Fall Harvest Pumpkin Pancakes

Description
Use this homemade pancake recipe from the Woolverton Inn to learn how to make pancakes from scratch. This thick fluffy pancake recipe will forever change how you view pancakes.

Ingredients
2 2/3 cup flour
Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves to taste
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
8 eggs, separated
2 1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cup pumpkin, one 15-ounce can
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick of melted butter, slightly cooled
Instructions
1.Whisk together flour, spices, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

2.With a hand mixer, whip egg whites until stiff but not dry.

3.Mix together buttermilk, pumpkin, sugar, vanilla and butter.

4.Make a well in the dry ingredients and fold in buttermilk-pumpkin mixture; do not over mix. Gently fold egg whites into batter.

5.Cook on a hot grill until bubbles form at the edges. Flip and cook 2 – 3 minutes more.

Cranberry Cream Cheese Muffins

Description
This basic muffin recipe from the Rocky Mountain Lodge is one of the best gourmet muffin recipes you will ever try. These cranberry muffins make for the best leftover muffins, assuming there are any leftovers.

Serves: 24

Cooking Time: 30 min

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
8 ounce cream cheese, softened
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 24 muffin cups.

2.Beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth and well blended. Add eggs, sugar and vanilla extract and mix only until blended.

3.Add flour, baking powder and salt. Fold in cranberries and pecan. Spoon into greased and floured muffin cups.

4.Bake 25-30 minutes. Remove immediately from muffin cups and allow to cool on wire rack. These are best slightly warm.

Baked Apple Upside Down French Toast

Description

This french toast recipe is fantastic because it tastes like a combination of a simple french toast recipe and the best apple pie recipe. Make this french toast recipe using french bread today.

Serves: 8

Ingredients

3 pound Granny Smith apples, peeled quartered and thinly sliced
6 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
8 slices French bread, sliced 3/4 inch thick
7 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
1 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

1.Melt butter in large sauté pan and add sliced apples. Top apples with sugar and cinnamon and stir to incorporate. Sauté over medium heat until apples are limp and translucent, about 10 minutes, stirring so they don’t scorch.

2.Pour apples into 9 x 13” glass oven proof baking dish. Top with sliced French bread. Fill any spaces with small pieces of sliced bread so that entire surface is covered.

3.Whisk eggs with vanilla, nutmeg, milk and cream. Pour this mixture over the bread evenly so that all pieces absorb the liquid. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until morning.

4.The next morning, pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Bake French toast for 25 minutes or until bread is golden and custard is set.

5.Invert carefully onto a sheet pan and cut into squares to serve, apple side up. You may add the syrup of your choice and a dollop of crème fraiche.