What's Cookin' for Christmas Breakfast?

Christmas and the holiday season are full of opportunities for starting and enjoying so many wonderful family traditions.  One of my favorites is breakfast with my husband and children on Christmas morning.  We have a large extended family on both sides and that keeps us busy hopping from holiday party to holiday party.

But on Christmas morning, we save for just the four of us.  The boys get up early and squeal and open presents, we take a gazillion photos like the goofy parents we are, and then my husband and I make a special Christmas breakfast.  We change it up a little every year because we have yet to find a "signature" Christmas morning menu, and it is fun to experiment.

Do you have any special Christmas morning breakfast favorites or dishes that you make every year, because your family demands it and it just won't be Christmas morning without ___________ (fill in the blank)?  If you don't have something specific in mind to fix for breakfast, or don't have a Christmas morning tradition...now is the time to start.  Here are some ideas just to get you thinking, and cookin'!

Apple Crunch Muffins

Bacon & Egg Casserole

Breakfast Pizza with Strawberries

Unique Christmas Cookies Come to Visit!

Back to our holiday baking, why not try one of our more unique Christmas cookies recipes?  If you have been using the same cookie recipes month after month, year after year...perhaps it's time to explore your cookie options!

Not everyone loves to bake cookies as much as me, I agree.  However, if you love trying new cookie flavors, or you just want to give your relatives and holiday guests something new to "chew on" give one of these recipes a go.  (You can always wrap them up and give them to the neighbors, if you face cookie mutiny!)

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Potato Chip and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Raisin Jumbles

Snowball Cookies

Easy Christmas Goodies For You!

Trending this 2011 Christmas season: simple and peaceful family holidays...We are completely on board with this one!  Finally, something we can fully support.  We've put together a few recipes that will keep your Christmas baking simple and your bank account peaceful.  And hopefully you will get some mouth-watering oohs and ahhs from your family as they sample your delectable delights!

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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Brownies

No-Bake Rolled Oat Clusters

Bread Lovers Unite!

Great-grandma always made fresh bread, seriously, every week.  How do I know this?  She used to baby-sit my brother and I when we were very small.  And her house smelled wonderful.  That's what I remember most: pies, breads, Sourkraut, sausages...I digress.  Back to the bread...

Some great things about making and giving home-made bread loaves:  they are inexpensive, you can make up several at one time (double and triple batches), they make your home smell delicious, they are irresistible, and most of all they remind you of loved ones and special familial traditions.

Try one of these scrumptious and simple bread recipes this weekend.  Make up several if you like the way they turn out and give them as Christmas gifts.  Fresh baked bread loaves are a nice way to save money and still give a heartfelt thoughtful gift to people you love!  (Always tasty, always FREE!)

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Almond Chocolate Chip Bread

Banana Applesauce Bread

Cherry Pecan Bread

Ready, Set, Bake!

Have you started training for your Christmas Baking Marathon?  (Don't worry, I haven't either.)  As Christmas Day is just under 4 weeks away, I feel I must share a few pointers with you.  I come from a big family and that means we all get very creative when it comes to gift giving.  We tend to keep it simple and share baked goods, instead of spending money on store bought gifts.  (Hey, times are lean and I am frugal!)  Over at Anniesrecipes.com we have plenty of FREE recipes for you to add to your holiday baking list this year!

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Cashew Sugar Cookies

Chocolate Chip Caramel Drop Cookies

Lemon Drop Cookies

(Always FREE, always FUN!)

Another Year, Another Turkey!

Did you survive Thanksgiving dinner?  Hopefully most of us lived through the chaos that is making the side dishes, checking the turkey (not to mention getting up at like 5am to put the turkey in the roaster), mashing the taters, baking all the pies, playing hostess to a houseful of family and friends, and acting as stuffing sheriff.  Give yourself a high five for living to see another Thanksgiving come and go.  Now, what's for dinner?  It's gotta be something easy after the hustle and bustle of turkey day...Try one of these tasty recipes!  (The breakfast theme was purely unintentional.)  

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Bacon & Egg Casserole

Bagel Scramble Sandwich

Quiche with a Kick

Have We Got A Side For You!

Thanksgiving looms a whole two days away and many of us are scrambling to pull our menus together.  At Annie's Recipes, we have all kinds of delicious side dish suggestions to compliment your Thanksgiving Dinner.  Whether you are going traditional or whimsical this year, we have a recipe to suite you. 

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Mandarin Lettuce Salad

Pasta with Garlic Roasted Broccoli

Taffy Apple Salad