Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Molten Chocolate Surprise

Ingredients

4 squares semi sweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
1 cup icing sugar
1/3 cup flour
12 chocolate chip cookies
1/2 thawed whipped topping

Preheat oven to 425. Microwave choclate and butter on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir with whisk wire until choclate is completly melted and mixture is well blended.
Beat whole eggs, egg yolks, sugar and flour with a wire whisk until well blended.
Gradually add to chocolate mixture, beating constantly until well blended.
Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. PLace 1 cookie, upside down in each cup.
Cover evenly with batter.
Bake for 8 minutes until cakes are firm around the edges but still soft in the centre. Let stand for 1 minute. Carefully remove cakes from muffin pan. Invert onto plate, remove liner and serve with whipped topping.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients

10 slices of bread, cut into 1 inch cubes
2 c grated chaddar cheese
1/4 c melted butter
6 eggs
8 slices of bacn, cooked and crumbled
2 c milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp each salt and pepper

Alternate layers of bread and cheese in a 2 quart casserole dish.
Pour melted butter over top.
Mix other ingredients and pour over bread layers.
Cover with tinfoil and refrigerate overnight.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, covered.
Uncover and bake for 20-30 minutes longer.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Chocolate-Orange Pancakes

Ingredients

2 cups flour
3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
grated peel from 1 orange

Combine flour, chocolate chips, sugar, boaking powder and salt in a large bowl; set aside.
Mix remaining ingredients. Add to flour mixture; stir well until blended.
Ladle batter into hot skillet sprayed with cooking spray, using 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. Cook hot medium heat until bubbles begin to from on top, thne turn over to brown the other side.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Breakfast Pizza

Ingredients

1 tube of cresent rolls
1 lb frozen hash browns
1/2 lb sausage, browned
1 cup cheddar cheese
4 eggs beaten well with a little milk and salt and pepper

Place the cresent rolls on apizza pan to form a crust.
On top of the crust, place hash browns and spread sausage next (make sure it goes all the way to the end of the crust. Slowly pour eggs over top of hashbrowns.
Sprinkle cheese on top.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Baked French Toast

Ingredients

1 baguette
6 lg eggs
1 1/2 c milk
1 c half and half
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 c butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp corn syrup

Cut bread into 1 inch slices. Butter a 9 inch square baking pan. Arrange bread slices slightly overlapping to fill pan.
In a medium bowl, combine eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well and pour over bread slices. Cover a refridgerate over night.
Preheat oven to 350. In a small bowl, combine butter, sugar, nut and corn syrup. Mix well and spread evenly over bread. Bake for 40 minutes or until puffed and golden.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Ham & Cheese Mini Quiches

Ingredients

12 slices whole wheat bread
4 eggs
1/2 cup light cream cheese
1 tbsp milk
60 g smoked ham
2 green onions, sliced

Preheat oven to 400. Use a rolling pin to platten each slice of bread. Cut out centres with a 3 1/2 inch round cookie cutter. Press one bread circle onto bottom and side of each of 12 greased muffin cups. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
Reduce oven tempertaure to 350. Beat 1 egg and the cream cheese with a wire whisk untill well blended. Add remianig 3 eggs, milk, ham and onions; mix well. Pour mixture evenly into bread cups.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or unitl filling in each cup is set.

Substitute : You can substitue bacon or sausage instead of the ham. You can also add cheese to the top as well.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Almond Crusted Chicken Dijon

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 tbsp miracle whip dressing
2 tbsp dijon mustard
6 ritz crackers
1/4 almonds, coarsly chopped

Preheat oven to 375.
Mix dressing and mustard until well blended. Spread top side of each chicken breast with one 1tbsp of the dressing mixture. Mix crackers and almonds; sprinkle evenly over chicken in a 9x13 baking dish.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.

You can substitute honey mustard for the dijon mustard.