Breakfast

I have a love/hate relationship with breakfast.  I love to eat it, I hate that it is in the morning and I hate that I have to make it.  Breakfast is the hardest thing for me to be motivated to make.  Really, the only motivation to be in the kitchen in the morning is my coffee….lots and lots of yummy, hot, black coffee (well, at least it starts out black). 

At one point, about a year ago, I was super organized and I had a breakfast menu.  This was easy…get up, look at the menu, make breakfast.  Without the menu breakfast goes something like this, “What do you want for breakfast?”  “Cereal!”  Okay, get it out, I’ll get the bowls.  Quick, easy.  Only one problem.  About 60 to 90 minutes later, everyone is hungry. 

So, what is a mom to do…make a good, hearty breakfast I guess.  My goal for the next few weeks is to try a new recipe a week.  Then we will go from there on menu planning and breakfast cooking. 

This week I made two yummy, delicious, thought not necessarily the healthiest breakfasts.  Last Monday, I made baking powder cinnamon rolls.  Why not yeast cinnamon rolls you may ask?  The main reason, time.  When I get it in my head I want cinnamon rolls I want them for breakfast THAT morning.  These rolls were quick, yummy, soft and not at all biscuit like.  Give them a try!

Yesterday I wanted cinnamon rolls for breakfast, but I didn’t even have time to make the quick ones before church.  So, I dug out my Nana’s old The Boston Cooking School Cookbook, copyright 1942.  In this book I found the best, easiest recipe for coffee cake.  Not cinnamon rolls, but a close second!   It was made (with help) and baked in 30 minutes.  Here is the recipe.

Quick Coffee Cake

1 cup sugar

1 2/3 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup butter (I slightly melted mine)

1 egg, well beaten

1/2 cup milk

Mix dry ingredients.  Work in butter.  Add egg and milk.  Pat into buttered (cooking sprayed) pan (I used a 9” cake pan).  Mix 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 3 tsp sugar and sprinkle over top.  Bake in moderately hot oven (about 375) for about 20 minutes.

Enjoy!