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s/o holiday dinner: Holiday Breakfast?
Do you have a traditional breakfast/brunch for xmas or ny?
Typically my mom does this huge breakfast of eggs, bacon AND sausage, toast, homemade hash browns & sectioned citrus salad. It good, but unbelievably time consuming to make & with so much to do that day, stresses me out before 8am.
Anyone with easy, but slightly special, ideas? Maybe a super good breakfast casserole or something else that can be made in advance but cooked morning of? Boozy drink ideas are also welcome!
Re: s/o holiday dinner: Holiday Breakfast?
boozy drinks on christmas morning are a must! and you know i'm all over that: http://cheekydid.blogspot.com/
i usually do some kind of quick bread or muffins that morning or the night before. these peanut butter chocolate chip croissants are super easy:
http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/2009/10/chocolate-and-peanut-butter-filled.html
i've done them with just chocolate too, still yummy.
i feel like there's so much eating on christmas that i just want a little pastry and some coffee to go with the five glasses of cava i need to deal with my family
There is a good make ahead french toast recipe I found on Pinterest
http://www.phemomenon.com/vanilla-french-toas/
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I made this for my mom's 60th birthday brunch and everyone raved about it and asked for the recipe. We did all of the chopping and prep the night before and then in the morning, it only took about 15 minutes to assemble and pop in the oven.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/brunch-egg-bake/detail.aspx
It also made great leftovers.
see, that's the thing. our xmas eve meal traditionally is baked potato soup w/ apps and our xmas meal (eaten at about 2 or 3 pm) is not some huge extravaganza like most ppl's because everyone is sick of cooking and/or busy with opening presents/travelling. I think last year it was grilled chicken/smoked pork tenderloin, salad and baked potatoes.
thus, breakfast really needs to be substantial to last from wake up (um, my mom wakes us up if we aren't by the tree by 7:30am. See? Stress case!) until 2, especially given a light meal the night before.
i posted a strata that my RI nestie peeps loved at christmas, will go find it . . .
voila: http://recipes.tysworld.com/index.php?m=recipes&a=view&recipe_id=3659
the immaculate baking co. has cinnamon rolls that are huge and so, so good! my friend who always says she hates cinnamon (i'd forgotten!) liked them so much that her husband was like "oh, so now you'll eat cinnamon when cheeky makes cinnamon rolls"
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
ya know, this is a good idea! everyone prefers scrambled eggs to poached (which makes timing, etc. so much easier) & the eggs could be cooking while the ham & english muffins are warming up.
Maybe the day before we could make some baked goodies a la cheeky too!
Do you have a recipe of the hollandaise sauce?This is freezeable so you could make it a week or more in advance if you want, then just thaw overnight in the fridge and put it in the oven. I use any thick bread too, not just Challah. Also the night before place your bacon on a foil lined baking sheet - bake that too while letting the french toast cool a bit. This is my fave make ahead breakfast.
Creme Brulee French Toast
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 (8 to 9) inch round loaf Challah bread
5 large eggs
1 1/2 cups half and half
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon Grand Marnier (optional)
1/4 teaspoon salt
In a small heavy saucepan melt butter with butter with brown sugar and corn syrup over moderate heat, stirring, until smooth and pour into a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish.
Cut 6 (1-inch) thick slices from center portion of bread, reserving ends for another use, and trim crusts. Arrange bread slices in one layer in baking dish, squeezing them slightly to fit.
In a bowl whisk together eggs, half and half, vanilla, Grand Marnier and salt until combined well and pour evenly over bread. Chill bread mixture, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day. You can also freeze it once the bread soaks up the egg mixture. Remove from freezer night before and place in fridge - may take a little longer to cook if still a little frozen in the morning.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and bring bread mixture to room temperature. Bake uncovered, in middle of oven until puffed and edges are pale golden, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
I'm trying to figure out our breakfast/brunch menu, too. Thanks for the ideas, ladies!
So far, I'm planning on ham. And probably quiche. Maybe a fruit salad with a lime/mint dressing. Lots of mimosas!
my gram & DH love these muffins (and i've totally gone box mix but added some fresh berries and the glaze)
http://recipes.tysworld.com/index.php?m=recipes&a=view&recipe_id=1194
My family always has cinnamon rolls and a breakfast cassarole for Christmas morning breakfast. Now that my sister and I are older, we also have mimosas.
DH and I have adopted the cinnamon roll tradition as well and had them when we celebrated two Christmases in Arizona by ourselves.
I make 2 quiche and I'm adding in an apple pastry this year because we have an extra 2 people for Christmas breakfast
New Years we dont have any set traditions. We even went to a new years day wedding one year
I use the one from the Better Homes cookbook. Here is the link.
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I'm late to the post but here's what I do:
http://bobevans.com/Recipe/5/Weekend-Brunch-Casserole and I use Cheddar cheese instead of mozz. I just like the flavor better
And I make this Sara Lee coffeecake (sometimes the day or two before and heat it up) http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/375/Sara_Lee_Butter_Coffee_Cake45405.shtml
Sometimes I'll scramble eggs on the side and have it for people who don't want the casserole and of course coffee and mimosas :-)
We make a quiche every year. I use roll-out pie crust, prep the veggies/cheese/meat the day before, and mix up the eggs/milk the night before. Then when we get up, pop the quiche in the oven and go open stockings.
It's what my mom has done for 30+ years, and it works out well. I can post a recipe if that's helpful.
Scout
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