Saturday, August 14, 2010

Breakfast Pizza

Biscuit crust:
2 cups flour
1 T baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening, make a well in the center. Add milk and stir just until moistened(don't over mix.)

Topping:
(adjust toppings to your taste.)
1 pound sausage, browned and drained
1 bell pepper, diced
1/2 onion, chopped
1 pkg frozen hash browns, thawed
2 cups shredded cheese
9 eggs, beaten with salt and pepper added

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8x13 pan. Roll out biscuit crust and place in bottom of pan, pressing 1" up sides. Top with sausage and veggies and cheese. Pour beaten eggs on top and bake for 30-45 minutes or until center is set.

Lemon Bread

1 3/4 c flour
3/4 c sugar
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 c oil
2 t lemon zest
1 T lemon juice
1 t sugar
2 T lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and 1/2" up sides of an 8x4x2 loaf pan. Stir together flour, 3/4 c sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In another bowl, mix the beaten egg, oil, milk, and 1 T lemon juice. Fold in lemon zest. Spoon into pan, bake 50-55 minutes. Stir together 2T lemon juice and 1 T sugar. Brush over the loaf when it comes out of the oven.

Baked French Toast Casserole

5 cups bread cubes
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
1/4 t salt
1 t vanilla
1/4 cup sugar, divided
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, divided
dash nutmeg, optional
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8x8 pan. Place bread cubes in pan. Beat eggs, beat in milk, salt, vanilla, 2T of sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour over bread cubes, let stand 10 minutes. Combine remaining 2T sugar with 1 t cinnamon and sprinkle on top. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden.