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My favorite daughter had my sweet, little grandson’s blessing at her church recently. We invited family and friends to join us at our house for a brunch following the service. We expected more than 40 guests, so Jenn and I spent lots of time in the kitchen baking up delicious food for the big day.
We made mini muffins so everyone could try each of the flavors. We baked two batches of three different muffins:Pumpkin Chocolate Chip,Banana Nut with Cranberries, andBest Blueberry Streusel Muffins. When we finished we’d made 18 dozen mini muffins and my freezer was overflowing with muffins. (One of these days I’m going to buy a second freezer.)
The muffins froze well, but the pumpkin and banana muffins were a little tacky on top after defrosting, so I put them on a baking sheet and put them under the broiler for a minute to reheat the tops. The mini muffins only took about 8 minutes to bake.
Bacon and Potato Frittatais a favorite breakfast of ours. We whipped up four of these frittatas the day before the blessing and double wrapped them in aluminum foil. I sent my husband home from church a bit early to pop all four of them in the oven at 350º for 30 minutes.
I was so impressed with how nicely the frittatas reheated. I had thought about freezing them, but Kalyn saidthe texture is better when it’s just refrigerated. Thanks Kalyn. They tasted freshly made and I didn’t have a slice left.
Next on our menu was Strawberry Yogurt Parfaits. I found aStrawberry Sauce for Yogurt, Ice Cream, Pound Cake & More!recipe on Food.com, which was posted by Kristen, Dine and Dish. We layered it with strawberry yogurt andtopped it with homemade granola.
I purchased four dozen mini croissants from Sam’s Club and served them with homemade strawberry and blackberry jam. We rounded out the menu with fresh fruit and juices.
It was a wonderful day and we feel so blessed to have this little angel join our family.
Wishing all of you a wonderful holiday season filled with great food and spent with those you love.
More brunch recipes that would be perfect for the holidays:
Cinnamon Apple Candy Cane Kolache with Cinnamon Drizzle, Barbara Bakes
Baked Eggnog French Toast, Two Peas and Their Pod
Pumpkin Apple Streusel Cake, Vintage Mixer
Make-Ahead Baked Eggs with Bacon Mushrooms & Sage, Cookin’ Canuck
Pumpkin Granola, Food Finery
Breakfast Hashbrown Casserole, Barbara Bakes
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Megan
Barbara, that baby is adorable! I LOVE the picture. What a blessing indeed! 🙂 And the food looks beautiful. I think the tags make it so cool looking too. Great job!!!
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Deborah
What a beautiful family! And everything looks so delicious. What a great brunch!
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Claudia
The guest of honor is just beautiful! There’s nothing like a wee one during the holidays. I love how you feed a crowd (and 40 is a mini-mob). And especially thinking that the frittata needs to come to my house.
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Angie's Recipes
What a sweet party!
Merry Christmas to you & your family!
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Alison @ Ingredients, Inc
awesome ideas as always!
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Bizzy Chaya
Your daughter and family are all beautiful but baby wins, “the cutest”. Absolutely adorable.
I am going to write down these recipes for the time I make a brunch. Brunch is my favorite meal and you have proven why.
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Katherine Martinelli
These all look so wonderful! What great ideas. And what a beautiful family you have 🙂 Merry CHristmas!!
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Shelby
Can I join your family? 😉 Looks like a wonderful family moment with some awesome food! Merry Christmas Barbara!
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Rocky Mountain Woman
Hi Barbara,
I just came by to say Happy Holidays. I can’t wait to see what you cook up for us next year!!!!!
xxoo,
RMW
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Roxana GreenGirl {A little bit of everything}
Your grandson is so adorable!
Happy Holidays Barbara!Reply
jehanne@thecookingdoctor
what a wonderful spread of lovelies..and your grandson is way too cute! Merry Xmas and hope u have a fab new year:-)
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Asmita
What a lovely brunch and your grandson is super cute. The treats look delicious. Happy holidays.
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Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Aww mum my “nephew” is so adorable! I love his expression. I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas mum! Thanks for my wonderful Christmas present which I have been using to cook with today! xxx
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Natalie@DeconstructingTheHome
Cute baby! Those fritatas look tasty! Thanks for the ideas!
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