Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

When I saw this recipe on pinterest, I knew I had to try it.  It was so easy!  Very tasty, no fail, gotta make again breakfast.  This was a winner at the Middleton house by all 4 of us!

Ingredients:
1-2 Cans of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls (depending on how many people there are to eat)
Waffle iron
PAM cooking spray

Directions:
*Plug in your waffle iron and get it warmed up.

*Open up your cinnamon rolls and place them on a plate so you are ready to use them.

*Spray your waffle iron (top and bottom) really, really well with baking spray/oil

*Place one cinnamon roll into the center of the waffle iron and close the lid.

*Let the cinnamon roll cook until the light goes off.  Mine finished a few seconds before the light went off, but each waffle iron is a bit different.  Just keep your eyes on it.  I closed the lid all the way too, squashing them in the waffle maker.

*Open the lid, remove the cinnamon roll waffle, and drizzle with icing or syrup.

French Toast

A few years ago I wanted to make a fancier french toast (better than your typical just eggs, milk, and bread).  This is what I came up with, and we love it!

Ingredients:
5 Large eggs
1/4 Cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Sugar mixture (read bottom for directions)
8 Slices white or cinnamon raisin bread

Directions:
* Mix your eggs, milk, and vanilla extract in a large bowl.

*Spray your griddle (or pan if you don't have a griddle) with PAM.

*Place one piece of bread into the egg mixture and coat it well on both sides.

*Sprinkle cinnamon/sugar onto one side of your coated bread.  Now put this coated side DOWN on your griddle.  Sprinkle cinnamon/sugar onto the other side.

*Do this to all the pieces of bread.  Cook each side 3-4 minutes until done.

*Serve with butter and/or syrup.

(NOTE: The other day I gave you all a recipe for cinnamon/sugar chips (to go with the dessert salsa).  In that recipe I said to just mix your cinnamon sugar together until you found a taste you liked.  Today I needed to make more of mine because I ran out.  Anyways, I measured how much of each I use to give you all a better hint.  I use 1/4 cup of white sugar, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.  Its super simple, and I use this stuff all the time!)

Monkey Bread

Oh...My...Goodness!  This is incredibly easy, and ridiculously delicious!  Perfect for a quick weekend breakfast!

Ingredients:
2 Packs of Grands Flaky Biscuits (no-name brand works just as good)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
7 Tbsp butter
1/3 Cup Brown sugar
1 Tbsp Maple Syrup (real if you have it)
Dash of nutmeg

Directions:
*Pre-heat oven to 350*F

*Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces.

*In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon and white sugar.

*In a large bowl with a lid (if you have it), pour all the biscuit pieces and the cinnamon/sugar mix.  Shake until the pieces are all coated.

*Pour the pieces into your bundt pan that has been sprayed down with cooking spray.  (There always seems to be quite a bit of the sugar mixture that doesn't stick to the biscuit pieces.  I sprinkle a bit of it over the biscuit pieces once its in a dish, and then throw the rest out.  You CAN sprinkle it all over and use it all, but I don't.  It will  taste great either way!)

 

*In another small bowl, melt the butter.  Now mix in the brown sugar, maple syrup, and nutmeg.  Mix well.

*Pour the butter mixture over the biscuit mixture.

 

*Bake in oven for 30 minutes until browned.  (Since buying our new home, I notice that the oven at the new house isn't quite as hot as the old one.  I cook the monkey bread for about 33-34 minutes at the new house.)