Any good brunch recipes?

[kirra]

I'm supposed to bring a breakfast item to a group thing I'm going to on Thursday. I was thinking maybe muffins, but I don't have a good recipe.

I bake a lot, but I usually avoid muffins because most recipes have almost as much sugar as cupcakes, so I'd rather just make cupcakes.

Any ideas? It doesn't have to be muffins. A quick bread, maybe? I make good banana bread, but I don't have ripe bananas, so that's out. It does need to be in the baking realm, though, because I can bake, but I can't cook.

Thanks!

[luckyval]

Ham and cheese roll ups

1 can of pizza dough
Sliced cheese of your choice
Sliced ham (or other meat)

Unroll pizza dough on to wax paper, add layer of sliced cheese, add layer of meat and roll up jelly roll style

Cut into 1 inch slices and lay flat onto baking sheet

Cook according to pizza dough direction

These look sooo pretty, they're easy and super super yummy

[candreco]

Can you take hot stuff? Maybe a baked french toast casserole. Just mix and bake, no cooking required.

[katfco]

What about a quiche? Or some kind of egg casserole?

[kirra]

Oct 29, 2013 7:27:30 GMT -5 candreco said:

Can you take hot stuff? Maybe a baked french toast casserole. Just mix and bake, no cooking required.

I'm 20 minutes away, and I don't have an insulated carrier, so I'm not sure anything would actually stay hot.

[kirra]

Oct 29, 2013 7:38:18 GMT -5 katfco said:

What about a quiche? Or some kind of egg casserole?

I have no idea how to even start making one of those. It sounds complicated. I can't even boil eggs right, and my H says my scrambled eggs come out strange (I think he's right), so I'm not sure I could learn how to cook either one of those before Thursday. 

A year and a half ago I had never cooked or baked anything. I'm teaching myself to bake, and can bake almost anything except for 100% whole wheat bread now, but I haven't started learning to cook yet. 

[thebuddhagouda]

www.emilybites.com/2011/05/mixed-berry-french-toast-bake.html

[kirra]

Oct 29, 2013 8:35:10 GMT -5 pagas said:

apple and cranberry baked french toast

That looks so good. Is any good baking apple ok?

[kirra]

Oct 29, 2013 8:36:02 GMT -5 thebuddhagouda said:

www.emilybites.com/2011/05/mixed-berry-french-toast-bake.html

This looks good too. I've never tried a baked French toast. Looks like I should.

[kirra]

Oct 29, 2013 8:39:21 GMT -5 pagas said:

Oct 29, 2013 8:38:27 GMT -5 kirra said:

That looks so good. Is any good baking apple ok?

I have used all sorts of apples, anything but red delicious should work fine.

Ok. Thanks  

[daisybuchannan]

It's not healthy, but pioneer woman's French toast casserole (prepped the day before) is amazing.

I do easy egg, cheese, veggie bakes that are crowd pleasers.

[jssymom14]

I have made the pumpkin muffins (1 box spice cake mix and 1 can pumpkin with maybe a little water to thin out) and brought cream cheese frosting in a tub if they wanted to top it off. Super easy!!

Otherwise this crockpot egg casserole was pretty good:

corn tortillas (I didn't count them. Maybe I used 8? 7?)
8 eggs
2 cups fat free milk
2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
1 (7-ounce) can green chiles, drained
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 tiny onion, diced
1 cup corn (I had leftover fresh corn from the weekend, but frozen would totally work)
1 cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

The Directions.

I used a 4 quart round slow cooker. Butter or Pam the inside of your stoneware. Put a layer of corn tortillas on the bottom---you may have to tear some to make them fit nicely.
In a very large mixing bowl, combine all of the other ingredients, and whisk together. Pour about 1/2 of the mixture into the slow cooker, on top of the tortillas. Put in another layer of tortillas, and top with the remaining egg/milk/cheese/other stuff mixture. Top with another layer of corn tortillas.

Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for 4-5. If your cooker seals well (my 4-quart has a plastic lid, and a lot of condensation builds up), uncover 15-20 minutes before serving and cook on high to release condensation and to firm up the top a bit. You know your breakfast is done when the eggs are fully cooked and the edges have begun to brown and the cheese gets a bit crispy on the sides.

[spwspw]

Ina Garten's strawberry muffins are really good, not too sweet. I reduce the sugar to one cup and sub in yogurt for half the butter.

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/strawberry-muffins-recipe/index.html