Breakfast is well known as the most important meal of the
day. That being said, you may not have that thought in mind
when you stumble from bed on a cold winter's morning. It
can sometimes be tough to resist the lazy impulse to simply
pop some bread in the toaster and settle for buttered
toast, rather than cook up something hardy and filling. For
mornings like this, you need something warm that doesn't
require a great deal of preparation (especially important
for the non-early bird types!). This article has some great
breakfast recipes that are tasty whether you prepare them
fresh in the morning or the day before.
Fruit Scones
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Sugar
1 Egg
8 tablespoons Crisco (or frozen butter)
1/2 cup Raisins, Sultanas, Dates, Cherries—whatever
you like
1/2 cup Sour Cream
In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (flour, baking
powder and soda, salt, sugar). When this is mixed, grate
the frozen butter or drop small clumps of Crisco into the
mixture. Start working it in with your fingers until the
mix resembles coarse meal. Add raisins/fruit. In another
bowl, whisk the sour cream and egg together. Add sour cream
mixture to the "meal" and blend with a fork—this will
make the mixture clump up. Using your fingers as a cup,
scoop a bit of the mixture and knead it against the bowl
until the moisture spreads through the dough ball. On a
floured surface, mold the mass into the desired shape
(round, triangular, rectangular, etc.). Do the same with
the rest of the mixture, placing the scones on a cookie
sheet lined with parchment paper. Leave about an inch of
room between scones. Bake at 400 degrees F for about 15
minutes. Let them cool slightly before serving, or place in
an air-tight container to be enjoyed the following morning.
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
1 can of ready-to-bake Biscuits
1 cup Maple-Flavored Ground Sausage
White Pepper Gravy (as thick or thin as you usually make it)
This one is super-easy! Pre-heat the oven to the
temperature directed on the biscuits package and put the
biscuits in the oven. In a skillet, fully cook the sausage
meat, adding salt and pepper if desired. Drain the excess
grease from the meat. Make the white pepper gravy per the
instructions on the package (make any necessary adjustments
to obtain your preferred thickness). Add the sausage to the
gravy. When the biscuits are done, serve open-faced with a
nice ladle-full of gravy. Enjoy!
Fruit Oatmeal a La Crock Pot
2 cups Raw Oats
2 cups Chopped Apple
1/2 cup Chopped Pecans
1/2 cup Almonds (slivered works best)
1 tablespoon Cinnamon (ground)
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 cup Milk
3 cups Water
2 teaspoons Butter
Mix all of the ingredients in the slow cooker and set it on
"low" heat. Let it cook for a minimum of eight
hours—overnight is best!
All of these recipes can easily be prepared the day before
and are ready to eat (re-heated or not) in the morning. So
you see you don't have to settle for toast when you can
have something toasty warm and long-lasting to jump start
your energy. You may even find that a nice morning meal can
work wonders in helping you brave the wintry season!
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