These are the recipes that our family insists on for Christmas morning
breakfast. Nevermind low-fat, low-calorie, high-fiber, just bring
on the taste!
10 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, grated
5 jalapeno peppers, seeded and choped
8 oz. jack cheese, grated
7 eggs, well beaten
Sprinkle cheddar cheese evenly over the bottom
of a buttered 9 X 13 pan.
Sprinkle jalapenos evenly over all. (Leave off
on one end for the pepper-wimps)
Add jack cheese over all, pressing down evenly
into a cake.
Pour beaten eggs over everything. Bake
at 325º for 45 minutes.
Cut into 1 x 1 squares and serve warm.
If you have room in the fridge, do everything
but the egg part ahead to save time Christmas morning.
(start the night before)
3 3/4 cups unsifted flour
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, melted
1 cup sour cream (at room temp)
2 eggs (at room temp)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 package dry yeast (or 2 1/4 teaspoons)
1/4 cup warm water (105-115ºF)
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
Confectioners sugar frosting (powdered sugar
plus enough milk to make glaze)
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds (optional)
**Cinammon sugar. Mix about 1 tsp cinammon per 3 tbsp sugar
Mix flour, margarine, sour cream, eggs, salt,
and vanilla.
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add to flour
mixture; beat until smooth.
Cover, chill thoroughly, from 2 to 48 hours.
Divide dough in half; keep half chilled.
Roll out other half to an 8 x 12 rectangle;
sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of cinammon sugar.**
Fold into thirds, like a letter. Repeat
rolling the dough and sprinkling with cinammon sugar 2 more times.
(More if you have the patience, the more times, the more layers)
Roll into an 8x12 inch rectangle; cut into
3/4 x 4 inch strips. Twist strips twice; place on greased baking
sheets. Repeat with remaining dough and sugar. Cover;
let rise in a warm place, free from draft, 30 minutes.
Bake at 375º F for 12 to 15 minutes.
Cool. Glaze with confectioners sugar frosting and sprinkle with almonds.