Easy To Make Brunch For Your Family And Friends
Here is an incredibly Easy To Make Brunch For Your Family And Friends. The rolls and the fruit salad can be prepared in no time. You might want to prechill the canned fruit in the fridge overnight or make it ahead if you want your salad cold. (If you make it ahead, wait until just before serving to add the cut bananas.)
The breakfast casserole is prepared the night before and baked the morning of your brunch.
Brunch Menu
Cinnamon-Caramel Pecan Rolls
Fruit Salad
Breakfast Casserole
Coffee, Tea, and Champagne
Homemade Cinnamon-Pecan rolls are delicious, but today I'll share a secret! Shhh! Everyone thinks these are homemade, but they are actually made from the canned refrigerated Cinnamon rolls. A few extra ingredients and these rolls are elevated to a new level. No one would know you whipped them up in no time!
Cinnamon-Caramel Pecan Rolls Preheat oven - 375°
4 Tblsp. butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 - 8 pack roll of Refrigerated Cinnamon Rolls
Use non-stick spray to coat a 9-inch metal cake pan on the bottom and sides. Pour the melted butter into the pan.
Evenly, distribute the brown sugar and pecans around the pan on top of the butter.
Evenly place the unbaked cinnamon rolls on top of the brown sugar-pecan mixture.*
Bake 25 minutes on the lower rack of your oven.
Remove from the oven, place your serving platter on top of the pan, and invert. The rolls will be covered in caramelized goodness.
* Toss the container of icing or use for another purpose.
The recipe for this fruit salad came by way of my mother. She brought it home from work so many years ago, I can't remember when! If you like fruit cocktail, you will love this recipe! It could not be much easier! If you can open cans and cut bananas, you can make this, it takes less than 5-minutes, and it looks so pretty!
Fruit Salad
1 can Pineapple chunks with juice
1 can Mandarin Oranges, drained
15 Maraschino Cherries
1 large sliced Banana
Pour the pineapple chunks with juice into a medium bowl. Drain the can of Mandarin oranges and add to the pineapple in the bowl.
With a slotted spoon, remove 15 or as many cherries from the jar as you like and then add to the fruit in the bowl.
Slice one large banana, (or two small ones), add to the fruit in the bowl and stir gently. Serve in a beautiful clear bowl or individual serving bowls.
Breakfast Casserole
* In a 9" x 13" casserole dish, layer:
6 slices of buttered bread - cubed
1 pound sausage - browned (I chose sage flavored)
2 cups cheddar cheese - shredded
Mix together:
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp. dried mustard
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
5 eggs - beaten
Pour over the bread cubes, sausage, and shredded cheese.
Refrigerate overnight.
Bake at 350° for 30 - 35 minutes.
* It's easy to half this recipe and use an 8" x 8" square casserole dish. Bake for the same amount of time.
Serve with coffee and tea. If you want to make it even more special, serve some champagne when you try this Easy To Make Brunch For Your Family And Friends!
