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Easy Coffee Recipe: Cinnamon Coffee

Kelley — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:30:00 +0000

This is so simple but looks so good. Ill take a cinnamon coffee anytime.

Peace but not quiet has the super easy recipe.

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Mocha Mint Popsicles

Kelley — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Disclaimer: I was sent Seattle’s Best Frozen Coffee Blends for free to review. All opinions and recipes are my own. I really love coffee, yall.

I can drink coffee day and night. My favorite thing to do it have a hot cup in the morning and then use the leftover coffee in the pot to make iced coffee in the evening. [So yea, I do drink coffee day and night.] Needles to say when I was sent a couple packages of Seattle’s Best Frozen Coffee Blends, I was a little excited. I decided to create a fun summer recipe with the coffee. I put two of my favorite things together for this super easy recipe – mocha and mint!

When I say super easy to make I mean it! You need three ingredients – milk, mint pieces and Seattle’s Best Frozen Coffee Blends.

I used about 12 ounces of almond milk, a 1/2 cup of Andes mint pieces (found them in the baking aisle) and one package of the Mega Mocha Frozen Coffee Blends. The coffee comes in little frozen cubes that are perfect for blending. Add the blended coffee into a popsicle mold and let chill for 4 plus hours.

And hello gorgeous! You can taste the mocha and just a hint of mint. b I may have to change my evening coffee to popsicle form. The only problem with these popsicles is my kids thought they were for them. I had to explain that they were for grown ups even though they looked chocolatey. Hmmm. Mocha.

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Baby Beignets

Elizabeth — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Last week I was in New Orleans! While there, I ate a lot of beignets. I mean a LOT. Is five times in six days too much? Some might think so, but who doesn’t like fried doughy goodness completely covered in powdered sugar?!

There are two well known places in New Orleans to get beignets, Cafe du Monde & Morning Call and we went to both. I wasn’t there for the beignets alone, we planned the vacation primarily to go to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. And beignet’s are just the beginning of the wonderful food down there. I’ll have a few posts about my trip on Not Everything I Make is Pretty, next week.

With all the expertise I gathered tasting beignets I had to make my own. I have to admit, I nerded out trying to come up with the perfect recipe (wait ’til you see my spread sheet….). I have ideas on what to do next time (there will be a next time) but I’m so excited to share my first beignet attempt with the Breakfast Hub. Enjoy!

Images of Beignets from New Orleans.

Ingredients
1-1/2 Cups Lukewarm Water
1/2 Cup Sugar
2-1/2 tsp Yeast
2 Eggs, Slightly Beaten
1-1/4 tsp Salt
1 Cup Evaporated Milk
7 Cups Bread Flour*
1/4 Cup Butter
Canola Oil, for Deep-Frying**
Confectioners’ Sugar, for Dusting or Burying

Mix water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.

In another bowl, beat the Eggs, Salt and Evaporated Milk together.

Mix Egg mixture to the Yeast mixture.

Add 3 cups of the Bread Flour to the Yeast mixture and stir to combine.

Add the Butter and continue to stir while adding the remaining Flour.

Remove dough from the bowl, place onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.

Spray a large bowl with nonstick spray.

Put dough into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a towel.

Let rise in a warm place for at least 2 hours and place in fridge to rise overnight.

Turn dough out onto a floured surface; roll to 1/4-inch thickness.

Cut into 2-inch squares with a pizza cutter. (3-inch is similar to the Beignets found in New Orleans but fewer will fit in the oil)

Pour oil to depth of 2 to 3 inches into a pot; heat to 350°-370° F, don’t let it get below 350°.*

Fry dough, in batches, 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Drain on paper towels to absorb the excess oil.

Dust immediately with lots and lots of Confectioners Sugar.

– Thoughts for Next Time –

Evaporated Milk

Other recipes used Whole Milk, Buttermilk, or some combination of the these. I used Evaporated Milk because it was most used I the recipes I researched, the Cafe du Monde Mix mentions both Milk & Buttermilk.

Bread Flour

A recipe I found after I made this batch mentioned using more than just Bread Flour, the Cafe du Monde Mix uses some ratio of Wheat Flour and Barley Flour, another article mentioned the use of Rye Flour.

Frying Oil

I used Vegetable Oil, Cafe du Monde uses Cottonseed Oil. I’m not sure where to get this, I’ll be on the look out…. ** On my second attempt I used Canola Oil and the flavor was much closer to the ones in NOLA. **

Frying Temperature

This recipe requires a Candy Thermometer to measure the temperature of the oil. They’re not very expensive and they come in extremely handy.

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Coconut Chai Biscotti

Kelley — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:00:19 +0000

Coffee makes the world go round. Its just science. When you want to spice up your coffee you add some biscotti. And when you want your biscotti to rock you go for this coconut chai biscotti from Frugal Foodie Mama.

For the full mouth watering recipe head over to Frugal Foodie Mama.

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Cappuccino Pancakes with Mocha Frosting

Kelley — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:00:34 +0000

I like a good pancake. Add coffee flavor and Im in love. I shared this oh-so-delicious Cappuccino Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Mocha Frosting over at my home blog – the Grant life. Definitely a pick me up type of breakfast.

To see the full recipe head over to the Grant life.

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Bacon and Coffee French Toast

Kelley — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:00:19 +0000

A perfect combination! Angie from Little Inspiration combines three of my favorite breakfast foods into one amazing meal. Bacon, coffee and french toast. This must be what they eat in heaven.

If you want the full recipe [and I know you do] head over to Little Inspiration to grab it.

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