
Pancake Mix
Homemade Pancake mix is very easy to make and uses staple ingredients already in your pantry. When you’re ready to make pancakes, use this dry pancake mix as the base for the recipe below.
As a homemade gift for the pancake lover on your holiday list or as a hostess or housewarming gift, place this mix in a glass mason jar with decorative cloth covering the metal lid. Add some raffia or decorative ribbon and an index card containing the recipe for preparing the pancakes (below). Add a whisk, spatula, measuring cups and spoons, vanilla, and real maple syrup in a basket for the perfect gift.