PUMPKIN PANCAKES

1 1/4 cup flour
2 TB sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp each cinnamon, ground ginger, salt
1/8 tsp nutmeg

1 cup milk or buttermilk (if buttermilk, 1 1/2 cups)
3 TB canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
2 TB melted butter or oil (I use oil)
1 egg

Whisk dry ingredients together.
In another bowl, combine milk, pumpkin puree,
butter or oil (mix these first) and egg. Mix well.
Fold wet mixture into dry mixture.
If batter is too thick, add small amounts of buttermilk until
desired consistency is reached.
You will want to cook these pancakes at
a lower temperature and a bit longer than
regular pancakes, due to the extra moisture of the pumpkin.
Serve with maple syrup & pecans.

VARIATIONS: Apple: Use applesauce instead of pumpkin.
                         Spice/Pecan: Leave out the pumpkin and put the pecans in the batter.

MOST EXCELLENT BAKED BEANS

Let me start out by saying that this is what the Sweet Potato Queens would call a "trailer trash" recipe. I have attempted and failed making baked beans from scratch. They never seemed to come out as good as these do. So I decided to go back to the tried and true "adding stuff to Campbell's pork and beans" method.
This recipe will make about three average servings.
You can double or triple it as needed.

1 can Campbell's Pork and Beans - 19 oz (or two 10 oz)
Black pepper (no salt, there is plenty in the canned beans)
A bunch of chopped up onion
2 TB brown sugar
A big splat of ketchup
A big splat of mustard
2 slices of bacon, crumbled

Mix all this stuff together, cover and let sit in the fridge for a few hours. It makes the flavors combine.
Then heat at 400° until bubbly.

KATHY'S FLUFFY EGGS

2 eggs
2 slices of bread
Butter
Parmesan cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Chives

Preheat oven to 350°
Toast two slices of bread, butter lightly and put on a cookie sheet
Separate two eggs, leaving the yolks whole in a separate bowl
Beat egg whites until stiff
Using 3/4 of the egg whites, pile them on top of each slice of toast, then make a deep well
in the middle of each pile of egg whites
Carefully place a whole yolk inside of each well and add salt and pepper
Use the remaining egg whites to cover and seal yolks
Sprinkle the top of each with Parmesan cheese and shredded cheddar
Bake for 12-13 minutes, then sprinkle with chives

Note from Molly: I think two slices of cooked bacon on each piece of toast before you start piling and adding eggs and cheese would be a delicious addition to this. Mmm, bacon.

MOLLY'S SINGLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE

*Note: The buttermilk is what makes this cake so moist. Don't add the cocoa powder or chocolate chips and it makes a nice, one-layer golden cake.

1/3 butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla

1 cup cake flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat sugar and butter. Add egg, buttermilk and vanilla and beat.
Whisk dry ingredients then whisk into wet, slowly, three portions at
a time. Pour into buttered 9-inch round cake pan.
Put in oven for 10 minutes, then remove and sprinkle chocolate chips over batter.
(If you mix them in with the batter and put them in from the start, the chips all sink to the bottom)

350° 40 minutes or until
center springs back.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar or frost with your favorite icing.

EGG AND HASH BROWN PIE

3 cups hash browns with onions, cooked
6 eggs, mixed well
Cheese of your choice (American, cheddar, mozzerlla)
Crumbled bacon
Chives, salt & pepper

Press the cooked hash browns into a pie pan, sprinkle crumbled bacon and cheese over hash browns,
pour eggs over that and season.
Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until set.

CRANBERRY ORANGE MUFFINS

      


  

     1 cup fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
     and mixed with a little sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

1 1/4 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt


The zest of a large orange
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk + 1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Chop cranberries and mix with sugar.
Set cranberries and sugar aside.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Add all ingredients except cranberries and pecans.
Stir well. Batter will be thick.
Fold in cranberries and pecans. Spoon into muffin cups. Fill cups to the top. Sprinkle tops with sugar. Bake 375° for 30-35 minutes. 

MOLLY'S MOST EXCELLENT PANCAKES

First of all, to make the very best pancakes ever, you need an electric griddle. They cook pancakes to perfection. You will never have to throw the first one away because you didn't gauge the pan temperature, the griddle does all the work. And they clean up very nice with a little baking soda and water.
Also, USE BUTTERMILK. Truly good pancakes are all made with buttermilk.

1 cup flour
2 TB sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt

1 1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup milk)
1 egg
1 TB oil
Fresh or frozen blueberries, if desired.
(If using frozen, thaw them out first and dab with a paper towel to drain
excess moisture)

375 electric griddle

Whisk the dry ingredients, then add the buttermilk, egg and oil and stir until well blended.
If you are adding blueberries, add them to the pancake rounds after you pour the batter on the griddle. The blueberries don't get mushed by the stirring process that way.
This recipe makes about 5 or 6 pancakes, double it for more.
Any leftovers freeze well if you wrap them up  nice and tight.