Easy Monkey Bread

Remember making these all the time when we were younger? :)

Ingredients

3 cans Hungry Jack biscuits (any brand)
1/2 cup brown sugar
11/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted

*people can add some kind of nut, not me though:)

Directions

Cut biscuits into fourths.
Place sugars, cinnamon and cut biscuits in a zip-lock bag and shake until biscuits are well coated.
Place coated biscuits into a well greased bundt pan. Sprinkle the remaining sugar from the zip-lock bag onto the biscuits.
Pour melted butter over biscuits.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Turn onto platter and serve hot.

Creamy French Toast

I LOVE FRENCH TOAST!!!!!!

Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp. corn syrup
1 loaf country bread(I just used a thicker bread)
5 large eggs
1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt

Directions

*In a small heavy saucepan melt butter with brown sugar and corn syrup over moderate heat, stirring, until smooth and pour into a 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish. Cut six 1-inch thick slices from center portion of bread, reserving ends for another use, and trim crusts. Arrange bread slices in one layer in baking dish, squeezing them slightly to fit.

*In a bowl whisk together eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, and salt until combined well and pour evenly over bread; chill bread mixture, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bring bread to room temperature.

*Bake bread mixture, uncovered, in middle of oven until puffed and edges are pale golden, 35 to 40 minutes.

*Serve hot French toast immediately

Lemon Jello

I got this recipe from Kerri. I made it for a family picnic and it was a hit!

1 (3 oz) box lemon jello
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt

Mix together in a bowl and add:

1 cup boiling water
1 (6 oz) can frozen lemonade, thawed

Stir until Jello is dissolved. Refrigerate until syrupy, about 30-45 minutes (stir every ten minutes to make sure it is not setting.

Beat 1/2 pint whipping cream

Then, fold whipping cream into Jello mixture. Pour into an 8x8 square glass dish and set in fridge for several hours or overnight. Double the recipe for a 9x13 dish.

You can use any flavor jello, just use the same flavor concentrate. I have had lemon and lime. It is so good.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blondies

Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, plus more, room temperature, for pan

1 cup packed light-brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)

1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt

1/4 cup each orange, yellow, and brown candy-coated chocolates (from a 12.6-ounce bag) or 8 Reese's peanut butter cups, removed from their wrappers and corasely chopped

Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Brush an 8-inch square baking pan with butter; line pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter paper.
In a large bowl, whisk together butter and sugars until smooth. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and salt; stir just until moistened. Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top. Arrange candies or chopped peanut butter cups in 12 rows (2 rows per color, repeating once) on top of dough.
Bake until top of cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Set pan on a wire rack and let cool completely. Using parchment overhang, lift cake from pan and transfer to a cutting board; cut into 16 squares.

Dad's Waffles

This is the 1/2 recipe. It made 7 waffles for two of us.

1 3/4 cup flour
1/3 tsp salt (Dad says he doesn't use this)
1 T baking powder
1 3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs, separated

Mix together all ingredients except egg whites. In a separate bowl, beat eggs whites until still (stiff peaks). Fold into batter. Bake on a waffle iron.

Chicken Gravy

1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup sour cream
milk

Heat soup and sour cream. If it is too thick, add milk to desired consistency.

We served this over our chicken cordon bleu.

Homemade Whipped Cream

3 Tbs sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Mix whipping cream and sugar on high until it forms soft peaks. Serve over favorite dessert, like Costco pumpkin pie!