cinnamon rolls

cinnamon rolls

  back in our auburn hills days, we lived dangerously close to a cinnabon.  it was in the mall across the street, and it was a friday tradition to pick up cinnabon before a movie to bring them home for saturday morning breakfast.  ohhhhh, it 

chocolate muffins

chocolate muffins

valentine’s day week means chocolate finds its way into breakfast everyday.  this is a not-so-subtle way of getting your chocolate fix in.  i’m all for chocolate in the morning because it means you have all day to burn calories! source: bake at 350 1/2 c 

pretzel bites

pretzel bites

who doesn’t love pretzels?  they’re a great snack for just about any occasion.  you find them at the mall while you’re shopping, at the ballpark, at the movie theatre, at home… you get my gist.  this recipe is fairly simple and easy to make.  it 

chicago style pizza

chicago style pizza

on my first trip to chicago in 7th grade, i had a slice of chicago style pizza.  it was love at first bite.   years later, i discovered that my mom had a stonewear chicago style pizza pan and have been making my own chicago style 

blueberry orange muffins

blueberry orange muffins

in honor of the last regular season michigan game today, i’m blogging about blueberry citrus muffins.  blueberry, for michigan (duh, right?) and orange, in hopes of a good bowl game to watch on january 1! these muffins are a perfect balance of citrus and sweet. 

cheese biscuits

cheese biscuits

my favorite part about goulash growing up were the cheese biscuits that my mom served with it.  cheese biscuits trumped quite a few dishes for me growing up.   the best part of the dish are the two pieces in the center.  i wish that 

jalapeño cheese cornbread

jalapeño cheese cornbread

the perfect compliment to gumbo is this cornbread.  this is another dish where tom and i had to negotiate.  i love sweet cornbread; tom calls sweet cornbread “cupcakes” and asks for a side of frosting.  i cut back on the sugar in the recipe and 

apple cinnamon roll cupcakes

apple cinnamon roll cupcakes

being a good deer hunter’s widow, i want to make sure that my hubby gets a good breakfast when he goes out hunting for the day.  being like any sane person, i don’t want to get up at 3 a.m. to make my hubby breakfast. 

apple turnovers

apple turnovers

this recipe would qualify as “semi-homemade”.  however, when you’re hungry for breakfast in the morning, i think the quicker the prep time, the better.  🙂 1 tube reduced fat croissant rolls apple pie filling or fried apples from cracker barrel or chopped apples with brown 

sausage, biscuits and gravy

sausage, biscuits and gravy

this is another tom dish.  he has been hungry for sausage, biscuits and gravy for a while.  last week, he got his wish. 🙂 biscuits: 4 c self-rising flour* 1 tbsp white sugar 1 tbsp baking powder 2/3 c shortening 2 c buttermilk 1/4 c