Does your kid think you are a short order cook?
…
Krusteaz
Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches
We interrupt our regularly scheduled program of Taco Tuesday recipe posts for an awesome breakfast sandwich recipe to celebrate National Pancake Day and National Hot Breakfast month with Krusteaz!
I think that there is something secretly programmed in toddlers and kids to love carbs and breakfast.
Serve them breakfast-y carbs and you have instant love.
I’ve well documented how much Autmn loves waffles, but really she loves pancakes too. And muffins. Oh man, she loves muffins. But, she isn’t yet a fan of French Toast?!?!?
Side story: this weekend, Price made a box of Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Muffins and Autumn eat 5 of them that day. I got up early with her and she had half a waffle, then he got up and made muffins for us, and she didn’t stop eating them ALL DAY LONG. This creature took over and she had to consume them all! Okay, not them all since the mix makes 12, but you get the point.
So we make a big deal out of breakfast and often do breakfast for dinner since it’s easy, affordable, and just plain delicious!
I have become quite amazing at making breakfast sandwiches. Yes, I will toot my own horn here. It’s true. I rock them. I make them all different ways with bread, bagels, waffles, english muffins, different meats, cheeses, and sauces. I mean, there are even all different ways to just prepare the egg for it… scrambled, over-medium, over-well, poached. Endless combinations!
So when I discovered today is National Pancake Day I knew that I would have to make a breakfast sandwich with pancakes. It’s also National Hot Breakfast Month. I seriously love whoever has created these fun holidays!
I used Perfect Pancake Pan
I used sausage but you can easily use bacon, if you prefer that. Just cut your bacon slices in half to make them better fit on the sandwich. And you’re good to go!
I served these awesome breakfast sandwiches with some roasted potatoes and some clementines. I wanted to eat some strawberries with them but had forgotten I gave the last of them to the rabbit. woes me! ha!
Change things up! Stack up your breakfast and make it into a sandwich!
Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches
Makes 4 sandwiches, plus extra pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Krusteaz Buttermilk Pancake Mix (COUPON HERE!)
- 1 1/3 Cups water
- butter, for pan
- 4 eggs
- 16 ounces of breakfast sausage, divided in 4 equal patties
- 4 slices of cheddar cheese
Process
- Start by preparing the pancake batter,
- Over medium heat, on a well buttered surface, create 4″ diameter pancakes (approx 1/3 Cup batter) and cook. Alternatively, use a Perfect Pancake Pan
- While your pancakes are cooking, cook your sausage in a separate skillet over medium heat.
- When the pancakes are done, cook your eggs. (I suggest over-medium to over-well).
- Assemble the sandwiches by layering 1 pancake, the sausage, egg, slice of cheese, and then topping off with another pancake. Enjoy!
____________________
Check out this Fun Infographic HERE!
____________________
A SUPER FUN BREAKFAST NIGHT GIVEAWAY FROM KRUSTEAZ
Krusteaz wants you to enjoy Hot Breakfast Month with some fun Breakfast Night goodies!
· Two boxes of each of the following mixes: Buttermilk Pancake, Belgian Waffle, Blueberry Pancake, and Wild Blueberry Muffin
· Some fun kitchen items like a pancake spatula, a pancake griddle pan, a squeeze bottle for pancake art and an Krusteaz apron
· Breakfast Night inspiration including sample Breakfast Night recipes
***ENTER HERE!!!***
The giveaway runs for a week, ending on February 16th at midnight. Open to US residents.
____________________
This is a sponsored post from Krusteaz, but all opinions are my own.
Post contains affiliate links.
Magical Oatmeal 7 Layer Cookie Bars
I love giving homemade gifts for gifts at the holidays or other special occasions.
From homemade cocoa mixes to chex mix to cookies, I think that they are homemade gives such a wonderful touch. We even gave homemade Mixed Berry Jam as our wedding favor this year.
We decided to give out cookies to Spread Cookie Joy with friends and family. So much fun that everyone can enjoy!
I started by gathering up some great Krusteaz mixes to make a variety of cookies to gift. Baking with Krusteaz makes baking really easy, which is really important when you are baking with a toddler. You can download your own Krusteaz $1 off coupon here!
With the Oatmeal Scotchie Cookie Mix, I made 7 Layer Bars. The cookie mix makes for a fantastic base, instead of the typical graham cracker crumb base. Plus, this oatmeal cookie mix has butterscotch chips, which are in 7 Layer Bars, so it goes perfectly with the bars.
We even made sugar cookies, shortbread cookies with jam centers, and snickerdoodles with fantastic Krusteaz mixes. I used some of the remaining jars of jam we had from our wedding for the shortbread cookies. So fun! No matter what jam you use you can’t beat shortbread cookies.
Autumn loves to help in the kitchen when I am baking, which I love since it helps teach her how to count when we measure off ingredients. Or she will help turn on the mixer or decorate cakes or cookies. But this time she decided to give the Snickerdoodles an extra special touch as she shoved her finger in them as we were rolling them in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Some are more donut shaped than round. ha! But it gives them character and some extra toddler love.
I packaged them up in decorated bags and tied them off with some twine and attached a tag. The tags are so cute! They are tags that were customized from Zazzle! I had never ordered from Zazzle before but I’m hooked now with all the different products and creative designs that you can have personalized. Makes for a nice finishing touch on the cookie packages.
You can even package them in mason jars, which is super cute too! Just make sure you get wide mouth jars so you can easily get cookies in and out.
I hope that everyone has a great Christmas in 4 days!!!! (gah!!!)
Magical Oatmeal 7 Layer Cookie Bars
Makes an 8×8 pan
Ingredients
- 1 box Krusteaz Oatmeal Scotchie Cookies
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 1 egg
- 1- 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk (I used chocolate flavored one!)
- 1 1/4 Cup coconut flakes
- 1 Cup chopped nuts, such as walnuts
- 1 Cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 Cup butterscotch chips
Process
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter the sides of an 8×8 baking dish.
- Mix together the Krusteaz Oatmeal Scotchie with the butter and egg. Evenly press into the baking dish.
- Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over the cookie base. Then sprinkle the chopped nuts, coconut, chocolate chips, and butterscotch chips. Gently press into the condensed milk.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes. Cool completely prior to cutting into 16 squares.
____________________
ENTER KRUSTEAZ GIVEAWAY HERE!!!!!
The fun holiday baking pack is great for some fun, creative baking!
The baking pack contains 2 boxes of each of the following mixes: Shortbread, Gingerbread, Snickerdoodle, Butter Vanilla Sugar, and Oatmeal Scotchie. Plus, some fun holiday baking items like an apron, tote bag, cookie cutters, frosting decorating pen.
Be sure to enter HERE for your chance to win an awesome baking pack from Krusteaz!
Open to US residents
___________________
A BIG thanks to Krusteaz for providing me with all these fun mixes and goodies to help #SpreadCookieJoy. As always, all opinions are my own.
Crisp Lemony Star Cookies & a Krusteaz Back to School Baking Giveaway
Autumn is growing at record speed. Okay, she is not, she is in fact she is still teeny tiny. But I can’t believe she is almost 2!! Sobs!!
I’ve loved every age so far, but right now this is so super cool as she is so active. We are starting to be able to participate in things together more as she can take instruction well and give it well too.
My new favorite activity together is baking!!!
Everyone has geared up for back to school activities, including fall baking, recently, but since my wee one is still so young, our focus has just been on the yummy fall baking.
While I love to bake from scratch, I have found that using a mix has really simplified things for us so that we can quickly and easily get started right after I pick her up from daycare.
I get home about 30-40 minutes before I pick Autumn up from daycare so I prep for our new baking adventures by taking out the Krusteaz mix, butter, and preheating the oven, grabbing the dog for a walk, dropping him off at home, and then I head over to get Autumn. On our walk home I tell her what we are making that night. She gets excited about using the mixer and using her hands to ‘play’ with the dough.
Last week we made yummy cookies using Krusteaz’s Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookie Mix to make cookies. She helped with the mixer and by (sorta) rolling out the cookies.
And last night we made a toddler friendly version of Krusteaz’s Crispy Gold Star Day Cookies with their Meyer Lemon Cookie Mix. So good! And the perfect cookies to make with a toddler or young kids as they can use the cookie cutters to cut out the cookies and then decorate them with the sprinkles that came with the mix.
I started out by mixing the dough while Autumn was busy eating her dinner of lasagna, mango, and yogurt. Once she was done we were all ready to go!
I set her on the counter to help me cut out the cookies. It was the first time she used cookie cutters! She would grunt a bit as she push it down and then say ‘ah!’ when she was done, while she waited for me to pick it up to do it again and again.
We received the most adorable red aprons from Krusteaz, which would have been great to wear, but a certain toddler didn’t want to wear it. Something, something, screaming about her Minnie shirt. I, of course, wanted to protect the precious Minnie shirt, but she didn’t want it covered. #toddlerlyfe
We would then pat and roll out the dough again and again as we made more cookies. She certainly loved rolling out the dough.
Then I baked them. ‘Oven HOT mommy HOT!!!!” At least she gets that.
And how important it is to help with clean up!
We then decorated them the next morning, as the cookies need to cool before putting the glaze them and she goes to bed so early (6.30) so we just couldn’t fit it all in the night.
She did pretty well putting the glaze on them, but I think getting the sprinkles on the cookies was her favorite part!
We then brought them to daycare to share with her friends.
I hope you’ll bake up these! Be sure to grab a kid or two to for some fun help with the baking. You’ll love it, and so will they!
Crisp Lemony Star Cookies
Makes 12-24 cookies, depending on cookie cutter size
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1 package Krusteaz Meyer Lemon Cookie Mix
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
For the Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 packet yellow decorating sugar, enclosed
Process
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cookie sheet with a nonstick baking sheet.
- To make the cookies, pour the cookie mix in the medium bowl. Add the butter and egg, stir until a dough forms. It will be a dry crumbly dough.
- On a well floured surface, knead the dough into a disk. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick, cut stars and place 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-9 minutes, until the cookie is no longer soft in the center and the edges are golden brown. Time will vary depending on cookie size.
- To make the glaze, combine powdered sugar and milk in a bowl, whisk until smooth.
- Decorate the cookies when they have completely cooled by drizzling or spooning the glaze on them and then sprinkle with the decorating sugar.
Adapted from Krusteaz
___________________
And now the fun stuff… a GIVEAWAY!!!!
Be sure to enter for your chance to win the following goodies from Krusteaz!!!!
- New Krusteaz Bakery Style Cookie Mixes including:
- Triple Chocolate Chunk
- Meyer Lemon
- Double Peanut Butter
- Brown Sugar Oatmeal
- Oatmeal Scotchie
- Butter Vanilla Sugar
- A Krusteaz lunchbox
- Some fun kitchen items like a Krusteaz-branded oven mitt and aprons (one for an adult and one for a child!)
- A selfie stick (for fun family photos taken while baking and enjoying cookies!)
- Cookie cutter and measuring spoons for kids from Curious Chef
- Cookie recipe inspiration cards
***ENTER HERE***
The giveaway runs for a week, ending on October 6th at midnight. Open to US residents.
___________________
This is a sponsored post from Krusteaz, but all opinions are my own.
Chili Topped Cornbread Waffles
Ugh, technology kills me at times. It really does.
As soon as I walk up to our IT guys I just apologize. I usually come bug them with a silly problem, which, thankfully, can be fixed quickly. But it feels so silly bugging them about it. Like I couldn’t get into a program last week and I went over to one of the guys asking for help. I sit back down and go to open the program and say ‘I’ve tried it open this like 4 times and it won’t and I keep getting a pop up…’ and that was when it opened up perfectly. He just shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Typical.
I had a moment at home like that, which is exactly why this post is getting posted a week later than I planned! Bummer! I was getting warnings when I was trying to download the pictures off my SD card to edit them about copying them without properties. WHAT? Well, it still seemed to work as I could download them and edit them in. But then they won’t upload to WordPress. And I was literally trying to do this as I was packing up the car last week to go to Maine. After swearing like a sailor, I shut the laptop, swore some more, and just had to blow off posting last week for #WaffleWednesday. So annoying!!!!!!!
And guess what, I open up wordpress again to mess around with the post when we get back and all the photos I tried to load in where in. Just magically appearing now. Sigh…
Anyway, this is the closest I get to making a 30 minute meal.
I am no Rachel Ray. I really admire her idea of 30 minute meals and how she (and her team) have created some wonderful 30 minute meals. I’ve tried plenty. There are some that I can totally do in 30 minutes and then there are others that take 35-40 minutes. Sometimes I’m just slow.
But with this dinner you I bet you can whip it up in about 30 minutes. I swear!
Start off by preheating your waffle iron. The veggies are quick to chop and then you just dump in the a pot to soften. Add the meat to brown. Between breaking it up and it browning, mix the cornbread batter together and start to make the cornbread waffles. While they are baking up continue on with the chili by smooshing the chili to a side and cooking the tomato paste for minute. Then dump in the beans, canned tomatoes, and spices to wrap it up and let it do its thing until you are done making your cornbread waffles. Done and done!
The best thing about this is how the waffle iron makes the cornbread have a nice crisp texture. It’s like how the best part of lasagna is the crunchy edge pieces. The crisp cornbread texture is right on the money!
And the second best thing is smothering that waffle with quick, delicious chili. Such a good dinner.
Chili Topped Cornbread Waffles
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients
For the Chili
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 poblano pepper, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- approximately 20 ounces of ground beef
- 1 heaping Tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 – 15.5 ounce can of black beans
- 1 – 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon chipotle powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne powder
- salt and pepper
For the Cornbread Waffles
- 1 11.5 box of Southern Cornbread Mix from Krusteaz
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 Cup butter, melted
Optional Chili Toppings
- Salsa, fresh tomatoes, cilantro, shredded cheese, sour cream, jalapenos, diced avocado
Process
- Preheat your waffle iron. Mix the ingredients for the cornbread waffles together. Begin to make the waffles, continue while making the chili. When done place on a cooling rack in a warm oven (200-ish degrees) oven.
- In a medium sized pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the diced vegetables and garlic. Saute, stirring occasionally. Cook for about 3 minutes, until the vegetables are soft, and onions are lighter in color.
- Add the ground beef. Break into small pieces while stirring.
- When the majority of the beef had browned and it’s in small pieces, push over to 1 side. Add the tomato paste of the bottom of the pot. Cook for 1 minute to brown the tomato paste (this process helps enhance the flavor!)
- Pour in the beans and diced tomatoes and add the spices and continue to simmer until you are done making your waffles.
___________________
While I received product from Krusteaz for recipe development, all opinions are my own
Cherry Crisp Waffles
1o days until the wedding!!!!
HOLY SMOKES!!!! I’m excited and nervous. Not nervous about marriage, no I’m exited about that! I’m nervous about the ceremony and the reception. We have so much still to do and still to coordinate.
The jam favors need to get labeled, the gifts need to be packaged up, the centerpieces need some work. But it is getting there!
Thankfully, my dress is all done with. I had the final fitting last week. It needed a bit more of adjustment to fix two things but I hung around for that and was able to take my dress home that night. YAY!
On the other hand Price had his final fitting and they had to take his pants in another 3/4″ of an inch! Yep, he lost another 3/4″ since his first fitting in Mid March. He’s been working so hard and it’s really paying off by sticking doing another round of Whole30 (in April) and Whole30-ish foods since. Like right now, we are doing Whole30 most of the time with a daily cheat thing. It’s a good balance for us.
So making these Cherry Crisp Waffles the other day meant that we were really treated our selves. But let me tell you, it was worth it!!
The sweet, yet tart cherries were the perfect accompaniment to the sweet waffles. The honey flavor in the Honey Wheat waffles paired so nicely with the cherries and the cinnamon flavor in the crisp topping. I never used to be a fan of crisp toppings as I didn’t love the texture of the toasted oats but I’ve begun to change my tune as it really adds a fun crunch.
This just screams summer to me. Makes for a great brunch-y breakfast. Or even a dessert. Wouldn’t it be fun to change things up and do a real breakfast for dinner night and finish it off with one of these waffles.
As the recipe makes 6 waffles I called up Autumn’s daycare teacher, who lives than a block away, to offer them breakfast. Autumn and I delivered them before they headed off to church. Autumn of course didn’t want to wear pants for our walk over! HA!!
I hope that you enjoy these as much as we all did.
And 10 days!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!! YAAAA!!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! EEEEE!!!!
Cherry Crisp Waffles
Makes 6 waffles
Ingredients
- 1/2 of a 10oz package of Krusteaz’s Crisp Topping Mix
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 1/2 Cups of Krusteaz’s Honey Wheat Pancake Mix
- 1 Cup Water
- 20oz can of cheery pie filling
- whipped cream & syrup, optional
Process
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Preheat your waffle iron as well.
- Mix together the crisp topping mix with the butter. Mix until all of the topping is moist. Sprinkle onto a cookie sheet. Bake for about 7-8 minutes and mix the topping, return to the oven for another 6-7 minutes. Let cool.
- While the topping is baking, combine the honey wheat mix with the water in a large bowl. Mix until just combined.
- Scoop out a 1/3 Cup of batter into your waffle iron. Bake until your waffle iron beeps, at this point steam should have stopped escaping and your waffle is golden brown. Place on a cooling rack while you make the rest of the waffles.
- Serve your waffles by adding a big scoop of the cherry pie filling to the waffle, and then sprinkling the topping crumble on the pie filling. Add whipped cream or syrup, if you wish.
____________________
Krusteaz has provided me with all sorts of fun mixes to create waffle recipes in a collaboration of their #BreakfastNight and my #WaffleWednesday. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thanks for all of your comments. I appreciate them all.
Strawberry Nutella Waffles
My friend Dawn celebrated her birthday last week so I’m dedicating these waffles to her.
…
Brownie Waffle Sundae
I really believe that we all need to give each other a break more often.
I had a rough week last week. Too busy. Too rough around the edges. Just too much.
…
You must be logged in to post a comment.