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Breakfast Egg Casserole

by Pat Savoie

8             eggs
5             cups  milk
5             dashes  Tabasco sauce
8             slices  buttered bread — cubed
1              pound  cheddar cheese — grated
1              pound  bulk sausage — cooked

Layer 1/2 buttered bread, crumbled sausage, and cheese in a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish.  Repeat with remaining half.  Mix egg, milk and Tabasco. Pour over ingredients.  Refrigerate overnight.  Bake 350 1 hour.

*Vegetarian breakfast sausage patties can be substituted for the sausage.

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Blueberry Muffins

This is my favorite recipe to make muffins with the blueberries we picked in the yard.  We made it for breakfast on the weekends.  I even made it and brought it to Sandestin, Florida for vacations.  This is one of the first recipes Rebecca learned to make to serve at Ms. Snook’s weekend breakfast.

by Pat Savoie

Muffin:
2              cups  Bisquick® baking mix
1/3          cup  sugar
2/3          cup  milk
2               Tablespoons  Oil
1               egg
3/4          cup  blueberries

Streusel for topping:

1/2          cup chopped pecans

Mix together:
1/4          cup Bisquick
1/4          cup brown sugar
1/2          tsp cinnamon
3 T           cold butter

Sprinkle pecans first and then the mixture on top of muffins.
Bake 400 degrees. 15 minutes

Sprinkle the pecans first so they don't burn.

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Banana Nut Bread

This is a great way to use over-ripe bananas. Granny always made this with bananas that turned black.  Mary Ellen loves to make it for her children.  Elizabeth sometimes makes two or three mini loafs and freezes the extras. Walnuts can be substituted for pecans. 

by Granny–Dolores Borel

1           cup  sugar
1/2      cup  butter
2          eggs
4          banana — mashed
2          cups  flour
1          teaspoon  baking soda
1          teaspoon  salt
1          teaspoon  vanilla
1/2     cup  pecans

In a mixer cream butter and sugar.  Add remaining ingredients.  Pour in greased loaf pan and bake 350 1 hour or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Mini-loaf pans should be filled about 3/4 full.  Lessen cook time and test centers with a cake tester to determine if they are finished baking.

*If you don’t have four over ripe bananas, peel the ones you do have and freeze them in a ziplock.  Later, defrost and add to batter.  Don’t worry if they turn brown and have made liquid.

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Baked Eggs in Ramekins

 

Eggs just can’t get any better!  They can be eaten simply with cream, or you can add fillings to the bottom to dress them up.  The Dronet family loves them simple.  Enjoy this dish for breakfast or dinner.


by Elizabeth Savoie Dronet, based on recipes by Julia Child and Ina Garten

Preheat oven to 375.

Eggs
Cream
Butter
Salt and pepper

Possible fillings for the bottom of the dish: a little garlic (not too much!), cooked spinach, chopped mushrooms, cooked onions
Possibilities for the top: thyme, rosemary, fresh parsley, Parmesan cheese

Butter a 1/2 cup ramekin for each egg.  Pour 1 Tbsp of heavy cream into the bottom of each ramekin.  Place in a 9×13 dish containing 1/2″ of hot water.  Place in the oven for about 3 minutes until cream is hot.

Break an egg into each ramekin.  Sprinkle in salt and pepper and pour over 1 tsp of cream.  Dot with butter and bake for 13 minutes until eggs are softly set and the yolks are covered in a white film.  They will still tremble slightly.

Serve with toasted French bread. (Eat these eggs in the ramekin–do not attempt to remove!)

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