Hudson Second Sunday Breakfast ~ February

VALENTINE BREAKFAST MENU &  RECIPES

Apple Cream Cheese French Toast

Lemon Cream Cheese French Croissants
Scrambled Bacon & Eggs in Crisp Toast Cups
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Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
Fresh Strawberries Oranges & Cantalope

Apple Cream Cheese French Toast
Ingredients:
20 slices freshly baked bread
8 eggs
2 cups half and half
2 cups milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Filling:
16 ounces cream cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
21 ounce can apple pie filling

Mix the first four Filling ingredients together until well combined. Fold in the apple pie filling.
Spread cream cheese mixture over 10 slices of the bread and top with the other 10 slices, forming a sandwich.
Place bread sandwiches in a large baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
Combine the eggs, half and half, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Beat until well mixed.
Slowly pour the egg mixture over the top of the sandwiches until all the bread is soaked.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Bake at 350 degrees covered for approximately 40 minutes.
Then uncover and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
Let stand 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and toasted almonds. Serve with warm maple syrup.



Lemon Cream Cheese French Toast Croissants
8 oz block cream cheese softened
1/4 cup sugar
zest from one lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Batter -
1/2 cup low fat milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 2 1/2 oz Croissants
2 tablespoon butter

Prepare filling by blending together cream cheese, sugar, lemon peel & juice until creamy. For a more lemony taste make the filling the day before and store tightly capped in refrigerator. Slice croissant in half and spread 1 to 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture into each croissant. Press the croissant gently closed.
For the batter, beat together the eggs, milk, cinnamon, lemon peel and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Dip each croissant into batter, coating both sides. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet. Cook the croissants over moderate heat, about 2 minutes per side or until golden brown. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
Ingredients

CREAMY SCALLPOED POTATOES8 large red potatoes
 3 tablespoons butter
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of Potato Soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup
1 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste
4 cups shredded Colby cheese

Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a large baking dish.

Wash and peel the potatoes so that only some of the peel remains on the potatoes; cut into 1/8 inch slices. Put the potatoes in the prepared dish.

Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook the onion and garlic in the melted butter until soft and translucent, 7 to 10 minutes; stir in the potato soup, cheese soup, milk, salt, pepper, and about half of the colby cheese; cook until the cheese has melted. Pour the mixture over the potatoes; top with the remaining Cheddar cheese. Cover with aluminum foil or lid.

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove the cover and cook until the cheese begins to brown, about 10 minutes more.

Family Sunday Brunch Recipes

Hash brown Casserole
2 Bags frozen hash browns (shredded or home style)
2 cans cream of potato soup
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 cup sour cream
1/2 pkg onion soup mix
8 oz shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup butter melted

I don't mean to brag but this was absolutely the best casserole I have ever had, it is basically the same as every other hash brown recipe, but I substituted cream of potato and cheddar cheese soup for cream of chicken and mushroom; it made all the difference in the world! The potato soup enhances the taste of potatoes. I honestly liked it better then Cracker Barrels and I love theirs!

Combine all the soups, sour cream and 1/2 pkg of onion soup mix. Blend well with hash browns; shred cheese and fold together. Put into well greased casserole dish and drizzle butter over top bake at 350 approximately 50 minutes or until golden brown.

~If you like a stronger onion flavor you can use the whole pkg.
~I like making it the might before so it can honeymoon in the frig overnight!

Apple Crisp
6 to 8 Apples peeled and sliced (I like to use Fuji apples)
1/8 cup water
1 Cup Sugar
Cinnamon to taste
1 Cup Self-Rising Flour
1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar
6 Tbsp of butter
Pinch of salt

Grease medium casserole dish. Place apples in dish and cover with water. Sprinkle with 1 cup of sugar. Sprinkle with cinnamon to your liking. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, brown sugar and salt. Cut butter into flour mixture and mix well, it will be course and crumbly. Sprinkle over apples and sugar and bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes are until apples are soft and top is golden brown.

~Remember all apples are not used in baking make sure you use ones that will hold up.

January Hudson Sunday Brunch

~Hudson January Sunday Brunch Menu~
Sausage & Cheese Quiche
Hashbrown Casserole
Apple Crisp
Butter Pound Cake
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake
Fresh Fruit
Orange Juice
Hot Cocoa & Milk


My mother has a saying that you should go where you're celebrated and not where you're tolerated". I can't think about this without also recalling a favorite quote by Maya Angelou, “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” I keep this foremost in my mind when it comes to family. I am a believer that we should treat our family as well as most of us choose to treat our friends. We have a tendency to forgive our friends for almost everything while holding the simplest of transgression against our families for an unspeakable amount of time, pain and injury. That is why I think our second Sunday Family Brunch is so very important. It is on these mornings that I go out of my way to do my very best to prepare a special meal for the people that I hold dearest in my life; my husband, my sons, nieces, nephews and in laws. God may have brought us all together and made us family but it is by choice they we have become friends. Although we may have our differences and we may not always agree, we choose to disagree and respect each other opinions. Coming together once on month gives us all a sense of belonging to something greater then ourselves and realizing that we are not alone as we sometimes feel. Our children benefit from belonging to an extended part of their parents and listening to stories that give them insight into who they were when they were younger. It strengthens our bonds to one another and enhances our feelings of belonging and feeling loved. One of our most common needs is to be accepted, especially by those that love us or at least say that they do. Accept your family with all their differences and all their quirks and just love them unconditionally. And when you get ready to do something to make them feel special remember it's not what you do for them, but how you make them feel when you do it.