Pumpkin Waffles

This is from Noelle’s friend Camille Conrad. The Conrads have this on General Conference Sundays.

Waffles
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
4 eggs, separated
1½ cups milk
1 cup pumpkin
¾ cup margarine
1 tablespoon vanilla

Combine first 6 ingredients. Separate the eggs and beat the yolks slightly. Add the milk, pumpkin, margarine and vanilla. Add the flour mixture. Fold egg whites into pumpkin mixture and then bake in waffle iron.

Buttermilk Syrup
1 cube butter
1 cup sugar
½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon Karo syrup
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine first 4 ingredients. Bring to a boil in extra large pan. Remove from heat and sir in baking soda and vanilla. Mixture will fizz to twice its height. Let set, stirring occasionally until fizz is gone. Serve hot over pumpkin waffles.

Cheese Strata

12 slices bread (white, trimmed, buttered and cut into small cubes)
1 pound cheddar cheese, shredded
1 pound bacon, crisp and crumbled
Parsley, chopped
1 4-ounce can chopped green chilies
6 beaten eggs
4 cups milk
1½ teaspoons minced onion
¼ teaspoon salt
Pepper
½ teaspoon dry mustard

Grease a 9x13 pan. Put in buttered bread. Sprinkle with ¾ of cheese, all bacon, parsley and green chilies. Mix eggs, milk, onion and seasonings. Pour over other ingredients. Mix lightly with a fork. Sprinkle remainder of cheese on top. Allow to set in refrigerator over night. Bake uncovered at 350° for 45 minutes.

Dutch Baby Pancakes (German Pancakes)

This was a great school morning breakfast. It made enough for everyone and cooked while they were getting ready for school.

Pan size Butter Eggs Milk Flour
2-3 quart ¼ cup 3 ¾ cup ¾ cup
3-4 quart ⅓ cup 4 1 cup 1 cup

Heat oven to 425°. Put butter in shallow (3-inch) pan and put in oven to melt butter. Put eggs in blender. Mix for 1 minute. Gradually add the milk, then the flour. Mix for 30 seconds. Pour mixture into hot melted butter. Cook 20-25 minutes at 425°. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon or serve with syrup, applesauce, etc.

French Donuts

An old recipe from Grandma King (Diane’s maternal Grandmother)

½ cup shortening
1 tablespoon nutmeg
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
⅔ cup milk
½ teaspoon salt
1½ cups flour
1 egg separated
Cinnamon-sugar mixture in a shaker

Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg yolk. Then add other ingredients. Lastly fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Fill greased muffin tin ½ full. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes. When done and still warm, brush tops with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Crepes

Supposedly these keep well, but I’ve never found out.

1½ cups milk
1 cup flour
2 eggs (or ½ cup egg substitute)
Butter or margarine
Cinnamon-sugar mixture in a shaker

Gently beat together the milk, eggs, and flour mixture with a whisk until there are no lumps – don’t beat too vigorously or the batter will by frothy. Heat a small non-stick pan to medium, until ¼ teaspoon of butter or margarine placed in the middle melts rapidly, but doesn’t burn. Pour in about two tablespoons’ worth of batter into the middle of the pan and swirl it around to fill the bottom. Cook for about a minute, until the gloss is mostly gone, then flip and cook about another minute on the other side, until browned to taste. Remove to a plate to cool, then sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture on top and roll up to eat. Repeat with an additional ¼ teaspoon of butter before each crepe. Makes 15 to 20, depending on size.

Chocolate Waffles

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 packages of Choco-Bake
½ cup flour
½ teaspoon backing powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk

Melt butter and add Choco-Bake. Set aside. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl and add eggs, milk, and vanilla until blended. Add Choco-Bake and butter. Fold together without over-mixing. Bake in a lightly greased waffle iron.

Appetizers

Crab Spread
Vegetable Pizza
Granny’s Sweet Pickles
Tortilla Stack
Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts
Fresh Fruit Dip
Asparagus Dip
Herbed Butter
Artichoke Dip
Salsa
Cheese Ball
Wontons
Western Burger Sliders
Nachos