Crockpot Monkey Bread

This bread is delicious and super easy to make!! Great for Thanksgiving or Christmas Morning!

Takes 1 1/2 Hours and Feeds 4

Ingredients: 

1 tube of refrigerated biscuits

1/3 cup of butter (melted) 

1 cup of brown sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon

Directions: 

First spray crockpot with pam

Mix in a bowl the cinnamon and brown sugar

Cut each biscuit into quarters

Dip about 4 biscuit pieces into butter and then into the sugar mix. Make sure the mix is covered all over the biscuit piece

Place each piece in crockpot. Layering on the bottom first and then stacking.

Place the remaining butter and sugar on top of the biscuits in the crockpot

Cook on low for 1 1/2 hours.

**For an extra sweetness, serve with my cream cheese frosting recipe:

1 cup powder sugar

3 oz cream cheese

1/2 tsp of vanilla extract

1 tbsp of Butter (Melted)

1 tsp of Milk

Mix all together in a bowl and spread on top! Yum!!

The Original Recipe for the Monkey Bread Can Be Found HERE

Biscuit pieces cut into quarters

After placing them in the butter dish, rub them in the sugar mix

Place in Crockpot and cook on low for 1 1/2 hour

Enjoy!

Taylor

Pumpkin Scones: Perfect for Halloween Morning

When fall comes around I'm obsessed with pumpkin everything!! I could have a pumpkin pie every night if I could!

These scones are absolutely delicious and are perfect with a glass of milk or a cup of tea!

Here is how to make them:
Pumpkin Scones

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Baking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 6 scones

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 TBSP sugar
• 1 TBSP baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 6 TBSP butter, room temp
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• cinnamon sugar, optional

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease or spray a glass pie dish. 
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt.  With a pastry cutter, cut butter into flour mixture until pieces are about pea size.
3. Add in egg, milk and pumpkin. Mix until just incorporated.  Don't over mix.
4. On a floured surface, shape into a circular shape and place in a glass pie dish. Cut dough into 6 wedges. If desired, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
5. Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

For an Added Touch of Flavor add these glazes on top: 

Powdered Sugar Glaze:
Mix all Ingredients together
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Spiced Glaze:
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
A pinch of Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves to taste

Taylor
Original Recipe for Scones can be Found Here

Pound Cake with Pumpkin Bread Center

This Bread is to die for and creates a cute surprise center with pumpkin bread cut outs!

Here is the Main Recipe: http://www.listotic.com/30-surprise-inside-cake-and-treat-ideas/20/

Instead of using the box bread that the recipe suggests I made it with Home made Recipes and it came out so good! Here they are:

Pumpkin Bread Recipe: Downeast Main Pumpkin Bread

Pound Cake Recipe: Grandmothers Pound Cake Recipe

Enjoy! 

 Taylor

Homemade Olive Garden Recipes: Soup, Salad, Breadsticks and Alfredo Dipping Sauce

I love Olive Garden! Especially their salad, Italian Dressing and Breadsticks! On this blog post I'm going to show you all the recipes you love in one place! First Starting with the breadsticks... 

Now they didn't taste "exactly" like the olive garden breadsticks (I may or may not have accidentally left them in the oven to long) but it was my first time making them and they tasted really good! 

Olive Garden Breadstick Recipe

Second, the scrumptious Alfredo sauce that you can buy extra to dip your breadsticks into:

This sauce came out perfect and tasted just like theirs!

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce Recipe

Third, the reason why I go to Olive Garden: Their Salad and Italian Dressing!

These recipes came out perfect!! Tasted just like we were sitting in an Olive Garden Restaurant.

Olive Garden Salad Recipe

 Olive Garden Dressing Recipe

Lastly, the Minestrone Soup. I just love their soups! 

 Olive Garden Minestrone Soup

Don't Like the Minestrone Soup? Here are some other Olive Garden Favorites:

Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup Recipe

Crockpot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe

Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Recipe

YUMMY!!!

Enjoy, 

           Taylor

Homemade Pumpkin Bread

The most moist Pumpkin Bread recipe you'll ever make Found Here on Allrecipes.com- Downeast Main Pumpkin Bread

Enjoy, 

          Taylor

Sunday Brunch Banana Bran Muffins

Banana Bran Muffins are my favorite! My obsession started at Starbucks but they unfortunately stopped serving them so I decided to figure out how to make them myself! They turned out amazing! Here is how you make it:

{Ingredients}

1/2 cup of butter (softened)

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 cup flour

1 cup bran cereal

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp of salt

Nuts optional

{Directions}

Preheat oven to 375º.  Line muffin pan with papers or grease.  In large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together, until fluffy. Add the bananas, milk, vanilla and eggs, mix well. Stir in the bran cereal, four, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Stir until just combined, you can also add nuts too!  Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.  Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean.  Enjoy! 

Here is the Original Recipe

Mixing all the Ingredients

Adding the Muffins the the Muffin Pan

                                             


                                                 Taylor

Easy French Bread! No Need for a Bread Maker!

This is the easiest bread recipe I have come across! And you don't need a bread maker to do it! Its always a hit and the bread comes out perfect and moist! This recipe makes 2 large loaves or 3 small loaves and takes about 2 hours total. Here is how you make it:

{Ingredients}

2 1/2 c. warm water

2 Tbls. yeast (4 1/4oz packages)

3 Tbls. sugar

2 Tbls. white vinegar (Distilled)

1 Tbls. salt

1/3 c. oil (I use Canola)

7 c. flour

1 egg

corn starch

{Directions}

 In a mixing bowl add the warm water, yeast, sugar and white vinegar together and let sit until bubbly (about 3-5 minutes). Then add the salt, oil and flour (1 cup at a time). Kneed the dough for about 4 minutes and let it sit for about 30 minutes to have a rise. then kneed again and place on a lightly floured surface.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

 Mold your dough to the shape and sizes you want. Then slice down the middle with a knife 3-5 diagonal lines. Let it rise on the counter until it reaches the size you want (can take up to 30 minutes depending on how big you want your loaves)

 On a cooking sheet spray pam and lightly drizzle with some corn starch. Mix the egg in a cup and brush over the loaves with it. (optional-drizzle salt or sugar on top of egg). Place the loaves on the pan and cook for 35 minutes. Place a toothpick in the center and make sure it comes out clean. If it does the bread is ready to take out.  Enjoy! 

Here is the Original Recipe 

The Kitchen Aid makes everything so much easier!

Cutting slices down the middle

Taylor