Wisdom From Grandma

If you have family coming from out of town to spend the night, you’ll need to serve them breakfast. However, when you’re already trying to cook a half dozen dishes for Thanksgiving dinner, who has time to make complicated breakfast dishes? Try this Easy Cinnamon Roll recipe for an easy and delicious breakfast treat.

TIP: Make sure you start this recipe two hours before you plan to serve breakfast. It’s easy and doesn’t take up a lot of actual prep time, but it is not fast. The dough will need to rise before you can make the rolls.

Ingredients:

1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
2/3 cups brown sugar
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup heavy cream
2/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions:

Roll dough into a rectangle shape and brush with the melted butter. In a large bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and chopped nuts then layer over dough. Then starting with the long end, roll the dough up into a log. Moisten edges with a little water to seal.

Then cut roll into slices. Place rolls into lightly buttered cake pans and set aside at room temperature. Allow to rise for approximately 1 ½ hours (dough will have doubled). Finally pour the heavy cream over rolls and bake at 350F for approximately 25 to 30 minutes.

Combine sugar, milk and vanilla and drizzle over rolls during the last 5 minutes of baking.

Too many cranberries? Use up an entire cup of these shiny red berries with this recipe for Applesauce Cranberry Muffins.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 egg (lightly beaten)
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, chopped into smaller pieces
½ cup pecans chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease the muffin tin. In a large bowl mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl mix the eggs, applesauce and oil. Add the applesauce mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together gently (do not over mix).
Gently fold in cranberries and scoop mixture into muffin cups until 2/3 full. Bake at 350F for approximately 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Want to make your house smell fabulous? This Cinnamon Apple Bread recipe will do the trick.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup peeled, chopped apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, sugar and cinnamon. Add melted butter, egg, milk and vanilla. Mix well. Fold in chopped apples, raisins and pecans (if using). Pour batter into a lightly greased loaf pan. Top with chopped pecans (if using). Bake at 350F for approximately 45 minutes or until center is baked through. Cool for 10 minutes in pan before removing to wire rack to cool completely.