Goosey Cookbook Review & Giveaway {Gooseberry Patch 101 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes}

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It's that time again for another Goosey Cookbook Review & Giveaway. This time I had the opportunity to review another cookbook from Gooseberry Patches 101 Photo Cookbook Series. 101 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes.

It's no secret that my favorite Gooseberry Patch Cookbooks are the photo series books. I love thumbing through all the pages and seeing a beautiful high quality photo with each recipe

I mentioned in my last cookbook review for Gooseberry Patch 101 Cozy Casseroles, that is was my favorite cookbook in their photo series. Well, I find myself saying it again, so I've settled on loving 

them all. them all. The newest edition to the 101 cookbook series contains 101 tried and true breakfast & brunch recipes from great home cooks like you and me. This new cookbook has so many awesome recipes that I found it hard to choose as usual.

They have quick and easy recipes as well as a few that would be great for overnight guests. I dog eared a bunch of pages to try out over the holiday season when we have family in town.

Breakfast seems to be the one meal that I struggle with. We have our favorites, so I usually end up making the same things over and over.

There's nothing wrong with that especially if it's a good dish, but it can tend to get a bit boring. I think this breakfast and brunch cookbook arrived at a perfect time for me. 101 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes has 4 yummy chapters to choose from: Rise and Dine, Leisurely Weekend Mornings, Come to Brunch & Corner Bakery.

I couldn't decide which chapter was my favorite, because this cookbook has so many great recipes to choose from. Here is a little sample of some of the recipes.

Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole, Butterscotch Granola, Bowl Free Cereal to Go, Steak & Egg Breakfast Burrito, Waffles, Apple Breakfast Cobbler,

Griddle Cakes, Poor Mans Pancakes, French Toast, Brunch Casseroles, Hot Chocolate Muffins, Egg Dishes, Raised Doughnuts, Coffeecakes and Yummy Drinks.

I started off my review with these easy Open House Waffles. This recipe comes from Barbara McCurry in Carpinteria, Ca. Barbara says every Saturday she makes these waffles for her family and they love them.

When I make waffles I usually use my favorite homemade waffle recipe. I was excited to give this one a try. This recipe started with a biscuit baking mix, but in the end you couldn't even tell.

The waffles baked up nice and fluffy and crispy on the outside just how we like them. I did substitute all purpose flour for millet flour, because I don't use millet. These waffles will defiantly be making another appearance on our breakfast table.

Along with the waffles I whipped up a batch of Frosty Orange Juice from Tiffany Classen. I knew these would be great right off the bat. I have a similar recipe and they remind me of the orange Julius I enjoyed as a kid. This recipe only requires 6 ingredients and that's it. It's thick, frosty and taste just like a dreamsicle. My kids ask me to make these quite a bit and I can't blame them.

The last recipe that I reviewed was from the Corner Bakery Chapter. Victoria Mitchel from Gettysburg, PA. took her favorite coffeecake recipe and adapted it into a pumpkin version perfect for fall.

This was my favorite recipe out of all the ones I reviewed. We love pumpkin so I knew it would be a hit, but I didn't know everyone would love it so well.

This coffeecake utilizes a yellow cake mix (you gotta love that). Pumpkin puree, brown sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice make up the yummy cake. Finally it's topped off with a cinnamon streusel topping.

Goodness it was so good. I will be making this again when Thanksgiving rolls around. All I have is nice positive comments about this new cookbook. If you're a lover of all things breakfast and brunch than this is must have cookbook for your collection.

Right now you can purchase Gooseberry Patch 101 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes for $14.95. That's right my friends this yummy cookbook hit the shelves on August 16th, so it's available right now!

Hop on over to Gooseberry Patch and order yourself a copy. While your there get one for a friend, because these cookbooks make wonderful gifts.

Well my friends it's Giveaway time!!! In usual fashion ♥ Gooseberry Patch ♥ has generously provided me with second copy of 101 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes to giveaway to one of my readers.

How to Enter the Giveaway:

Leave a comment on this post telling me what you're favorite breakfast dish is?(Mandatory entry) For me it's Grandma Macks Breakfast Casserole & my Sausage Cream Cheese Crescents.

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I will announce the winner on September 11th 2012. I will pick a random winner using random.org and announce the winner on this blog, face book and twitter.

Contest is open to U.S & Canadian Residents only due to shipping charges. If you leave an anonymous comment please include your email address in your comment. That way I can contact you in the event that you're the winner. Winner will have 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be chosen. Good Luck to everyone that enters!!!

Barbara's Open House Waffles

3 - cups biscuit baking mix
1 - cup millet or all - purpose flour
1/8 - teaspoon baking soda
1/4 - cup canola oil
3 - eggs, beaten
3 - cups buttermilk
2 - tablespoons water
Garnish with maple syrup, fresh strawberries, whipped cream or any fruit

In a bowl, whisk together baking mix, flour and baking soda. Add remaining ingredients except garnish and mix well. Drop batter by 1/2 cupfuls onto a heated waffle iron; cook according to manufacturer's directions. Top with maple syrup, strawberries and whipped cream. Serves 6-8.

Frosty Orange Juice

1 - 6 oz can frozen orange juice concentrate
2 - cups milk
1 - cup water
1 - teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 - cup sugar
12 - ice cubes

Process all the ingredients together in a blender until frothy. Serve in tall glasses. Makes 4 servings




Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake

1 - 18. 5 oz pkg yellow cake mix
1 - cup canned pumpkin (NOT Pumpkin pie mix)
3 - eggs, beaten
3 - tablespoons oil
1/3 - cup water or buttermilk
1 - teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 1/3 - cups brown sugar, packed and divided
1 - cup all - purpose flour
1/2 - cup butter, softened

In a bowl, combine dry cake mix, pumpkin, eggs, oil, water or buttermilk and pie spice. Pour half the batter into a greased 13×9 baking pan. Set aside remaining batter.

Mix together 1/3 cup brown sugar and 3/4 tsp cinnamon and sprinkle over the batter in the pan.
Carefully spread remaining batter over the cinnamon mixture.

Combine flour with remaining brown sugar, remaining cinnamon and butter and mix well. Spread evenly over the top.

Bake at 325º for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Makes 10-12 servings.