Delicious Crepes

We had crepes for dinner last night. We love this recipe! The husband can't wait to get enough of them and he isn't even a big sweet eater. If you want to try something fun for breakfast or have breakfast for dinner this is a fun change and very easy!!!

CREPES

1 cup flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
*Beat the above ingredients until well mixed. Spray Pam or cooking spray on frying pan and then pour about 1/4 cup of batter into the center. Tilt the pan so that batter covers the entire bottom of the frying pan like the picture below. Cook each crepe on low/med heat (my stove is set to about a 3 or 4 when cooking them). When the crepe starts to look dry on top it is ready to flip sides. (In the pic below the crepe is almost ready to flip you can see the right side is still slightly wet). Then prepare the filling.

Filling:
1/2 pkg of cream cheese softened
3/4 carton of cool whip
1/2 c. powdered sugar
*Combine and spread in the center of a crepe and then roll crepe up. Top with berries! Enjoy

Pumpkin Bread

3 1/3 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. oil
4 eggs
2/3 c. water
1 15oz. can pumpkin
3 cups sugar
Optional: chopped nuts, chocolate chips

Sift together dry ingredients, including sugar, into mixing bowl. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add all remaining ingredients. Mix together until smooth. Add nuts or chocolate chips (or both) if desired. Apportion batter into 3 bread loaf pans that have been greased and floured. Bake at 350° for an hour.

*mini chocolate chips are my favorite*
*i also like to use this recipe for muffins, topping them with a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and a little flour.* - sorry no recipe for this. i just experiment. usually i make 12 muffins and then 2 loaves-

Yummy Corn Bread

This is the BEST corn bread recipe I have ever tried. It still tastes great several days after making it if it lasts that long. So here it is, sorry no pic

Dry Ingred
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup corn meal
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbs. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Wet Ingred.
1/3 cup oil
3 Tbs melted butter (not marg)
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup milk

Blend the dry ingred together and then blend the wet ingred together and then combine the two. Pour in greased 8x8 square pan and bake at 350 degrees for 35 min.

*make sure it is cooked in the center before taking it out. I have to bake mine a few minutes extra to ensure the middle is cooked.

SUPER easy french bread

This is my first post! Sorry Lindsay, I've been a REAL slacker on here.

This recipe is from my sister and it's pretty fool-proof.

FRENCH BREAD

INGREDIENTS:
1 package fast yeast
1 1/4 cup warm water
1 T sugar
1 T oil
1 t salt
3 - 4 cups flour
Non stick cooking spray

DIRECTIONS:
1. Combine yeast and warm water in large mixing bowl until yeast activates and is bubbly.
2. Add sugar, salt and oil.
3. Stir in flour until dough forms. You don't want too much flour, you can always add more after it rises. Knead until it feels right to you.
4. Form dough into a large ball and place in NEW sprayed mixing bowl. Spray the top of the dough and cover with plastic wrap so that the wrap is touching the dough.
5. Let it rise for at least an hour. Usually I try and allow 2-3 hours.
6. Knead again slightly and form into a long french loaf.
7. Place on sprayed cookie sheet and cut 6-8 diagonal slits in the top of the loaf.
8. Cook at 425 for 20 minutes. (This is the perfect time in CA, but times may differ in different parts of the country.)
9. ENJOY!!!

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 mashed bananas
1/2 c. butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease loaf pan. Combine dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately. Mix together, just until moist. Pour into pan. Bake for 1 hr.

I love this recipe because it's easy, and yummy, and I like that it only makes one loaf. It's a great way to use up those last 2 bananas ( or 1 1/2 if that's all you've got) and it doesn't use too many ingredients ( if you're getting low on flour or eggs). Sometimes I do like to make a recipe that makes multiple loaves, but this is good for those times that you want a snack, but didn't really plan in advance. Another plus, Brendan will even eat this! (That says a lot, as he is an extremely picky kid).