Breakfast Casserole

Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients

• 4 cups shredded potatoes
• 1/2 lb bacon (cooked and broken into pieces)
• 6 eggs lightly beaten
• 2 cups shreded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.  Coat a 9 x 13" pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine potatoes and bacon, and put them in the pan.
3. Use a fork to combine eggs, cheese, salt, pepper, and paprika.  Pour mixture over potatoes.
4. Bake for 30 minutes.
5. Let sit for 5-10 minutes before cutting into squares (or it may be too runny). 

Another batch of M&M cookies

Not that I don't love my usual recipe for M&M cookies, but I felt like I needed a change...and I wasn't 100% satisfied with the sugar-factor of the last one--too gritty maybe? or sweet?  Anywho-- I loved this recipe, and I think the key factor was melting the butter and using mostly dark brown sugar...I will be using this again! :)


Chewy Chocolate Chip (or M&M) Cookies
Recipe adapted from smittenkitchen

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• little less than 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (or 1 3/4 cups M&M candies)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (165°C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended.
3. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop tablespoons of cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
5. Bake larger cookies for 15 to 17 minutes, or 10 to 12 minutes for smaller ones until the edges are lightly toasted.