The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
I know Mother’s Day has passed but these recipes are for when you want to show your mom how special she is by surprising her with breakfast after chores.
Heaven knows she was out of bed long before the sun came up.
Our kids learned how to make breakfast as a way of getting out of morning chores.
Our kids grew up with a couple of things that were just carved in granite. The last one out in the morning had to scrape and lime the walkway.
Not that this was a hard job but it was the last job to be done every morning. The other rule was the first one in the house in the morning had to make breakfast.
This meant you might be able to skip out of a few chores. Michael seemed to take advantage of this rule the most, but he also made some of the best breakfasts. His specialty was homemade waffles. It takes a little extra to separate the eggs, but so worth effort.
1 ¾ c. cake flour (sift before measuring. If you don’t have cake flour, use all purpose flour minus 3 TBSP)
2 tsp. double acting baking powder
½ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
3 egg yolks (well beaten)
2-7 Tbsp. melted butter
1 ½ c. milk Vanilla
3 egg whites (beat until stiff but not dry)
Resift flour with baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add egg yolks, melted butter, milk, and vanilla.
Mix well then fold in egg whites. Make sure griddle is greased and hot.
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During maple syrup season one year, I shared a couple of bottles with Bernie. She returned the favor and shared this easy and healthy pancake recipe.
Try and figure out what is missing from the ingredients.
Mix dry ingredients. Add buttermilk, eggs, butter and vanilla. Will be runny at first, but if you have time to let the batter sit for awhile then they will thicken up.
If in a hurry add some extra instant oatmeal as a thickener.
Use a ¼ measuring cup to pour the batter on the hot greased griddle.
These are so sweet you won’t realize there is no sugar in the recipe!
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Austin’s favorite breakfast dish is a traditional Scottish children’s dish. I think it is actually a dinner recipe, but we prefer it for breakfast with maple syrup but the onion gravy is great!
1 ¼ c. flour
Dash of salt and pepper
3 eggs
½ c. milk
½ c. water
1 pound uncooked pork sausage links
3 Tbsp sausage drippings
Mix dry ingredients together. Make a well in the center, add eggs, milk and water to well.
Whisk together till smooth. Cover. Let stand 30 minutes
Cook sausage. Reserve drippings. Cut links into thirds.
Pour 3 Tbsp drippings into 2 qt square baking dish.
Place in 425 degree oven for 5 minutes.
Pour batter into pan. Arrange sausage on top.
Bake 425 degrees for 30 minutes.
There is optional gravy that is made by cooking 1 small sliced onion in 2 Tbsp of sausage drippings for 4 minutes, do not brown the onion.
Add 2 Tbsp flour and stir. Pour in 14 oz can chicken broth.
Cook and stir until bubbly and thick then cook for one more minute.
We tend to opt out of the gravy in favor of maple syrup.
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As their four children pursue dairy careers off the family farm, Natalie and Mark are starting a new adventure of milking registered Holsteins just because they like good cows on their farm north of Rice, Minnesota.
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