Pumpkin Pancakes

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons vinegar

Directions

1. In a separate bowl, mix together the milk, pumpkin, egg, oil and vinegar. Combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, ginger and salt, stir into the pumpkin mixture just enough to combine.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Someone who was working at Curves mentioned to me this morning that for Halloween she was going to go home and do pumpkin pancakes for her family, so I thought I would give it a try. I think they turned out pretty good and it was fun to do it for the holiday!

Gluten-Free

Anyone have any gluten-free recipes to share? I know I can look some up but I wanted to see if anyone had any they already use and enjoy. Desserts especially!

Tiffany's Home made Bread

2 1/2 c warm water
2 heaping T yeast

Mix and sprinkle with sugar and let it get foamy.

Add:
1/3 c gluten
3 1/2 c flour

Mix for 1 minute. Cover and let rise for 10 minutes.

Add:
2 T lemon juice
1/3 c oil
1/3 c honey
1 T salt
2-3 c of flour (add it bits at a time until it is no longer sticky and forms a ball in the mixer)

Knead in machine or by hand for 15-20 minutes.
Let rise until doubled.
Roll out and shape for bread pans.
Put in oven and set to 350 for ONE MINUTE ONLY.
Turn off oven and leave loaves to rise in oven for 20-25 minutes or until the dough has risen to the top of the pans.
Leave bread in oven (don't open the door) and turn oven back on to 350 and time for 35 minutes; or until nice, beautiful brown.
wheat= 3 loaves
white =4 loaves

Personal note: I have been looking for years for a good home made bread recipe that I could also cut and use for sandwiches (it seems like so many of them crumble up and don't make good sandwich bread)- this one is delicious and makes great sandwich bread!!!

Breakfast "Coffee" Cake

2 c flour
3/4 c sugar
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 c butter
1 egg/milk (see directions)
1 1/2 t vanilla
preheat oven to 350. In a 9 x 13 pan combine all ingredients except the egg and milk. Crack the egg into a 1 C cup and then fill up to the 1 c line with milk. Mix into batter- sprinkle strudel on top:
Strudel:
1/4 c flour
2/3 c sugar
1 t cinnamon
1/4 c butter
combine all- cut in the butter

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes

Conference weekend Breakfast Casserole

cooked breakfast sausage
bread
cheddar cheese
eggs
heavy cream

It depends on how much you want to make; for a 9x 13 casserole dish I do a package of sausage links and cook them and then cut them up into 1/2 in thick chunks. Then spread half of them out in the pan. Then take two peices of bread and tear up into small pieces and spread throughout the pan. Then grate some cheddar cheese (it depends on how cheesey you want it, but a good layer over all is nice). Then spread out the rest of the sausage. Mix about a dozen eggs with about a half cup of the heavy cream- mix pretty well, make sure that all of the yolks are broken, but don't over mix- I personally like it when there are some white and yellow parts to it. Pour over the other ingredients- should barely cover them; if it doesn't, just do more eggs and cream...
Bake at 350 for an hour or so until it isn't jiggly anymore. We love this; fattening; but we love it!!!

The Easiest to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!

1 box Spice cake mix
1 small can of pumpkin (or half a huge one, which was all I could find at the store)
1 bag of chocolate chips

mix all together- bake at 350 for about 10 minutes, until they seem done. So easy!!!