Ok so last summer our family made the journey up to our friends' cabin in Idaho. I was kind of dreading the 18 hour drive up there due to driving all 6 kids BY MYSELF since my husband had to work and flew up to meet us mid-week. But you know what? Kids and I had a blast, and like bonded and laughed and of course threw up! (just one of my little 4 (3 at time) year old twins.) But one of the highlights of our trip was stopping overnight to see my dear friend Becky Nelson. I first met her when I was about 13 years old and living in Southern California. She was a youth leader at church when I was going through a difficult time and seriously changed my whole life. I kid you not. So we still keep in touch and I remember her making this yummy, buttery, breakfast for me when I lived with her family one summer as a teen, and then when we stayed with her she made it for me and my 6 kids! And they all loved it too and my little Annie still calls them "Hoop-nannys!" But honestly, my kids mostly loved Becky and they still talk about how nice she was to them. So to remember our fun trip, this breakfast now makes a regular appearance at our morning table, even on school mornings! It is quick and easy, and my kids eat the whole thing every time! So this recipe will feed about 6-7 roughly, but if my husband is eating with us on the weekend, I make 1 1/2 of this, as in a 9x13 pan and a square 8x8 pan too.
So here's the recipe. Thanks Becky, we love you!
Hootnanys:
1/2 cup Butter
6 Eggs
1 cup Milk
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Flour
Toppings:
Powdered sugar, syrup, jam
Turn on oven to 450. Place 1 stick of butter in 9x13 glass pan, put in oven to melt while you gather other ingredients. Remove pan from oven once butter is melted and starts to bubble a little. Turn pan around some to coat entire bottom with the butter. Beat eggs in a bowl, add milk and salt. Add in flour, mix well. Pour this mixture in pan over butter, do not mix. If anything, just stir lightly with a fork, just for a second. Once oven is preheated, cook for 12-15 minutes, or until mixture puffs up and is lightly browned. It is fun to turn oven light on while baking and let your kids see mixture puffing up while it bakes!!
Cut into squares to serve, top each serving with powdered sugar and syrup or jam.
my grandma and mom used to make this ALL THE TIME for us as a family. and my younger sister adds sliced apples & cinnamon to hers sometimes before she bakes it because her hubby likes it that way . . . so you can always try that little extra bit sometime & see how you like it :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, I have some apples in my fridge, going to try that this weekend. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI will have to post my recipe for "Apple Puffed Pancakes" that is what we call them, but you cook the apple slices with the butter while the butter melts and then you top the pancake with brown sugar oh and there is cinnamon in the pancake mix, it is SOOO yummy. Thanks for reminding me how good they are, we may eat that for breakfast tomorrow.
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