Banana Streusel Muffins

Randi of I Have To Say, talked about this recipe that's originally from Taste of Home.  She commented that you shouldn't double the recipe, because it makes 18 wonderful muffins.  I concur; and if you are skimpy with your batter, you could get 24 muffins from this.  I've changed the original recipe up a bit, not the ingredients, but the process.

Banana Streusel Muffins

STEP ONE:

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.  Grease muffin cups, or use paper liners.  (I just sprayed a squirt of Pam in each cup, and wiped it with a paper towel.

STEP TWO:

In a small bowl mix dry ingredients, then cut in butter.  This is the hardest part of the entire process.

STREUSEL:

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter

STEP TTREE:

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 medium or 2 large ripe bananas, sliced thinly

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. In a medium bowl, mix eggs, sour cream, butter and bananas, well; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.

Fill muffin cups, sprinkle streusel mix over muffins.  Bake for 25 minutes.  Cool on rack for 5 minutes.  Remove muffins from pans and enjoy.

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Baked French Toast

This is great for Christmas Morning, or any time you're having company for breakfast. It's assembled the night before, and popped in the oven in the morning.


Caramelized Apple French Toast

Ingredients:
1 c. brown sugar
3 tbsp. light Karo syrup
6 tbsp. butter
3 Granny Smith Apples, peeled, cored and sliced
18 slices day old white bread
6 eggs
2 c. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Combine sugar, syrup and butter; boil in pan for 1 minute. Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan. Place sliced raw apples on top of caramel. Place bread 3 layers deep in pan. Mix eggs, milk and vanilla together. Pour over bread.

Refrigerate overnight. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes until brown and slightly puffy.


This photo was from when I was interviewed by our local newspaper, The Press-Enterprise, about this recipe. Erin was 7 at the time.

Bisquick Coffee Cake - The lighter version

Some one mentioned Bisquick Coffee Cake the other day. It got me to thinking that I hadn't made it for a long time. Now that I'm home convalescing, I decided to make one. But, there was no longer a recipe on the Bisquick box! What to do, what to do? Google, of course. None of the listings were exactly what I remembered, but they were a starting place. This is what I came up with:

Bisquick Coffee Cake, the Lighter Version

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray cooking oil on 8 or 9 inch square pan.


2. Make Streusel Topping


3. Make batter


4. Pick your option.


5. Bake for 20-22 minutes, testing with a toothpick. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

Cinnamon Streusel Topping:

2/3 cup Heart Healthy Bisquick

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

1 t. ground cinnamon

4 T. butter or margarine (soft, not melted)

Mix all in small bowl until crumbly.

Batter:

2 cups Heart Healthy Bisquick

2/3 cup fat-free milk

2 T. sugar

1 egg

Stir until blended

Then:

These are your options, (options are good):

A. Spread batter in pan, top with streusel topping.

B. Take 1/3 of streusel topping, mix into batter. Spread batter in pan, top with streusel topping.

C. Spread batter in pan, top with 1/3 streusel topping, use knife to swirl topping into batter. Top with remaining streusel topping.

Wonderful Morning Treat

This really good; I usually make it without the icing. Icing is nice but for the mornings I like it plain.

Rippled Coffee Cake

Ingredients:
1 package yellow cake mix
1-cup low fat sour cream
4 eggs
2/3-cup vegetable oil
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 T. ground cinnamon

Icing:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
¼ cup milk
2 t. vanilla extract

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.

In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs and oil; beat well. Spread half of the batter into baking pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Carefully spread remaining batter on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Combine icing ingredients and drizzle over warm cake.

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