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The Best Pumpkin Bread

September 22, 2016 by kim Leave a Comment

Okay, so the title is a little misleading. It may be called “the BEST pumpkin bread,” but I am not quite convinced it is. I didn’t name it! It’s good, but not the best. Best is a strong word and I don’t take it lightly.

I would say it’s your standard pumpkin bread. One that’s good enough to serve for breakfast or as dessert, but not good enough to gift to others. Ya know what I mean?

I decided to share this recipe because it’s the first day of fall, even though it certainly doesn’t feel that way. The weather did take a change of direction tonight in southern California, though. It’s windy, warm, and creepy. Halloween weather! It started a little earlier this year.

Pumpkin lattes and drinks are in full effect. Heck, even McDonald’s now serves a pumpkin spice latte! I’ll stick to my chai year round, thank you very much (but I’ll order a pumpkin drink every now and then).

I have a lot of pumpkin recipes that I want to try this season. Maybe I can finally get around to it now that Ellie goes to bed on a more consistent schedule.

Happy fall, y’all!

Recipe from The Domestic Rebel

The Best Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
2 eggs
1 & ½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp ground cloves
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 & ½ cups all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9" loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large mixer, beat together all of the ingredients until well mixed.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bake for approx. 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out mostly clean.

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Cake Mix Coffee Cake Muffins

February 17, 2016 by kim 2 Comments

I have been contemplating for quite some time on what to bring as a “thank you” gift for the nurses whenever I go into labor. Is that a common thing for new moms to do? I have no idea, but I read it on one of my forums and thought it was a great idea. After all, I love when guests bring gifts for me when I work as a flight attendant. Candies and coffee gift cards are the way to my heart!

Homemade cupcakes would have been a little too hard to transport with all of my hospital bags because the frosting would get smushed, but I still wanted to create individual treats that would be easy to eat. That’s where Pillsbury’s cake mixes come in. They save me so much time and helped me make something homemade in a snatch!

No one could even tell that these started off with a box. That’s how easy it is to make something at home. I plan on whipping up a batch whenever labor starts. They’ll take no longer than 30 minutes to whip up from start to finish and then we could head to the hospital whenever I’m ready.

There are so many things you can do with boxed cake mix. Don’t let regular cupcakes limit your imagination! With a streusel/crumb topping, my boxed cake mix turned into coffee cake muffins. These are the perfect gift for nurses because it’s a quick pick me up for any time of the day.

They can grab one, eat it on the go, and then throw away the wrapper. Besides, who doesn’t want coffee cake 24:7?

It will also be a great memory for the future because I can easily repeat this recipe with my daughter when she’s older and tell her the story of how I made them when I was going into labor with her. Labor muffins! The thought of that just makes my heart melt. I can’t wait to share these memories with my children.

Pillsbury’s Purely Simple Cake Mix has easily climbed its way to the top of my list of favorite cake mixes. It tastes like it was made from scratch, has no preservatives, and no bleached flour. Only the best for the best!

With this recipe, I got 19 coffee cake muffins. I also was very generous with the streusel/crumb mixture. It might seem like a lot, but don’t worry, it’s not! You can never have enough crumb topping.

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Cake Mix Coffee Cake Muffins

Ingredients

1 package Pillsbury™ Purely Simple™ White Cake & Cupcake Mix (17 oz)
1 large egg
1 cup plain greek yogurt
¼ cup butter, melted
2 tsp vanilla
2 ts cinnamon

For the crumb mixture:

1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
pinch of salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup cold butter, cut into cubes

Directions

Preheat oven to 350.
Line two muffin pans with cupcake liners (I got 19 muffins from this).
For the cake mixture, mix the cake mix, egg, greek yogurt, butter, vanilla, and cinnamon together until just combined. The batter will be thick. Set aside.
Now make the crumb mixture in another bowl. Use your hands to mix together the flour, both sugars, salt, cinnamon, and butter until crumbly.
Place about a tablespoon of dough into the bottom of each muffin pan. Sprinkle some of the crumb mixture on top. Repeat the process with another layer of dough and crumb mixture.
Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

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Cinnamon French Toast Sticky Buns

January 31, 2016 by kim 3 Comments

I’ve been the worst at blogging this new year so far, so I thought I’d make it up with one of the most delicious posts to date– cinnamon french toast sticky buns. My, oh my. If the pictures don’t catch your attention, then the smell from the buns baking in the oven will. This is one breakfast (or lunch or dinner) that I’d happily welcome to the table every morning.

This recipe only makes two sticky buns, perfect for my DH and me. I used cinnamon challah bread that I found from Trader Joe’s. There are always goodies to be found at that store. I just discovered their chocolate babka and am afraid I’ve fallen down the black hole. SO GOOD.

I used Le Creuset ramekins that I found at HomeGoods (seriously, my favorite store on earth) and my buns slid out with ease. Le Creuset just makes everything so pretty. Have you seen their Heart Cocotte that they have for Valentine’s Day? Let me tell ya, it’s darn cute. If only I could put a display case in my kitchen and lay out all of their colorful pots for them to be seen year round…

They look pretty good when you take the out of the oven, but man, when you flip them over… it’s game over.

I don’t think anyone can resist these treats. They’re quite decadent, so even one sticky bun was enough for my DH and me to share. Given, he’s not that into sweets, but still… he ate more than he normally would of other sweets.

It’s raining now in southern California and these are the perfect treat for staying indoors. Did someone say snow day breakfast for the east coast?

Also, I’m doing a giveaway with PinkBlush Maternity on my other blog, so make sure to check it out and enter! You can see over there how this baburri is brewing. 🙂 As of tomorrow, it’s officially my due date month!

Cinnamon French Toast Sticky Buns

Serving Size: 2

Ingredients

1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tbsp light corn syrup
2 slices cinnamon challah bread, cut into cubes
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/3 cup plus 2 tbsp half and half
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt

Directions

Cook the pecans, butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat until completely dissolved.
Divide syrup mixture evenly into two ramekins. Top with the chopped pecans. Set aside.
In another large bowl, whisk together the egg, egg yolk, half and half, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Fold in the bread cubes.
Divide the bread mixture evenly on top of the syrup and pecans in both ramekins.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove plastic wrap and bake the ramekins for 18-20 minutes, until slightly browned.
Let cool for a couple of minutes before inverting the dish onto a plate.

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