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| country lawyer |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 06:29:03 AM
Do you have a tradition of serving something "special" on Chrismtas morning? Tell us about it!
Mine started several years ago when I saw a post here on the MJ Forum with a recipe for "Dutch Baby Pancakes." I did a search and can't find it anymore, so I don't know WHO to thank for that marvelous recipe and the start of our Christmas morning tradition. But, it is a delicious and special way to start a special day!
I also always serve eggnog and peppermint coffee.
What is your Christmas Breakfast/Brunch tradition? |
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 2:46:39 PM
First a word about the Sour Cream Twists. They're kind of a cross between a pastry and a yeast bread. You can mix the dough up to 2 days ahead of time but they are best baked fresh or just the night before you want to serve them.
1 package dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
4 cups sifted flour
1 cup margarine or butter, melted(guess which I use=~)
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 teaspoons vanilla
Dissolve the yeast into the warm water. Combine, flour, butter, sour cream, eggs, salt and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Stir in yeast and beat until smooth. Cover with a damp cloth and put into the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
When ready to bake, combine 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl.
Sprinkle bread board or counter top with a liberal amount of the cinnamon/sugar.
You'll be using the cinnamon/sugar like you would flour to roll out pie crust.
Roll out dough until it's a big rectangle, about 1/2" thick. Not sure how big a rectangle--
16x20? maybe. Sprinkle with more c/s mix, fold into 1/3's(like a letter). Roll it out a little more, until it's about 3/4" thick. Now you should have 3 layers of dough with c/s between.
Cut into 1" to 1 1/2" wide strips. They'll be about 6-8" long. Twist them once or twice when you pick them up to place them on a lightly greased cookie sheet or baking stone.
Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. They will raise a little and don't get very brown but burn easily.
Makes about 15-20 depending on how wide you slice them.
Is that about as clear as mud? It's a hard recipe to give somebody. Just give it a try.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 2:26:49 PM
Dutch Baby
Heat oven to 425.
In a cast iron skillet or 9" pie plate put 1/2 stick(1/4 cup)of butter(yes butter, no substitute).
Place the skillet/pie plate with the butter in the oven while it's pre-heating.
3 eggs--beat until foamy, then add:
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-2 teaspoons vanilla
Beat all together until well blended. I use a blender for this whole process, but you
could do it with a mixer I suppose. Remove pie plate from oven. The butter should be
melted by now. Pour the batter into the pie plate. Bake for 20-25 minutes. It will brown and
puff up 4-6" on the sides and form a crater in the center. It will collapse a little after you
remove it from the oven. Cut it into 8 wedges.
Traditionally it's served warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
I serve it with strawberries and vanilla yogurt. My DD serves it with warm apple pie filling.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Jan 01 2009 : 2:01:37 PM
Mimosa.....orange juice and champagne. Mine's usually more champagne than OJ. There are also other variations. One great one I came across last year is pear nectar, cranberry juice and champagne. Yum! Dutch Baby's are the easiest thing in the world. I'll go dig out the recipe and post it. The Sour Cream Twists are a little more complicated but SO worth the effort. I'll post that one too.
Marcia
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Dec 31 2008 : 7:09:34 PM
I just saw this post. I have some catching up to do!
Never had a breakfast tradition of any kind. I like to bake, but I'm not a big fan of cooking. I hate being tied to the stove (even though I do it voluntarily on occasion).
I would love to get the Dutch Baby Pancakes recipe, please? And, what is mimosa? I'm guessing from your post, Josie, that it's made with oranges?
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| msjocee |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 4:06:40 PM
okay I just saw this too! But our Christmas breakfast is and was the following: warmed leftover honeybaked ham , scalloped cheesey potato's (both leftover from Christmas eve dinner) creme burlee french toast, scrambled eggs, bagels, cream cheese, loxs, onion, tomato, my mom also brought a hm coffee cake, coffee, fresh OJ from our trees and made mimosa with it! It is more of a brunch and there was 10 of us!
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| KJD |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 1:35:47 PM
Breakfast tacos are flour tortillas, warmed, then layered with: hot refried beans, scrambled eggs, shredded cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes, scallions, avocado, sprouts, sour cream, salsa, and crumbled bacon never hurts...they really are just delicious for any meal of the day! |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 11:14:41 AM
Our Chrismtas morning meal is really a brunch......at about 11:30. I make breakfast casserole the night before and put it in the oven in the morning. I serve it with fresh blueberries, and juice. Then we have Starbucks Christmas blend coffee, egg nog, coffee with egg nog in it (very good) and then we eat all the candy in the stockings before brunch......hm.....what is not right about this picture? Oh, well, it is Christmas.
I started posting photos of our family x-mas on my blog....check them out....will add more in the next few days.
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 06:45:30 AM
Those posts are mounting up fast. Our Christmas morning tradition is going to my daughters, who makes up a yummy egg dis, and sweet rolls. I like this tradition because I didn't cook it.
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 06:33:04 AM
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| country lawyer |
Posted - Dec 29 2008 : 06:31:43 AM
Everybody, Your breakfast ideas and recipes you shared sound great!
Anna, the Fruit Loops story is hilarious.
Aunt Jenny, 31 for Christmas breakfast?!
Marcia, THANK YOU! We adore the recipe for Dutch Baby Pancakes! Now, tell us about the Sour Cream Twists!
Hana, glad to know the recipe was good. I'll give it a try!
And Dawn, I do like the idea of eating in the dining room. Kicks it up a notch.
Breakfast tacos? Okay, KJD, tell us more about what that is.
Dalyn, I hope somebody made the rolls for you this year!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 28 2008 : 9:21:55 PM
Just saw this topic....
I make homemade cinnamon rolls every morning and everyone is invited over....we had 31 this year..so I made about 60 rolls! It is fun though..everyone comes in their jammies and stays an hour or so..when they leave I have to get busy and get the turkey in the oven and all that for dinner. We only had 18 for dinner. I think the breakfast is my favorite part of the day besides of course the kids joy first thing!
I can't wait to try a couple of the recipes and ideas you gals posted..yum!!!
Jenny in Utah
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| Hanalu |
Posted - Dec 28 2008 : 8:48:05 PM
I tried the pull apart brown sugar bunt cake thing (can't remember the proper name) in the December issue...it came out pretty good! I also served scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and fruit. I had a mimosa too! (I had banana bread as a backup in case the bunt thing didn't turn out)
Hana
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| Celticheart |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 12:06:47 PM
Oh no! I saw this post too late for this Christmas. The Dutch Baby recipe may have come from me. I make that quite often. My family loves them, especially with vanilla yogurt and strawberries. Just like crepes....only easier.
Usually for Christmas morning brunch we do Sour Cream Twists, a breakfast casserole of some kind and mimosas.
FYI....I cater quite a bit and brunch is my favorite thing to do. I have lots of brunch recipes and ideas. Just let me know.
Marcia
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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| Annab |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 03:38:28 AM
My mom makes an egg and sausage caserole. I'm deathly allergic to eggs like this, so I get a box of Froot Loops every Christmas. That started when we were kids and wern't allowed to have many sugared cereals in the house. Christmas was the exception when we found out about the eggs allergy and I ended up spending one Christmas in agony all day.
Now it's tradition and an inside family joke |
| QueenofQuiteAlot |
Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 8:35:05 PM
We always have orange rolls (like cinnamon rolls only orange) with coffee, and a little later have french toast casserole with plenty of toasted pecans, butter, and syrup, although I was sick this year and we didn't get that :(
Dalyn
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| KJD |
Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 8:29:17 PM
OK - it's the day AFTER Christmas, but I just got online and saw this topic - we have Christmas Eve dinner at my mom's (around the corner) and Christmas Brunch at our house. We have varied a little over the many years, but usually, we have breakfast tacos, hash browns (home fries), sausage and mimosas to drink. I vary the "sweet" - sometimes a coffee cake, sometimes muffins - this year, strawberries with Romanoff sauce. Yesterday, the sauce was great, but obviously the strawberries were out of season... |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 1:22:58 PM
I make a special breakfast for us to eat in the dining room every Christmas morning. This year we'll have fresh squeezed orange juice, maple baked bacon, fried eggs and homemade danish pastries with our coffee. I can't wait!
Dawn in IL |
| Beverley |
Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 11:57:47 AM
I started with my kids making biscuits and gravy and they are coming back home this year for christmas and they asked for it so I guess the tradition has stuck. it is so easy cause I make the biscuits and gravy and let them simmer while we are opening gifts and then as you feel like it you grab yourself some. oh yea orange juice too. they still enjoy it I guess. I don't remember having one particular thing for breakfast when I myself was growing up so I started this one myself and it stuck. hehehehe
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 06:27:49 AM
I was going to make the monkey bread this year. But I am being lazy and using storebought biscuits! It doesn't really matter if I were to make the dough with whole wheat or not b/c of all the gooey goo that goes on it.
Anyway, if anyone has a recipe for Stolen or Stalen, not sure how it's spelled, but it's the German sweet bread stuff. My friend's mother was wanting some.
Merry Christmas, Kris
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 06:13:17 AM
Leila,
I am LOVING the fact that you have even heard of my yummy monkey bread! :O) A sweet lady at our church made it for a youth group get together back when I was in my teens, and it has been on our table ever since. ;)
All these ideas sound so delicious!!
hugs
Jessie
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| peachy |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 11:59:44 PM
Our family tradition is "company french toast" along with eggs, sausage, bacon...but here's the recipe - enjoy!
1/2 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
12 slices bread
5 eggs - beaten
1 1/2 c. milk
1/3 c. bacon
Melt buter in a 13x9 pan. Stir in bacon, sugar & cinnamon. Place bread in double layers over sugar mixture. Beat eggs and milk and pour over bread. cover and let sit in refrig. overnight. AM - uncover and bake in prehated oven 350 degrees - 45 minutes.
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| La Patite Ferme |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 8:07:52 PM
When I was growing up my dad always made Christmas breakfast - eggs, bacon sausage, biscuts and gravy. Now DD and I have apple pancakes with homemade sausage and grapefruit. |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 12:20:56 PM
Nothing fancy, just pancakes with real maple syrup and scrambled eggs. |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 11:20:27 AM
Our tradition is one that my grandmother started with my mom and her sisters. All five of those sisters carried it on with their families and we, my mother's five children, all make the same thing - fried dough, with lots of butter and maple syrup or molasses to dip it in. Mmmmm. I make bacon to serve along side and a nice big fruit salad (to offset the copious amounts of fat consumed). It is a tradition 80 years in the making and one I hope will continue for 80 + more!
Karin
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 10:54:56 AM
It's monkey bread for us! :) Coffee and juice or whatever. We don't so much do breakfast Christmas morning, but we sure do snack all day until dinner. Monkey bread is a MUST ever since we found out about it. :)
hugs
Jessie
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