Chickie Pig Eyes-Sheia

Chickie Pig Whats???
So that is the name our family came up with for this breakfast creation, which you may have had a variation of at some time in your life.To make Chickie-Pig-Eyes you need:
1 loaf Texas Toast bread
1 egg/person (and a little milk if you prefer your eggs scrambled)
butter or margarine
ham slices
cheese slices
salt and pepper
a biscuit or circle cutter
a griddle

Butter one slice of toast per person on both sides.
Cut out a hole from the middle of the toast with the circle cutter and save the centers.


Cut out 2 ham circles and one cheese circle per person.

Heat griddle to about 350-375 degrees and get ready to assemble FAST when griddle is hot.

Lay the bread on the griddle and start filling the holes in this order:
1 ham circle
1 egg (just crack it in there or pour in some eggs scrambled with a little bit of milk-enough to almost fill the hole)
salt and pepper the egg
1 cheese circle
1 ham circle

Let it toast on that side for a couple of minutes and then carefully flip over and toast on the other side. Toast your bread circles at the same time.

Wall-Ah! Chickie-Pig-Eyes!


Can serve with hot maple syrup. Works well to cut pizza style with a pizza cutter for little fingers to dip in syrup.

Let me know what you would call these and other variations you have heard of!

Nauvoo Syrup-Sheia Korth

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk*
1/2 tsp soda
1 cup butter or margarine
1 tsp corn syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix all dry ingredients in a LARGE sauce pan then add the wet ingredients (EXCEPT vanilla). Bring to a boil on Medium-high. Turn down but let boil for 5 minutes. Watch carefully as it "grows"! Remove from heat and add vanilla.

*Can use powdered buttermilk ( add 2 TBS powdered buttermilk to dry ingredients and 1/2 cup water to wet)

Apple Cider Syrup-Melanie Ferguson

Mix in sauce pan

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 tsp corn starch
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Add

• 1 cup apple cider or apple juice
• 1 TBS lemon juice
• 2 TBS butter

Cook all ingredients except butter over medium heat. Heat until thick and bubbly. Cook 2 more minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter.
Makes 1 1/3 cups syrup.

Pumpkin Waffles-Sheia Korth

with Apple Cider Syrup

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 4 tablespoons butter , melted
• 2/3 cup canned pumpkin
  

1. In a medium-size mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
2. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, melted butter, and pumpkin.
3. Pour the wet ingredients over the flour mixture and stir just until combined.
4. Coat the preheated waffle iron with cooking spray or vegetable oil.
5. Pour the waffle batter onto the center of each section of the iron.
6. Cook the waffles for about 4 to 5 minutes.
7. Serve immediately with syrup and butter.