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Semi Homemade Pumpkin Pancakes

It is that time of year again, time for pumpkin everything! Over the weekend I decided it was time for pumpkin for breakfast but what I wasn’t sure. With hungry kids begging for pancakes the decision was made for me, if they wanted pancakes.. pumpkin pancakes they would get. Since I was also trying to get out the door for my weekend long run I turned to a box of pancake mix. It was then Semi Homemade Pumpkin Pancakes were born.

Semi Homemade Pumpkin Pancakes

makes approx. 24 pancakes

1 28oz box  Hungry Jack Wheat Blends Pancake Mix

4cups Water

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 (heaping)tsp Cinnamon

1/2tsp Nutmeg

1/2tsp Ground Ginger

1/4tsp Ground Cloves

1. In a bowl, whisk together pancake mix, water, pumpkin, cinnamon,nutmeg, cloves and ginger until well blended. Be careful not to over mix.

2. Spray griddle with nonstick spray and pour pancake batter on hot griddle (to desired size).

3. Cook pancakes over medium heat approximately 2 minutes or until bubbles appear, then turn pancakes over and cook for 2 more minutes.
4. Serve and top with your favorite pancake toppings such as butter, maple syrup, whipped cream, pecans or enjoy plain.

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Crockpot Pumpkin French Toast Casserole

I am a mom of 4, add on to that a mom of special needs kids so…. mornings in my house can be hectic and down right crazy but there is one thing we need every morning, a good breakfast.
I love giving my kids a good healthy hot breakfast and this recipe fit the bill along with being easy to make. French toast casserole in the crockpot! Who would have thought. I whipped this up way after my kids were asleep so no mommy I need this or that while i’m trying to create breakfast. I did wake up several times during the night to the yummy aromas of cinnamon and nutmeg. That may have been the hardest part. Then in the morning voila, breakfast was ready as soon as we woke up.

Try it for yourself!

Crockpot Pumpkin French Toast |Country Girl Gourmet

 

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Crockpot Pumpkin French Toast Casserole
 
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No need to worry about not having enough time in the morning to make breakfast. Make breakfast in the crockpot and let it cook while you sleep.
Ingredients
  • 1 loaf sandwich bread (white or wheat), diced
  • 1 (15oz) can pumpkin puree
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp cloves
Instructions
  1. Place cubed bread in a large bowl
  2. In another bowl, whisk eggs and then mix in milk. pumpkin puree, brown sugar, vanilla and spices until well combined.
  3. Pour egg mixture over bread and mix until bread is well coated
  4. Pour bread mix into a well sprayed crockpot
  5. Cook on low 6-8 hours/ overnight.
  6. If needed allow to sit uncovered for up to 30minutes before serving if too moist (I live in the desert so I did not do this)
  7. Serve and enjoy. Top with maple syrup, whipped cream or powdered sugar
  8. Note- Some great add in's to this recipe would be chocolate chips or pecans;) I did not do this do to one kid with a chocolate allergy and my kid’s aren’t a big fan of nuts in cookies/muffins etc. they prefer to eat them plain.

Biscuits and Gravy

I am going to admit something, I am not a born southern girl. I am a convert, I claim the south as my home 100% but… I was born in New York, south western New York. I moved to North Carolina right before I turned 2 and lived in the south until the Army decided that my husband needed to be a recruiter in NJ in 2006. My mom never fried a chicken, made black eyed peas or biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Somehow though I can cook all of the above and more. Maybe being raised in the south it is just something that is now in my blood. Good thing because I have 3 Carolina boys of my own and we are pretty sure my lil Jersey girl is going to grow up claiming Texas as her home.

Getting back to food, I’m not much of a breakfast person. I can’t stand eggs or cereal but give me some good biscuits and gravy and I’m all over that. I keep 2-3 things of pork sausage in my freezer at all times because we love biscuits and gravy so much. It is the easiest thing to make too and you don’t need those canned biscuits. From scratch biscuits are easy to make.

Easy Biscuits

Ingredients

 

  • 2 1/4cups Self Rising Flour
  • 1TB Sugar
  • 3/4cup shortening
  • 1 cup milk

Directions

  1. Mix flour and sugar together. Cut in shortening and mix until it looks like coarse crumbs. Add milk and combine until all moistened. Do not over mix.
  2. Put flour on counter and take dough and spread to a 3/4-1in thickness. I use my hands but feel free to use a rolling pin. Then use a biscuit cutter, cup or whatever you want and cut your biscuits out.

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This is part of a pampered chef measuring cup…It is perfect, imo for making biscuits.
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bake in a preheated 425* oven for 20-25 minutes
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Don’t they look yummy?
Quick, easy and not from a can.

Now to go with the biscuits, you need Sausage Gravy. Yes you can by a powder mix from McCormick but why? Sausage Gravy is easy to make plus you get real sausage with your gravy.

Sausage Gravy

Ingredients

  • 16oz pork sausage
  • 2cups milk
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1tsp seasoned salt

Directions

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Step 1 take Mr Jimmy Dean and brown
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Once brown add milk and sift in flour and stir, add seasoned salt.
Or…
I use this:
tupperware shaker
It is a Tupperware Quick Shake.
I add the milk, then flour and seasoned salt and shake well (my kids love doing his part) and pour.
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Cook on high heat and stir until it thickens.

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There ya go quick and easy sausage gravy.

Now just take your biscuits put some gravy on top of them and enjoy!
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