Mini elephant ears

Easy Bake!

You all can thank my boyfriend once again for this recipe. The man absolutely loves elephant ears from Sugar and spice bakery. So I decided that since I was already subjecting myself to a month of baking I might as well make something he loves. These cinnamon sugar elephant ears are by far the easiest recipe for this month. The flaky pastry pairs lovely with the cinnamon and sugar, and it will take you less than 30 minutes to make including bake time.

Apple Apple-pie

Easy Bake!

One thing I can appreciate about this recipe is its perceived level of difficulty. Once you serve this people will be wondering how on earth did you make it. Little would they know that the dough is store bought and there are only 6 other ingredients needed in addition to the dough. I will admit it’s not a simple as the pear oatmeal crumble,  but it’s still pretty easy. Anyone can make this.

Dan-ish

Easy Bake!

This pastry is as ad-hoc as can be. Ugly little buggers, I really didn’t even know what to call it. It’s not really a tart, not a croissant, it’s kind of like a danish…get it dan-ish?  I literally walked into the kitchen grabbed the three ingredients and went for it. Cheese, jam and puff pastry; three ingredients one would expect to be a winning combination.

Jerk sausage pinwheels

Breakfast is served

Can I tell you how I made my own smoked jerk sausage? It was by far the most tedious thing I’ve ever done.  I chopped the meat; ground it seasoned, stuffed it into casings then slowly hot smoked them on the grill for three hours. They didn’t come out to bad for a first timer. Now I’m using the sausages I make to make some yummy jerk sausage pinwheels. You are free to use any store bought sausage you like. I will be sharing my sausage tutorial in the coming weeks as a curious class... but on to the pinwheels.

Garlic and herb egg puffs

Appetizing...

This recipe just screams weekend brunch. These garlic herb scrambled eggs in a flaky puff pastry shell are sure to open appetites. The garlic and herb compound butter gives the scrambled eggs more pizazz, it’s not every day someone has garlic eggs. I really love when a dish looks complicated but ends up being extremely easy, and this appetizer is one of those dishes.