Favorite Fall Recipes

For me, the arrival of fall means that I can start making a few of my favorite apple and pumpkin recipes! I wanted to share a few here, so you can enjoy some delicious fall food too!!

I'll start with some of my favorite breakfast recipes.  I'm a huge breakfast fan, and these are awesome!  Treat yourself to one of these this weekend!  You'll be glad you did!

Pumpkin Waffles

2 c. flour

2 T. baking powder

1 T. cinnamon

1 T. sugar

½ t. coriander

½ t. nutmeg

¼ t. salt

4 eggs-separated

1 ½ c. milk

1 c. pumpkin puree

¾ c. margarine-melted

1 T. vanilla

Preheat waffle iron.  Combine dry ingredients (I don’t usually have coriander, so I just leave it out).  Beat egg yolk slightly.  Beat in remaining ingredients except egg whites.  Add to dry ingredients.  Beat egg whites to stiff peaks; fold into mixture.  Bake in waffle iron until done.

Puffy Apple Pancake

**an easy breakfast-for-dinner treat at our house!** 

4 eggs

3/4 c. all purpose flour

3/4 c. milk

1/2 t. salt

1/4 c. butter or margarine

2 medium apples thinly sliced

1/4 c. sugar

1/4 t. cinnamon

 Heat oven to 400.  Put a 9x13 pan in the oven with the 1/4 cup butter in it to melt.  Beat eggs, flour, milk and salt at medium speed.  Once butter is melted, arrange sliced apples in pan then sprinkle cinnamon/sugar mixture over top.  Then pour batter over.  Bake until puffy and golden brown--about 20-25 minutes.

FAVORITE PUMPKIN BREAD

**this makes 3 large loaves of bread**

INGREDIENTS
3 cups canned pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
4 cups white sugar
6 eggs
4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves

Mini chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9x5 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended. Mix in mini chocolate chips. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The top of the loaf should spring back when lightly pressed.

--CAMIE