If you want to make someone special feel like royalty, why not treat him or her to breakfast in bed? There’s something especially luxurious about waking up to a tray of delicious food and drinks to ease you into the day. No need to climb out from under the covers; just tuck a napkin in your nightgown and feast away.
It does take a little planning to pull off breakfast in bed, however. You have to check that the person you’re pampering doesn’t have anywhere to be in the morning and that the menu suits his or her tastes. For instance, if someone’s watching his waist, don’t haul in a tray laden with high-calorie sticky buns and bacon.
Speaking of breakfast trays, don’t attempt an in-bed meal without one. Sturdy trays insure against scalding coffee spills, unfortunate egg yolk drippings and toast crumbs littering the bedding — and the person dining in it. The versatile tray also allows you to add a special touch to the occasion. For a classic Mother’s Day breakfast in bed, tuck a card beneath the napkin, or include the sports or business section of the newspaper for a lucky dad on his birthday.
Ingredients
* 1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
* 8 eggs
* 2 cups milk
* 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 3/4 cup butter
* 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
* 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
Directions
1. Butter a 9×13 inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
2. The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture.
3. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.
These pancakes are so easy to make and really tasty! You may want to up your life insurance because these are SO good!
Ingredients:
* 2 cups baking mix, such as Bisquick
* 2 large eggs
* 1-1/4 cups milk
* 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
* 2 Tbsp. sugar
* 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
* 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Preparation:
1. Preheat a griddle to 375 degrees F, or heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
2. Whisk together all ingredients until well-combined, but do not over mix.
3. Let rest for 10 minutes.
4. Turn griddle down to 350 degrees.
5. Ladle quarter-cupfuls of the batter onto the griddle. Cook until the edges of the pancakes start to set and bubbles start to form on the surface of the pancakes.
6. Flip. Cook another 1-3 minutes until pancakes are golden brown on the other side.
Serve immediately with butter and syrup.
