Category Archives: Muffins, Biscuits, Breads

Oven Pear Pancake

Type of dish: Breakfast, Dessert, Muffins, Biscuits, Breads

2 pears
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 Tablespoons sugar

Heat oven to 400º F.

Lightly coat a 9-inch pie plate with vegetable cooking spray. Peel, core, and cut into eighths and arrange them in the pie plate.

Combine 1/2 cup minus 2 Tablespoons sugar, flour, eggs, whole milk, vanilla, unsalted butter, and a pinch of salt in a blender. Pulse until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Pour over the pears. Place in the oven and bake until springy to the touch, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Heat broiler. Sprinkle the pancake with ground cinnamon and the 2 Tablespoons sugar. Broil until browned, about 1 minute. Serve warm.

Recipe courtesy of Gazy Brothers Farm

Apple Strudel Muffins

Type of dish: Muffins, Biscuits, Breads, Breakfast

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped apples

Topping:
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 Tablespoon butter

Preheat oven to 375° F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and eggs until smooth. Mix in vanilla. Stir in apples, and gradually blend in the flour mixture. Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin pan.

In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture is like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over tops of muffins.

Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing from pan. Cool on a wire rack.

Recipe courtesy of Gazy Brothers Farm

Quick and Easy Peach Upside-Down Biscuits

Type of dish: Muffins, Biscuits, Breads, Dessert

Make these great little biscuits to go along with a breakfast or brunch casserole, or make them as a treat or dinner dessert for the family.

1 pound peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced thinly
5 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup coconut
2 Tablespoons orange juice
1 package (7.5 oz) refrigerated biscuits, country style or buttermilk (10 biscuits)

Butter 10 cups of a 12-cup muffin pan. Heat oven to 400°. Line a 15×10-inch jelly roll pan with foil or have a large pan or piece of foil ready for the biscuits.

Combine the melted butter with the brown sugar, coconut, and orange juice.
Put 2 teaspoons of the brown sugar and coconut mixture into each of 10 muffin cups. Put about 1 tablespoon of diced peaches on the mixture. Open the package of biscuits and separate into 10 biscuits. Place 1 biscuit in each of the 10 muffin cups.

Bake the biscuits for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden brown. Immediately and carefully invert onto a foil-lined jelly roll pan or baking pan.

Makes 10 servings.

Recipe courtesy of Gazy Brothers Farm