Super Easy Mini King Cakes

It's a snow day here in DC!  I wanted to make a special breakfast since I had a little free time.  With five inches of snow on the ground, I needed to make do with what we had.

We celebrated my mother-in-law's birthday last night with a special-request homemade King Cake.  It was delicious, but unfortunately none of the leftovers came home with us!

Still craving King Cake, I decided to try my hand at making a breakfast version with stuff we already had.  It came out awesome, so I'm sharing it with you!

Ingredients:

• 8-pack Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
• 2 T melted butter
• 5 T sugar
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1 c powdered sugar
• 2 T water
• 1/2 t vanilla

Method:

• Preheat oven to 375 (350 for dark or nonstick pan)
• Unroll the dough and separate into 8 triangles
• Brush each triangle with melted butter
• Combine sugar and cinnamon and scatter evenly over the triangles
• Loosely roll triangles
• Bake for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown
• While rolls are cooling, combine water and vanilla
• Slowly add liquid to powdered sugar, mixing with a whisk (don't add it all at once!); add just enough liquid to make a gooey mixture
• Drizzle/spread glaze over the rolls
• Top with colored sugars
• Serve warm (or microwave) with a fresh cup of coffee!
• Enjoy!

Start with crescent rolls

brush with melted butter

sprinkle with cinnamon sugar

bake at 350 for 11-13 minutes

glaze and top with colored sugars

serve warm with a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy!

Bonnie Projects

Waffle Bar

For July 4th weekend I rented a lakehouse with some of my favorite people, including my best friend Katrina, my boyfriend Tommy, and a bunch of other friends, including fellow bloggers Maizie and Michelle.  I volunteered to make breakfast one morning, so I made a waffle bar!  (Thanks Jeff for the idea!)

This turned out to be great for our big group, especially because they didn't all come to breakfast at the same time.

I made enough batter to last the morning, and left that next to the waffle iron.  Folks got a fresh waffle, then added their toppings of choice.  I set out syrup, whipped cream, chocolate chips, walnuts, bananas, blueberries, and strawberries.  Pretty easy assembly, everyone got a fresh hot breakfast regardless of when they get up, and I didn't have to slave away and supervise for hours on end!

How do you handle breakfast for large groups?