Post Tagged with: "breakfast"

Maple French Toast Sticks

Planning a breakfast or brunch? These maple french toast sticks are a must for your brunch menu. The prep is easy and the oven will do all of the work. If you like to get your children involved with cooking, let them help dip the sticks into the maple coating.

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Chocolate Chip Biscotti

Round two! Here’s another amazing biscotti recipe for you. As we mentioned in our Almond Biscotti post, we never knew how easy it was to make these crunchy coffee cookies. At most coffee shops you pay $1.25 – $2 for one cookie. For the same price, you can make a whole batch and eat for [...]

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Gingerbread Biscotti

During the holiday season, one of my favorite treats at Starbucks is the Gingerbread Biscotti. I always look forward to spending my Saturday mornings, relaxing at Starbucks and dunking my biscotti into my Cappuccino. I always hate that the turn of the calendar means goodbye to the Gingerbread Biscotti. Since I’ve learned how to now [...]

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Nog and Raisin Scones

It’s egg nog time. Yup, the stuff is everywhere. This year, Jason picked me up a jug of my favorite Christmas drink – thanks love! While it’s tempting to chug it down, I decided to try baking with it. The first thing that came to my mind were scones. As you probably know, I love making scones and CookingShorts features a number of my scone recipes. Adding egg nog to the mix turned out to be a great idea.

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Roasted Agave Grapefruit

Have you ever had a roasted grapefruit? It’s like grapefruit crème brulee. The agave melts and browns beautifully as the fruit’s flesh warms. This anytime snack is super simple and super delicious. For all of you out there who think you don’t like grapefruit, you have to give this recipe a try.

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Almond Biscotti

As many of you know, I (Tinsley) have spent the past 15 years helping my family run their small boutique coffee shop. One of my favorite treats that we sell has always been the biscotti. My perfect morning breakfast is a vanilla skim latte with almond or chocolate chip biscotti. I love dunking my cookie into [...]

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Brown Butter Muffins

One trick to cooking is knowing how to get the most flavor out of your ingredients. For example, it’s common to toast rice, nuts, or seeds in a dry pan before using them in a recipe. Toasting brings out the essential oils and enhances the favor. Butter is another ingredient that has a secondary flavor [...]

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Lavender Vanilla Bean Scones

One of our favorite things about being a foodie is experiencing new trends in the culinary world. Today, more and more chefs are experimenting with flavors and fusing odd ingredients to make recipes new and exciting. Their talent to innovate has brought a new perceptive to foodies like us. We decided to also reinvent a [...]

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Aloha Scones

Does the snow have you dreaming of warmer weather? These amazing little sweet treats will have you picturing yourself on a beach in no time. They’re quick, easy and fun. Girls, get out your bikinis… Aloha.

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Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Smoothie

This has to be one of our easiest recipes ever! All you do is put all 5 ingredients into a blender and purée. It honestly takes less than 5 minutes and you will have a great start to your day. This smoothie is one that I crave and when I make it, I triple it and pour [...]

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Cherry Butter Banana Bread

It doesn’t matter where I go, banana bread is always a huge hit. Sweet and moist, it’s perfect for breakfast, a snack or dessert. This treat will not only curb your sweet tooth cravings, but cherries are full of antioxidants, which are perfect for helping you stay in shape throughout the summer months. Ingredients: 2 [...]

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Cranberry Turnovers

Looking for something different for breakfast? These turnovers are a great way to break away from the norm. They’re sweet and tart with a perfect flaky crust. Plus, it’s the perfect way to use up that leftover can of cranberry that you have sitting around from the holidays. Ingredients: 1 can cranberry jelled sauce- removed [...]

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Sweet Caramel and Coconut Scones

Instead of treating your co-workers, friends or family with generic cookies, make them these unique and tasty scones. They’ll love that you stepped out of the block to create something new and exciting for them. Simply dress them up by wrapping the scones in some cute treat bags that you can find at a dollar store. [...]

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Sweet Chip Sconettes

What do you get when a cookie and biscuit marry? A scone. Scones are prefect additions to a Sunday brunch and I figured out a way to make these smaller and bite sized. These cute two bite treats are adorable for a bridal or baby shower, brunch or breakfast any day of the week.

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Southern Hoecakes

Say what?  Hoecake?  What in the world is a hoecake?  Hoecakes are a delicious old southern “dish” that farmers would make to keep there energy high while working in the fields.  This traditional recipe is made from corn meal, water and salt.  Think of it as a marriage between a pancake and cornbread.  Farmers would [...]

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