what is on the menu today ?
Caffelatte is what Italians of all ages have for breakfast at home. For small children it is a cupful of warm milk lightly stained with coffee, the ratio of coffee to milk increasing with one’s years. It is often accompanied by some store-bought biscuits, but not in my assistant Nadia’s family. She lives on her [...]
INGREDIENTS
24frozen yeast dinner roll dough (around 24, depending on size. I buy one pkg of cloverleaf rolls)
1 cup brown sugar
2 (3 1/2ounce)packages butterscotch pudding (not instant)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
DIRECTIONS
Grease bundt or tube pan and fill around the stem with one layer of rolls.
Sprinkle with 1/2 brown sugar, pudding powder mix, cinnamon, and nuts.
Pour 1/2 melted butter over all.
Repeat the process.
Place a plate upside down [...]
INGREDIENTS
2 (12ounce)cans buttermilk biscuits
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon orange rind
1 (6ounce)jar maraschino cherries , without stems
DIRECTIONS
Place cherries in the bottom of a greased bundt cake pan.
Melt butter in a small bowl in the microwave.
In a separate bowl, mix sugar and orange rind.
Roll biscuits in melted butter, then roll in sugar mix.
Set biscuits on edge around the bundt pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
INGREDIENTS
1 loaf unsliced bread
8 large eggs
4 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 teaspoons apple pie spice
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3 cups milk
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
DIRECTIONS
Grease a 13×19×2 pan. Cut bread into 1" slices. Arrange in one layer in pan.
Evenly sprinkle the dried cranberries over the bread layer.
Beat the remaining ingredients (except the butter) well.
Pour over bread and cranberries.
Cover with foil and refrigerate 4-36 hours. To bake, uncover and dot with butter. Put into [...]
INGREDIENTS
1 loaf raisin bread
10sausage links
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar , packed
1/2 cup butter , softened
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 cup pecans , coarsely chopped
DIRECTIONS
Prepare a 13-by-9-inch glass baking pan with nonstick spray.Cube raisin bread and put in the baking dish.
Brown sausage; drain and cut into bite-sized pieces.Mix with bread in the baking dish.
In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs, milk, half-and-half, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon until [...]