Many families have favorite family holiday recipes that bring warm memories of a loved one. Quite often, many family recipes can be linked back to generations long gone. Loving family members carry on family recipe traditions that started years before by cooking recipes that were handed down through the generations.
Some recipes are simply expected to be found on the holiday table, while many are prepared and given as Christmas gifts to friends and family. There are specific family recipes as well that are always prepared for certain times like Christmas breakfast or a family Christmas dinner. Last Christmas, I prepared my family a delicious Christmas Crock Pot Breakfast. Imagine the aroma filling house when the kids awoke Christmas morning after the crock pot had been working all night long! And breakfast was a breeze.
Christmas Crock Pot Breakfast Recipe
1 bag (32 oz.) frozen hash brown potatoes
1 lb bacon, cut into pieces, fried and drained
1/2 c diced onions
1 green pepper, diced
3/4 lb cheddar cheese diced
1 dozen eggs
1 c milk
1/2 tsp dry mustard
salt & pepper
Layer the hash browns, bacon, onions, green pepper and cheese in a slow cooker, layered. Add the cheese. Beat eggs, milk and mustard, salt & pepper together; pour over mixture and cook on Low for 10 hours. Serves 8.
And to continue the recipe tradition throughout Christmas Day, here, I have a special Cornbread Dressing recipe that is sure to become a holiday favorite and may be handed-down throughout your own family. Give it a try!
Old Fashioned Cornbread Dressing Recipe
10 cornbread muffins, crumbled
6 slices wheat bread, crumbled
5 c chicken broth
1 med onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
3 tbsp margarine or butter
˝ lb mild pork sausage
2 eggs, beaten
Salt & pepper
Soak cornbread and wheat bread in chicken broth in a large bowl until the liquid is absorbed. Sauté' onion and celery in butter until tender and then add sausage and then cook until browned; drain. Add sausage mixture to bread and then add eggs, salt and pepper, mixing well. Spoon dressing into a greased 13x9 inch baking dish and bake for 1 hour at 350 F or until lightly browned. Serves 8.
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