The Best Breakfast!

This is seriously the best breakfast casserole I have ever tasted and it's super easy to boot! My sister has been making it for a while and I've been hooked from the first time I tried it. I don't have the cookbook in front of me but these are the correct measurements, just the directions aren't straight from the book.

1 Medium Onion coarsely chopped
4 Cups frozen hash browns, thawed
6 Eggs
1/4 Cup Milk
2 Tbsp. Dried Parsley
1/2 Tsp. Salt

1/4 Tsp. Pepper
1 Cup Grated Cheese

Source: Pampered Chef Busy Moms Cookbook

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute onion and brown thawed hash brown together until brown. In the meantime, combine eggs, milk, parsley, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix. In a casserole dish, mix cheese and hash browns together. Poor egg mixture over hash browns. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until eggs are set. Let cool for 5 minutes.

Variations: Keilana loves sausage in it; so, I cook about 1/2 a roll of sausage and mix with the hash browns and cheese. My sister has found that 8 eggs and 1/2 cup of milk works better than the what the recipe calls for. I also save about 1/4-1/3 of the cheese to cover the top of the casserole.

As Rachel Ray would say, "YUMMO!"

Snickerdoodle Muffins

The original name for these is actually "Feather-Light Muffins,"

but I thought they tasted just like Snickerdoodle cookies, so I renamed it!

1/3 c. shortening (I used butter)

1/2 c. sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 c. cake flour (I assumed this meant all-purpose flour)

1 1/2 teas. baking powder

1/2 teas. salt

1/4 ground nutmeg

1/2 c. milk

TOPPING:

1/2 c. sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted

In a mixing bowl, cream shortening, sugar, and egg. In a seperate bowl, combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fill greased muffin tins (or paper muffin cups) 2/3 full. Bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll warm muffins in melted butter, then in sugar mixture. Serve warm.

Yield: 8-10 muffins

Note: These really do have a very unique, spongy texture. Tyler loves chocolate chip muffins, so I added some chocolate chips to part of the batter for him. Those turned out pretty good, but the original "Snickerdoodle" style with the cinnamon/sugar coating is best in my opinion!