French Puff Muffins

This is my friend Cheryl's recipe; I'm not even really sure that she ever called them "French Puff Muffins" but that's the name I always used when referring to them. (Cheryl, Amy & I were all roommates during/after college & would always make birthday breakfast on each other's bdays; these were a favorite request of mine...that's a side note, I know, but the sentimentality probably makes them taste better! :))

Ingredients:

1/3 C melted butter

1/2 C sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 1/2 C flour

1 1/2 tsp baking pwd

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 C milk

Ingredients to dip muffin tops in after they are baked:

1/4 C sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 TBS melted butter

Instructions: (Preheat oven to 350)

1. Beat the butter, sugar, & egg until creamy

2. Combine flour and other dry ingredients in a separate bowl

3. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture along with the milk (start with a little flour mixture, then a little milk, back & forth, ending with flour).

4. Spoon into greased muffin pans

5. Bake for approximately 20 minutes

6. Roll hot muffin tops into first the melted butter, then roll them in the sugar mixed with cinnamon.

7. Makes about 10 muffins

Healthy Oven "fried" Fish

I found this on Recipezaar and made it tonight--the fam really liked it, so thought I would share.

Ingredients:

4 fish fillets (I used orange roughy, but any white fish should work)

3 TBS seasoned bread crumbs

3 TBS cornmeal

1/4 tsp celery salt

1/8 tsp ground red pepper

1 TBS canola oil

1 egg white, slightly beaten

1/2 tsp water

4 lemon wedges

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees

2. Stir together bread crumbs, corn meal, celery salt, and red pepper--mix in the canola oil, blend with a fork and set aside.

3. In a small bowl, beat water & egg white together and dip each fillet in mixture.

Then dip each fillet in bread crumb mixture.

4. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray and place fillets in dish (I topped each of my fillets with a pat of butter)

5. Bake uncovered for 6-10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

6. Serve with a lemon wedge (I forgot the lemon wedge & it was still great fish!)

I also served this with a cheesy rice pilaf and seasoned steamed vegetables; yummy, healthy & easy--my favorite kind of meal! :)

Maple Sausage Biscuit Wraps

I made these again this past weekend for a Fantasy Football breakfast draft. We have love these in our family. I got the recipe off a package of sausage right after Kevin and I got married...and I have made often ever since. They are good with regular sausage too, but the maple makes them extra tasty and unique! Enjoy!

12 oz Maple Sausage
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup chopped apple (I usually use Granny Smith, but any will do)
1 12 oz cans refrigerated biscuits (I usually use buttermilk, but again, any will do as long as they aren't the pull/layer ones)

Preheat oven to 400. In skillet, brown sausage. Drain well. Remove from heat and stir in cheese, and apple. Separate dough into 20 biscuits and flatten each biscuit into a 5" circle. Spoon sausage mixture onto center of each biscuit. Fold dough in half over filling and press edges with fork to seal shut. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-13 minutes or until golden brown.

*NOTE: I have made the sausage mixture up the night before and just stuffed them that morning to save time. They still taste great!