Thanksgiving Breakfasts

Thanksgiving morning I generally never have time to go all out and make a big breakfast, i'm up by 6am prepping the turkey, taking things out of the fridge to get to room temp, etc. Usually I send my husband to Dunkin Donuts to get me a Pumpkin Latte & Pumpkin Muffin (and the kids whatever they want). These recipes below I've made over the years on Fall weekends, but they'd make lovely Thanksgiving breaksfasts

Slow Cooker Apple Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal
Ingredients
1 cup steel cut oats
2 cups water or apple juice or apple cider
2 cups milk (or 2 more cups water)
2 apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite sized pieces
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 dash nutmeg, grated
1/4 cup raisins (optional)
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

directions
Place the steel cut oats, water, milk, apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins in a slow cooker and set it to cook on low for 4 hours. Mix the oatmeal up, optionally adding milk to bring it to the desired consistency and sweetener to bring it to the desired sweetness and serve topped with any desired toppings.


Option: Top with caramel sauce for a special treat! Note: This works best overnight if you have a slow cooker that either has a timer for a delayed start or one that has a timer to switch from low to keep warm mode after the 4 hours. If you do not have these features on your slow cooker you can place the ingredients in a bowl that will fit in the slow cooker and place couple of inches of water around it so that it sits in a water bath in the slow cooker and then cook on low overnight.


Pumpkin Pie Pancakes
ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 tablespoon brown sugar
caramel sauce or vanilla bourbon caramel sauce to taste

directions
Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves in a large bowl.
Mix the egg, milk, pumpkin puree, butter and brown sugar in another bowl.
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
Heat a pan over medium heat and melt a touch of butter in it.
Pour 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the mixture into the pan and cook until the surface starts to bubble and the bottom is golden brown, about 2-3 minutes, flip the pancake and cook the other side until the bottom is golden brown, about 1-2 minutes.


Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal
ingredients
1 cup steel cut oats
2 cups water
2 cups milk (or 2 more cups water)
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 dash nutmeg, grated
1 dash ginger
1 dash cloves
milk to taste (optional)
caramel sauce or vanilla bourbon caramel sauce to taste

directions
Place the steel cut oats, water, milk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a slow cooker and set it to cook on low for 4 hours.

Mix the oatmeal up, optionally adding milk to bring it to the desired consistency and sweetener to bring it to the desired sweetness and serve topped with any desired toppings.


Pumpkin Pie French Toast
12 slices whole wheat sandwich bread
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1 tsp homemade pumpkin pie spice
Butter and syrup for serving
Fresh fruit or smoothie as side

Directions
Set out the bread for dipping.

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, pumpkin and pie spice until smooth.

Dip each side of the bread and cook on a hot, greased griddle or skillet. Flip after 1 – 2 minutes.

Once all are cooked, serve with butter and maple. And a side of fresh fruit.

If freezing, let cool completely to reduce freezer burn.


Cranberry Pancakes

This recipe is awesome - don't bother with the canned whole berry cranberry sauce, just make an extra batch of my Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce for these delicious pancakes!