Recipe: Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole
Doesn’t this Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole by Rachel Ray look AMAZING? It’s simple, too. Be sure to PIN IT and/or share it to your Facebook page so you don’t lose it!
Ingredients:
- 1 loaf white bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 8 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1/2 cup toasted walnuts
- 3 tablespoons butter, cut into cubes
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Maple syrup and bananas, for serving (Optional: butter or margarine for taste)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Place bread cubes on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, maple syrup and orange zest. Add the toasted bread cubes into the egg mixture. Add in walnuts and combine.
- Line the crock of a slow cooker with aluminum foil then spray with a nonstick cooking spray. Pour the bread and egg mixture into the slow cooker and dot the top with the cubed butter.
- Set the slow cooker to cook on high for 3 hours or set to low for 5 hours.
- Serve French Toast topped with maple syrup, sliced bananas, and more walnuts and butter if desired.
Recipe: Homemade Nutella (Even Better Than Packaged!)
If you love Nutella and want to try to make it yourself? The recipe below by Brown Eyed Baker is amazingly somehow better than the Nutella you buy at the store!
Recipe makes: 1½ cups Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 cups (or 8 ounces) hazelnuts
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons hazelnut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375* F. Spread the hazelnuts out on a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until dark brown and fragrant, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking. Keep a close eye on them, as they can go from perfect roasted to burnt in a short amount of time. Transfer the hazelnuts to a medium-sized bowl.
2. Once the hazelnuts are cool enough to handle, place a second bowl upside-down on top of the bowl with the hazelnuts. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds to remove the skins of the hazelnuts. It may take a few times to get all of the skins off; each time, remove the hazelnuts that have lost their skin to the bowl of a food processor, then continue shaking.
3. Process the hazelnuts in a food processor until their oil is released and they form a smooth, loose paste, 2 to 5 minutes, scraping down the bowl often.
4. Add the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, hazelnut oil, vanilla extract and salt and process until fully incorporated, scraping the bowl as needed, about 2 minutes. The mixture will loosen and become glossy. Transfer the spread to a jar with a tight-fitting lid or an airtight container. You can store it in the refrigerator or at room temperature for up to 1 month.
Copycat Homemade Key Lime Pie LARABAR
If you have never heard of LARABARs, you are missing out. They are so natural and made only with nuts and fruit – that’s it! BUT they are quite expensive at nearly $2 per bar. My whole family loves them, and if we eat them every day, then we will be spending over $300/month. I found this amazing copycat homemade version of the key lime pie LARABAR on SparkRecipes and it’s simple!
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cups cashews
- 3/4 cups almonds
- 1 1/2 cups soft dates, soaked and drained
- zest of 1 lime
- juice of 2 limes
- 3/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp coconut oil, optional
Directions:
- Process cashews, almonds, and dates in food processor until finely ground and combined. Add in remaining ingredients, except oil, and puree until it starts to stick together. (When you pinch it it should stick together – if it doesn’t you may want to add the oil in.).
- Press into a glass dish (about a 9″ pie plate or square should work), sprinkle with some more coconut, and refrigerate for an hour or so to let flavors work together and to firm up.
Cut into bar shapes/pie slices (depending on what pan you used) and serve! - To store, separate bars with small pieces of parchment paper and store in a large container. The bars can be stored in the fridge for up to two weeks or in the freezer for longer.
Recipe: Lemon Flowers
Having a Sunday Brunch with your friends? You have to try these! These look so beautiful!
You will need the following ingredients:
- 1 package of frozen dough
- lemon mousse = 1/2 can of condensed milk, whipped in a blender with juice of 2 Lemons
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (icing)
You will need the following equipment:
- shape for mini cupcake (with 24 cupcake spaces)
- Flower Cookie Cutter
Follow the instructions:
1. Unroll the frozen dough and leave it for half an hour at room temperature. Start by cutting flowers with the cookie cutter shaped as a flower.
2. Place each flower inside the hollow cupcakes form. Fold one petal (petals alternating out) into another and fit the dough into the cavity of the cupcake form.
3. Carefully push the three outer petals against the sides of the tray, and then push the other three inner petals also against the walls of the form.
4. Make holes with a fork in each of the funds of the tart dough still raw, twice the times. Bake at 180 degrees for about 5-7 minutes or until golden.After cooling remove to a plate.
5. Fill each flower with lemon mousse.
6. Sprinkle the sugar over the flowers and Voila!
Want a variety of flavors? Use Nutella, Jam or Custard … you have endless possibilities.
Thank you! Receitassupreme
Recipe: Pistachio Bread
This recipe from Skinny Mom showed up in my email this morning and it made me want to make it right away, so I knew it’d be perfect to share today! It’s simple, sweet, and delicious.
Ingredients:
- 1 yellow cake mix (dry mix part only)
- 4 egg whites
- 3 oz package instant sugar-free, fat-free pistachio pudding mix
- ½ cup reduced-fat sour cream
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp almond extract
- ¾ cup chopped pistachios
- 3 drops of green food coloring
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a 8.5 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Mix all ingredients using a stand mixer or hand held mixer until well blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes.
- Allow bread to cool for 10 minute, then remove from pan, cut, and serve with topping of your choice.