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Christmas Morning Breakfast...

With Christmas morning 11 days away, it's not too early to think about Christmas breakfast!  The shopping and wrapping and paper cuts and menu planning that go into building Christmas for your family should not be attempted on an empty stomach, and neither should Christmas morning!

Do you already have specific family favorites that you make for Christmas breakfast?  Or are you more of a brunch kind of person?  Do you like to get fancy with mimosas and streusel or keep it simple with black coffee and chunky gooey cinnamon rolls?

Whichever Christmas morning tradition you and your family enjoy, make it extra special with a simple and tasty Christmas morning recipe.  Try something new this year, or add a side dish to your signature breakfast fair.  Here are some recipes and ideas just to get you started...

All-In-One Quiche

Baked Donut Muffin

Blackberry Breakfast Bars

Let The Gobble Go!

Thanksgiving Dinner with my family is always fun and super chaotic!  If yours was half as crazy and filled with eccentric relatives as mine was...sit back, relax, and let the gobble go for another year.  While you're at, if you get tired of leftovers anytime in the next 10 days ;-) give one of these simple and scrumptious recipes a try just to change things up a little.  Breakfast for dinner?  It always goes over awesome at my house!

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All-In-One-Quiche

Bacon Melt

Blackberry Breakfast Bars

Cranberry Caramel Bars

Today's recipe is...

Cranberry Caramel Bars

1 cup fresh cranberries
2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups uncooked regular oats
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 (10-ounce) package chopped dates
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 (12-ounce) jar caramel sauce

Preheat oven to 350 F and line a 13x9x2 pan with aluminum foil, leaving a little overhang, and you can lift bars out to cut with no problem.

Combine 2 tablespoons of sugar in a small bowl with the cranberries and set aside. Combine 2 cups of flour and the next four ingredients. Stir in melted butter until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup of this mixture and set aside. Press remaining mixture into bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish or pan (use a piece of wax paper placed over the top to press down the mixture). Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Remove from oven and sprinkle with dates, pecans, and the cranberry mixture. Stir the caramel sauce and the remaining 1/3 cup flour together until smooth, spoon over cranberries. Sprinkle with the reserved 1 cup flour mixture. Bake an additional 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Cool on a wire rack. Lift out of pan with foil overhang. Cut into bars, makes approximately 24

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Apricot Bars

Today's recipe is...

Apricot Bars

2 cups dried apricots
2 tablespoons maple syrup
Water
¾ cup quick cooking rolled oats
¾ cup all purpose flour
½ cup brown sugar
Pinch of salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons rice milk or soymilk
2/3 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
1½ tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons rice milk or soymilk

Place the apricots and maple syrup in a small pot and add water just to cover. Cook until tender then cool briefly before blending to a paste. Mix the oats, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a stainless bowl. Use a fork to fluff in the liquids being careful to not over mix. Make the topping by cutting the butter into the flour and sugar and then using a fork to just mix in the liquid.

Spray a 7x11 Pyrex pan with nonstick spray and sprinkle the oat mixture out pressing it evenly with your fingertips. Spread the apricot mixture out evenly and smoothly. Cover with the topping and bake in a preheated oven until golden brown on top and bubbling. Cool before cutting.


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Crunchy Chocolate Brownies

Today's recipe is...

Crunchy Chocolate Brownies

1 cup margarine

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

6 tbsp. cocoa

1 cup flour

2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. salt

7 oz. marshmallow cream

1 cup peanut butter

2 cups chocolate chips

3 cups Rice Krispies

Combine the first seven ingredients. Spread into a 9" x 13" dish. Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool and spread marshmallow cream over top. Melt together remaining ingredients and pour over top.

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Blackberry Bars

Today's recipe for Blackberry Bars makes a wonderful dessert or snack for after school.

Blackberry Bars

1 c. all purpose flour
3/4 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 c. cold butter, cut into 1" pieces
1/2 c. sour cream
1 egg, beaten
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. fresh blackberries
Sifted powdered sugar

Combine flour and brown sugar. Cut butter in with pastry cutter or pulse in a food processor, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press 1 1/3 cup of mixture in an 8 inch square pan.

Combine the rest of the crumb mixture with baking soda, sour cream, eggs, salt, vanilla, and cinnamon. Blend well. Gently fold in blackberries and spoon over crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Cool on wire rack and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut into bars.

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Chocolate Turtle Brownies

Brownies! Caramel! And both of these delicious treats combined? Today's recipe makes for a fabulous dessert.

Chocolate Turtle Brownies

2 cups semi sweet chocolate morsels, divided
1/2 stick margarine
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1-1/4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
12 caramels
1 Tbsp. milk

Melt 1 cup of the morsels with the margarine over a low heat. Stir in beaten eggs. Add dry ingredients and vanilla. Spread into a greased 9" x 13" dish. Sprinkle with remaining chips and nuts. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. Melt together caramels and milk until smooth. Drizzle over brownies.


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