{Banana Pancakes & Sweet Champagne}

Happy Monday!! The weekend went by SO fast and I didn't do nearly as much as I had hoped! We DID manage to get to the Social Security Office to change my last name, take a walk with the crazy little dog and make homemade BANANA PANCAKES for dinner Saturday night! Ummm,.. these were AMAZING! Just look how yummy they are!!!!!

As you can see, I slaved away in the kitchen making breakfast for dinner!

Actually, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to make pancakes from scratch!

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 ripe bananas, mashed

DIRECTIONS

Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.
Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.

I topped these with a bit of margarine, maple syrup, sliced banana pieces, whipped cream and chopped walnuts and served it up with a glass of pink champagne! Rest assured, we WILL be having these again SOON!

If you couldn't already tell they were yummy, here is my last bite (before I went back for two more cakes an hour later) :)

{Sunday Morning Cinnamon Buns}

I slept in a little late Sunday morning and when I finally got up and around (11am...YIKES) I decided I would make cinnamon buns for breakfast. As you can see, the process was a little more than opening a tube of buns, sticking them in the oven then slathering them in icing. These were virtually from scratch and they ended up being Sunday lunch... he he.

This is the finished dough before rising.....

after rising.

I am kind of lame and I don't even own a rolling pin.... BUT luckily I had this flat/skinny Old Spaghetti Warehouse glass from probably about 15 years ago :) It worked just fine.

Pre-oven....

YUMMMM,... ready for eating! They were DELISH! Tom said they were the best thing I ever made... not sure how I should take that now that I think about it.

On another note, I have enrolled in a six week, Intro to Digital SLR Photography course at a local community college. I CAN'T WAIT!! I have tried to sit down with my manual and just test things out, but I am a visual learner, I am better off if someone shows me!

Also, I just received two beautiful packages that contain lots of lovelies that will soon adorn the tops of some of my patchwork boxes! Stay tuned, I am going to take pictures of these sweet & colorful presents!