Breakfast Scones!

I am a sucker for all things bread, and scones are definitely one of my favorite breakfast foods to make! I found this basic recipe on Skinnytaste, one of my favorite food blogs, and fell in love. You can easily substitute the blueberries for any fruit of your choosing. I made these with fresh strawberries one Sunday morning and it was heavenly!

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Ingredients: 

2 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tbsp baking powder

1/4 cup frozen butter

3/4 cups light buttermilk

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh blueberries

Preheat the oven to 400°.

In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. Using the large holes of a cheese grater, grate the frozen butter into the flour. Mix well with flour. In a medium bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg and vanilla. Using a fork, slowly stir in the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, until all the mixture is moistened. Fold in the blueberries.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Drop large spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet (do not press or compact). Bake in the center rack 18 minutes. Remove and let them cool about 5 minutes before eating.

Banana Bread

We had some extremely mushy bananas in our house today, so I turned them into the most marvelously soft and delicious banana bread! We don't have a bread pan, so I used muffin tins instead and they were the most excellent little treats. The aroma that filled our little apartment while they were cooking was absolutely mouth watering. 

I have no idea where this recipe comes from, but it takes literally 3 minutes to throw together and pop in the oven. I love it! 

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used homemade applesauce to make it healthier)

3-4 ripe bananas, mashed

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

What to do

Cream sugar and oil. Add eggs and mashed bananas and beat. Add flour, soda and salt. Pour into greased glass baking dish for one large cake, or divide into bread pans or lined muffin tins. Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes

Cornbread muffins

This is an amazing recipe from the Our Best Bites cookbook. It's a cake-like muffin you won't be able to put down! We had them tonight with chili and fresh asparagus and it was delicious. The recipe makes about 3 dozen muffins.


Enjoy! 

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix

2 boxes jiffy cornbread mix

eggs, milk and oil according to both packages (substitute all water for milk)

What to do

Combine and mix well.  
Bake according to cake package.  
Serve with honey butter.