Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread I’m sorry. I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in my soul. I’m sorry and you’re welcome and I love you. Let’s start at the beginning. I did this all without the use of a stand mixer and dough hook. This dough can be made and left to rise , then refrigerated overnight for use in the morning. This is the dough just before it’s left to rise. After the dough has rested and risen for an hour, I knead it in a few tablespoons of flour. This is the part in the bread process where you can wrap the dough and place it in the fridge to rest overnight. I worked with my dough right away. I can’t even deal. I sliced the dough, vertically, into six long strips. After 30 minutes in the oven… oh man…. bread heaven. Makes: one 9x5x3-inch loaf

Easy Cinnamon Roll Muffins Just the thought of cinnamon rolls- warm, gooey, soft, sweet- makes me literally swoon. I love them. If I were a baking superhero (I’m working on it) my weakness would be cinnamon rolls. As much as I love the little devils (and I hate to say this) I hate to bake them. The problem is not the sweet yeast dough or the rolling or the slicing. Nicole at Baking Bites seems the understand my need for instant, yet stubbornly homemade cinnamon roll goodness. I’d like to introduce you to Cinnamon Roll Muffins- add the yeast, subtract the long rising. Imagine my glee when I had cinnamon roll-esque goodness coming out of my oven in well under an hour. Easy Cinnamon Roll Muffins Baking Bites Print this Recipe! 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt 4 tsp active dry or rapid rise yeast 2/3 cup warm milk (100-110F; low fat is fine) 3 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 large egg Filling/Topping Icing 1 cup powdered sugar 1-2 tbsp milk or cream

28 Muffin Recipes You’ll Want to Try I love muffins. I love them even more than cupcakes. Probably because they are so quick to make. Of course, not all muffins are the sweet variety. Here’s a list of muffin recipes gathered from this site and all around the web too. Snickerdoodle Muffins – Just like the cookie, only in muffin form. Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze – The glaze would be really good on other kinds of muffins too. Chocolate Chip Muffins Blueberry Muffins with Orange Glaze Apple Brown Betty Muffins Poppy Seed Muffins Blueberry Sour Cream Muffins Graham Muffins Pumpkin Muffins Argan Banana Muffins from Maroc Mama Sweet Potato Spice Muffins from The Jammie Girl Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping from Hoosier Homemade Banana Muffins with Tart Lemon Icing from Addicted to Recipes Apple Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins from Barbara Bakes Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins from Mommy Hates Cooking White Chocolate Pineapple Muffins from Mommy Hates Cooking Pear Muffins from The Happy Housewife

Overnight Monkey Bread After her kids were grown and starting to have kids of their own my Mom started the tradition of having everyone over for breakfast Christmas morning. She would make Monkey Bread and have it on the table for everyone to snack on while she whipped up eggs and bacon and pancakes. The sweet little puffy balls coated with cinnamon and sugar would disappear one at a time until before you knew it nothing was left. I was a pretty picky eater growing up and I didn’t love Mom’s Monkey Bread because she always added nuts to it. I’m still not crazy about nuts in baked goods, but I love Monkey Bread. It’s like getting just the best part of a cinnamon roll, the ooey, gooey middle in every bite. So this year in memory of my Mom I decided it was time to serve Monkey Bread on Christmas morning. Ingredients Dough Brown Sugar Coating 1 cup packed light brown sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), melted Glaze 1 cup confectioners' sugar 2 tablespoons milk Directions Notes

Coffee Cake This is a Southern Living recipe that a friend shared with me. It is a moist and delicious cake with a yummy pecan topping. It would be wonderful to bake for breakfast if you had overnight company. Actually, it would be wonderful to bake anytime, even if it's just for you. I used a petal shaped pan that I bought at Williams Sonoma about 10 years ago. ...mine has a removable bottom. Cream Cheese Coffee Cake 1/2 cup butter, softened1 (8ounce) package cream cheese, softened1-1/2 cups sugar2 eggs2 cups all-purpose flour2 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp salt1/2 cup milk (I used buttermilk, and I recommend it)1 tsp vanillaTopping Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy. Topping1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar1/2 cup flour1/2 cup pecans1/4 cup melted butterCombine ingredients. Beat softened butter and cream cheese together: Add remaining ingredients and beat just until blended: Pour into greased pan: Combine topping ingredients. Ohhh.