Dutch Baby for breakfast- yum!

Want something really good for breakfast, something that tastes fancy but uses very basic ingredients and is no trouble to make?  

Below is the Dutch Baby I made yesterday.  Sometimes they are called puff pancakes and are a lot like English Yorkshire Puddings.  

When my children were teens, this was one of their favorite before school breakfasts.  

For 2 people, use the above amount of ingredients.  Just increase for however many servings you need.  2 egg version  -fits in a pie pan

 3 eggs - used a 7 by 11 (that's what is in my picture) 

 4 eggs - use a 9 by 13 pan 

Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees C.  

When it is preheated, put the butter in your baking pan and put in the oven until the butter is melted and just starting to bubble.  (This recipe really needs Real Butter - not margarine) 

Wisk the eggs in a bowl until just starting to get frothy. 

Then add the flour, milk and salt until lump free. 

Pour the batter over the melted bubbling butter into the hot baking pan.

Close the oven and bake for 25 minutes.  (While it is baking, it needs no tending to, so you have time to get ready for the day while it bakes) 

The pancake will puff up and get a little crispy on the bottom and just be delicious! 

Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar or maple syrup or a squeeze of lemon juice.  And do eat it warm straight from the oven.  It's not as good after its cold.  

Braeden is a 2 handed eater- he had Dutch Baby in one hand and bacon in the other 😂 

Front porch for fall and pie

Hello everyone! A cool front moved in to Oklahoma while we slept and it finally feels like Autumn.  

Below is our front entryway, decorated for fall.  

Below is a Pinterest photo that I used for inspiration.  Mine does not look just like it but I like the black funiture with the fall pillow and yellow mum.  I also like how simple it is.  

I made the pillow from a printed fabric panel that I had in the sewing room.  (If you look back at posts about my craft room, you can see I have a huge amount of supplies, mostly from my dad's yard sale finds and my mom downsizing her stash when they moved) 

Anyway, this panel was for a wall hanging but I used it make the pillow front.  I reused an old living room floor pillow for the pillow.  I used some iron on adhesive, WonderUnder, to attach it to the pillow front and then I zigzagged all the edges.  

I made the rag banner across the window, also inspired by Pinterest.  My strips were about 22 by 1 inch and just rough cut by hand -not precise or straight at all.  

The base was 2 lengths of jute twine,  I tied a loop on each end so they could just hang on a nail.  

The $3 mum is from Walmart, repotted into a spray painted trick or treat pumpkin, $1 at Walmart. 

The black chair and plantstand are from our backyard.  

Grandson don't get porch decorations.  One grandson brought the sunflower pillow into the house and said "found this outside" 😂

For supper last night,  my parents, son and 2 grandsons were here.  

I made soft chicken tacos with refried  beans and salad. 

Dessert was a just baked pumpkin pie.  

My dad ate 1 taco and 2 pieces of pie 😄

Gavin is a pie fan too.  He also had 2 pieces.  

I used a new to me pumpkin pie recipe.  It has 2 tablespoons of molasses and it really adds a deep flavor.  Apparently my dad and Gavin really liked the new recipe. 

http://www.gonnawantseconds.com/2009/11/classic-pumpkin-pie/

Happy Fall Y'all 😄