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Breakfast With Robby
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items In this series, I'm sharing the recipes that got me through mornings in 2020. What started as a simple breakfast journey quickly turned into a collection of ultimate comfort bakes designed to bring a little warmth and therapy to your kitchen.
Sections
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Links to Blog
Original Recipes
Baking Basics & Pantry
Cereals, Grains, & Extra Add ins
Dairy & Refrigerated
Mixes
Links to Blog
Feel free to click the link and give it a read. Follow along for more recipes like this one.
This was the first "episode" of this series.
Welcome to a New Series: Breakfast with Robby
Can't have a breakfast series without pancakes.
Classic Family Pancakes: A Breakfast with Robby Original
These were my first time making scones. Feel free to click the link and give it a read. Follow along for more recipes like this one.
Easy Rhubarb Scones (No Heavy Cream Required!)
Beets in a cake? Can you believe it? You won't know unless you try.
Chocolate Surprise Cake: The Earthy Brownie Secret
There is just something about zucchini's that scream summer time.
$0.20 per Slice of Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This isn't even the zucchini bread recipe from my childhood.
Spiced Farmers Market Zucchini Bread
Banana Bread is good all year round.
Classic Homemade Banana Bread
Zucchini's are not just for breads. You can also make cookies out of them.
Spiced Frosted Zucchini Cookies
Until I make this recipe again, the in game carrot cake will be my placeholder.
Carrot Cake
I love making muffins. They are so easy and cheap to make.
Carrot Raisin Muffins
My first time every baking macarons. As a "beginner" baker, I am still impressed that they look good.
Macarons
Lemon Summer Squash Bread was really good.
Lemon Yellow Squash Bread
Apparently we had a lot of bananas in the house during this time.
Chocolate Banana Bread
We were given blackberries from a food distribution. Like A LOT!
Blackberry Cake Mix Muffins
Yup hamburgers can be for breakfast. Or whatever, this is know going into the comfort foods.
Hamburgers
The recipe I will never be able to live down. My parents still bring this up to their friends every once in a while. And I'm fine with it.
Carrots with a Side of Cake
Lot's of firsts in this series. This was the first time i made Cinnamon Rolls.
Cinnamon Rolls
You're gonna see a lot of box cake mix "recipes" in this series. Simple because that is what was available at the time of writing these posts.
Apple Pie Spice Cake
I can't believe it's not apple, zucchini crisp.
Zucchini Crisp
Whenever you see Zucchini on my blog, know that I did not pay a lot of them. I usually wait until late July to Early August. When the farmers have the logs and they are selling them for $1. I buy them, shred them, place them in a freezer bag (labelin...
“Best Ever” Zucchini Bread
Yellow squash (summer squash) coconut pie was so good.
Summer Squash Pie
Can't go wrong with a fudge pie.
Fudge Pie
We are starting into the apple recipes.
Apple Fritter Bread
Chocolate Poop cookies, but they tasted really good.
Chocolate Macarons
I had made these cookies twice before.
Brownie Mix Cookies
These cookies are great for breakfast
Summer Squash Banana Cookies
Can't beat a classic
Sugar Pie with Chocolate Crust
Box Cake with fruit and veggies
Zucchini Apple Cake
This was my mistake for what happened to the pie.
Zucchini Pie
Total drama pie. Lots of tears with this recipe.
Banana Cream Pie
The 1 recipe that you will see multiple times on this blog.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin seeds are great.
Pumpkin Seeds
The recipe that changed my life forever. I know have this recipe memorized.
Not Boxed Brownies
Just like my chocolate chip cookie recipe, this is another one that is right up there with cookie recipes.
Sugar Cookies
I really REALLY wish I liked this! But if you have to like Grape flavor to enjoy this recipe
Grape Pie
I was so proud of this apple pie.
Apple Pie with Lattice Top
For someone who says she doesn't care much for shortbread cookies. I have definitely made quite a few.
Shortbread Cookies
These are just placeholder pictures. And when I make them again I will repost the pictures.
Lemon Meringue Pie
Not as pretty as the first. But still so good
Lemon Macarons
Made this cake because I was so happy
Lemon Cake
Cake mixes are great.
Chocolate Cake
Got a bunch of mixes for my birthday basket this year.
Cookie Dough Brownies
Another box cake because the year was 2020. And I needed to bake with anything.
Rainbow Cake
These are not my pictures for the baked goods; they are just placeholders until I get around to making them again.
Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Cookies are so good
Pumpkin Cookies
Cake mix
Dinadi’s Cake
Another cake mix
Diondra’s Cake
Yeah another cake mix
Dalit’s Cake
My recipe I make every Thanksgiving
Guy Pie
Have I said how much I like pumpkin yet?
Blue Ribbon Pumpkin Bread
Final recipe for this series.
German Chocolate Cake
Sometimes you just need a good pancake
Fluffy Homemade Pancakes Recipe
Original Recipes
The original recipe behind every one of mine that has one. Cookbooks, blogs, and bakers I learned from, credited the way they should be. If a recipe is mine or my mom's, there is nothing here for it, and that is on purpose.
The Betty Crocker pancake recipe behind my Classic Family Pancakes. My mom taught me this one, and I have made it more times than I can count. Simple, fluffy, and right every single time.
Fluffy Homemade Pancakes Recipe
A deep chocolate cake with beetroot hiding inside. Nobody guesses the secret. The beets make it earthy and dark and keep it moist for days.
Beetroot Chocolate Cake
Soft spiced zucchini cookies with a butter frosting. I worked this batch out in a convection oven during a heatwave, and it still came out right.
Zucchini Cookies
Macarons with a cream cheese filling. Almond flour, powdered sugar, and egg whites, colored if you like. Fancy looking, honest ingredients.
Rosanna Pansino Blogs Recipes Macarons
A lemon loaf with a cup of yellow squash and a lemon glaze poured over it warm. The squash disappears completely and the buttermilk keeps it tender.
Lemon Yellow Squash Bread - Beautiful Life and Home
Zucchini under a brown sugar and oat crumble, spiced like apple crisp. The trick bake of the series. Serve it warm and watch people guess wrong.
Zucchini Crumble Recipe
Yellow squash pie that tastes like coconut, over the Betty Crocker crust my mom taught me. Summer's strangest and best pie.
Mock Coconut Pie (made with yellow squash)
An old fashioned fudge pie in a Betty Crocker crust. Butter, sugar, flour, and cocoa. Rich enough that a small slice is the right size.
Easy and Old-Fashioned Fudge Pie
Apples and cinnamon swirled through a soft loaf with a powdered sugar glaze. It smells like a fair stand in the best way.
Cinnamon Swirl Apple Fritter Bread
One box of brownie mix, melted butter, an egg, and a little flour. My version rolls them in powdered sugar before baking, so they come out cracked and pretty.
Brownie Mix Cookies
Oatmeal cookies with banana and yellow squash hiding inside and a cinnamon frosting on top. Nothing in them announces itself, and that is the fun.
Yellow Squash Oatmeal Cookies with Cinnamon Frosting
A brown sugar pie in a chocolate version of my mom's Betty Crocker crust. Simple and sweet. The crust is the one she taught me when I was tall enough to see over the counter.
Callmepmc Sugar Pie
Zucchini and maple syrup in a doubled Betty Crocker crust. Use the maple syrup. Sugar is not the same swap, and I have a spoiled pie to prove it.
Zucchini Pie Recipe ~ A Tasty Veggie Dessert
Banana cream pie with Betty Crocker's ingredients and Taste of Home's directions, in a chocolate crust. Sliced bananas on the bottom, custard over the top.
Banana Cream Pie
The original Toll House recipe, five dozen cookies. Butter, both sugars, and two cups of chips. The recipe on the bag is famous for a reason.
Original NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cinnamon sugar pumpkin seeds from real pumpkins, roasted with butter and vanilla until they snap. The part of the pumpkin most people throw away.
Roasted Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Seeds
Concord grapes cooked down jammy and sweet in a double crust, with a sugary egg white shine on top. It sounds strange until the first slice.
The Concord Grape Pie Recipe
Betty Crocker's apple pie with a lattice top, the one my mom and I made together every Harvestfest. Little pieces of butter tucked over the apples before the lattice goes on.
Apple Pie Recipe Recipe
The classic, made to remember my mom, whose favorite flavor was lemon and whose favorite pie was this one. Cornstarch in the filling and cream of tartar in the meringue, the old way.
Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe
Soft pumpkin crinkles rolled in sugar and powdered sugar until they crack in the oven. My family uses real pumpkins instead of canned, and these hold up to it.
Pumpkin Crinkle Cookies
Butter, pumpkin, and all the fall spices, with raisins if you want them. It earned the blue ribbon name before it ever got to my kitchen.
BLUE RIBBON PUMPKIN BREAD
Baking Basics & Pantry
The unsung heroes of the kitchen. Keeping these essentials stocked means you’re always just minutes away from a warm, comforting bake.
Just standard all-purpose flour here, but remember to spoon and level it! A heavy hand with the flour is the quickest way to ruin a perfectly good cake.
Kirkland Signature Organic Unbleached All Purpose Flour, ...
This is what gives your pancakes and quick breads that gorgeous, fluffy lift. Because it is double-acting, it reacts twice (once when mixed and again in the oven heat) to ensure your bakes rise perfectly.
Great Value Double Acting Baking Powder, 8.1 oz
Never skip the salt in a sweet recipe! A tiny pinch does not make your bakes salty; instead, it wakes up all the sugar, vanilla, and chocolate, making the flavors pop.
Great Value Iodized Salt, 26 oz
The secret to the flakiest pie crusts and tender crumb textures. Keeping this on hand means you're always ready to whip up a batch of nostalgic, bakery-style treats.
Great Value All Vegetable Shortening, 48 oz Can
For those days when only deep, rich chocolate comfort will do. A couple of scoops of this beautiful cocoa is the quickest way to turn a simple bake into pure chocolate therapy.
Rodelle, Gourmet Baking Cocoa Powder, 25 oz
The ultimate helper for getting that perfect spread on your favorite cookies and a beautiful golden-brown color on your bakes. It's a tiny ingredient that does massive heavy lifting!
Great Value Baking Soda, 1 lb
Because every great bake deserves a beautiful finishing touch! Whether you're whipping up a smooth, fluffy frosting or just giving your cookies a snowy, sweet dust, this is a pantry must-have
Great Value Confectioners Powdered Sugar, 32 oz
A wonderful way to lock incredible moisture and a bright, sunny sweetness into your cakes and morning bakes. Plus, keeping canned fruit in the pantry means you can bring a tropical vibe to your kitchen any time of year!
Great Value Canned Pineapple Chunks in Pineapple Juice, 20 oz
Perfect for adding a delicious, chewy texture and a sweet, toasted warmth to your recipes. They turn a simple morning bake into something that feels like an absolute treat.
Great Value Sweetened Coconut Flakes, 14 oz
The absolute foundation of our baking therapy. It does so much more than just make things sweet, it locks in moisture, helps our bakes stay incredibly soft, and creates those beautiful golden edges we all love.
Great Value Pure Granulated Sugar, 10 lbs
The absolute magic of baking. Yes, working with yeast can feel a little intimidating at first, but there is nothing quite like the therapeutic feeling of watching your dough rise and filling your home with the scent of fresh, warm bread.
Red Star, Active Dry Yeast, 32 oz
My go-to whenever a recipe needs a little extra love, moisture, and that deep, rich caramel undertone. It’s what gives cookies their perfect chewiness and makes your crumble toppings taste absolutely heavenly.
Organic Brown Sugar, 7.5 lbs
Whether it's the middle of October or a random Tuesday in July, keeping a can of pumpkin in the pantry is a must. It adds the most incredible, velvety moisture to breads and cookies, plus, it gives me a perfect excuse to use my favorite warm spices a...
Great Value 100% Pure Pumpkin, 15 oz
A wonderful gluten-free helper that brings a subtle, buttery richness and a lovely nutty flavor to your bakes. It's fantastic for keeping things incredibly tender and adding a little extra substance to your morning treats.
Kirkland Signature, Almond Flour, 3 lbs
An absolute workhorse in the kitchen. When you want an incredibly moist cake or quick bread that stays soft and fresh for days, swapping butter for a good, neutral vegetable oil is the ultimate baker's secret.
Kirkland Signature, Vegetable Oil, 3 qt, 2-Count
If baking therapy had a signature scent, this would be it. A generous splash of this rich vanilla blend adds that comforting, warm aroma that immediately makes your entire kitchen feel like a cozy, old-school bakery.
Molina Mexican Vanilla Blend, 8.3 FL OZ
Four recipes in this series reach for cornstarch, grape pie, lemon meringue pie, the Guy Pie filling, and my powdered sugar tip, and my list did not have it. One box lives in the pantry forever and costs almost nothing.
Great Value Corn Starch, 16 oz
The sweetener in my zucchini pie. I learned the hard way that sugar is not always the swap. It is also the pancake syrup at my table, so it earns its shelf space twice.
Great Value Pure Maple Syrup, 12.5 fl oz, Gluten ...
A little jar for the lemon meringue pie. The meringue stands up tall because of this. You use a pinch at a time, so one jar lasts for years of pies.
Great Value Cream of Tartar, 2.75 oz
For the macarons. A few drops turn a plain shell into the flavor it is supposed to be, and a lemon macaron should look like a lemon.
Great Value Gel Food Colors, Classic Colors, 2.7 oz
The Rainbow Cake frosting names margarine. This is the margarine I actually buy, the same one on my Pantry Staples list.
Blue Bonnet Original Vegetable Oil Spread Sticks, 16 oz (4 Sticks)
Named in a few of these posts for the pans. Quiet, boring, and the reason cakes come out of pans.
Great Value Original Cooking Spray, 8 oz, 12 Cans
Cereals, Grains, & Extra Add ins
The fun part! This is where we add the texture, crunch, and extra personality to make each morning dish feel a little more special.
The big canister. Oats went into the yellow squash oatmeal cookies in this series, and a canister this size lasts through a lot of mornings.
Great Value 100% Whole Grain Old Fashioned Oats, 42 oz
For the carrot raisin muffins. Raisins keep forever in the pantry, which makes them a good thing to buy when they are cheap.
Great Value Sun-Dried Raisins Carton, 12 oz (340g)
The chips for the chocolate chip cookies in this series. The recipe on the bag is famous for a reason.
Nestlé Toll House, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip Morsels ...
Pumpkin seeds, already shelled. They go with the pumpkin bakes in this series and they are good on top of breads.
Great Value Pepitas, 8 oz
For the deep chocolate cakes in this series. Unsweetened means you control the sugar, and the price stays low.
Great Value Unsweetened Chocolate Baking Bar, 4 oz
Pie crusts. More than one pie in this series starts with crushed graham crackers and butter.
Great Value Honey Graham Crackers, 14.4 oz, 3 Count
The finishing touch cherries. One jar covers a lot of cakes, and they keep in the fridge between bakes.
Great Value Maraschino Cherries with Stems, 10 oz
Walnuts for the zucchini breads and banana bread. The Costco bag is the stock up size, and they freeze well.
Kirkland Signature Walnut Halves, 3 lbs
Dairy & Refrigerated
he fresh essentials that bind everything together, from perfectly rich milks to the structural magic of room-temperature eggs.
The ultimate baking multitaskers. Do yourself a favor and let them come to room temperature before you start mixing—it makes a world of difference in how smoothly your batter comes together and how beautifully your bakes rise.
Great Value Large White Eggs, 36 Count
Perfect for adding moisture to morning pancakes or quick breads. It gives you a soft, tender crumb without making your breakfast feel too heavy or dense.
Great Value, 2% Reduced Fat Milk, Gallon
Butter is the morning ingredient in half this series. Scones, pie crusts, frostings. This is the box I reach for.
Great Value Sweet Cream Salted Butter, 16 oz Box, 4 Sticks, Refrigerated
For frostings and creamy bakes. One brick is usually enough for a recipe, which keeps the cost where I want it.
Great Value Cream Cheese Brick, 8 oz (Refrigerated)
Yes, hamburgers showed up in a breakfast series. It happens. This is the beef from that post, filed with the cold groceries.
Wegmans Ground Beef 80/20
The chocolate macarons filling is cocoa and heavy cream, and milk cannot do this job. This is the one cream the series actually needs.
Great Value Heavy Whipping Cream, 16 oz Carton
For the lemon yellow squash bread. When I do not have it, a cup of milk with a spoon of lemon juice stands in for five minutes and works fine, so add this only if you want the real thing on the list.
Upstate Farms Low Fat Cultured Buttermilk 1 Quart – Walmart.com
Mixes
Because the year was 2020 and we all needed a little grace in the kitchen! These convenient mixes are the perfect, stress-free canvas for turning simple pantry finds into something spectacular.
A yellow cake mix is a head start, not a shortcut to be ashamed of. It is the base for more than one bake in this series.
Great Value Deluxe Moist Yellow Cake Mix, 15.25 oz Box
Spice cake mix is behind the apple pie spice cake in this series. All the warming spices are already measured for you.
Betty Crocker, Cake Mix, 13.25 oz, Super Moist Spice
The good brownie mix. It showed up in the brownie bakes in this series, and it earns its place.
Ghirardelli, Triple Chocolate Premium Brownie Mix, 6-Count
Devil's food mix for the chocolate cakes. Deep chocolate flavor for store brand money.
Great Value Deluxe Moist Devil's Food Chocolate Cake ...
Half cookie, half brownie. This mix is for the days when you cannot pick, which are valid days.
Betty Crocker Delights Cookie Brownie Bar Mix, 17.4 oz.
Funfetti is joy in a box. Cake mix muffins in this series started from a box like this one.
Pillsbury Funfetti Yellow Cake Mix with Candy Bits, 15.25 ...
Brownie mix with the walnuts already in it. One less thing to measure on a tired morning.
Duncan Hines Brownie Mix, California Walnut, 17.6 oz.
Strawberry cake mix for the bright cakes. Pink cake has a way of fixing a grey morning.
Betty Crocker Strawberry Cake Mix 13.25 oz Moist and ...
Red velvet without measuring cocoa and coloring at 7 in the morning. The mix does that part.
Betty Crocker, Cake Mix, 13.25 oz, Red Velvet, Moist & ...
German chocolate was one of the cakes in this series. The mix plus the right frosting gets you there.
Betty Crocker, Cake Mix, 13.25 oz, German Chocolate ...
The frosting that belongs on German chocolate cake. Coconut and pecan, ready to spread.
Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Coconut Pecan Frosting, 15 oz ...
The box my lemon cake is built on. My Mixes section had ten mixes and somehow not this one, so the recreation fixes that.
Betty Crocker, Cake Mix, 13.25 oz, Super Moist Lemon
For the German chocolate cake, made the way my dad loved it, box cake with cherry pie filling on top. Some recipes are really just love with a can opener.
Great Value Cherry Pie Filling or Topping, 21 oz
The lemon macarons filling. A box of pudding doing the work of a fancy pastry cream, and nobody has ever minded.
Jell-O Lemon Naturally Flavored Instant Pudding & Pie
Produce
These recipes were all created back in 2020. Since we're working with fresh, beautiful ingredients straight from the earth, just remember to give your produce a good wash before you start baking
For the rhubarb scones, the first bake in this series that surprised me. Tart, bright, and only around for a short season.
Rhubarb
Beets are the secret in the chocolate surprise cake. Nobody guesses, and the cake comes out deep and earthy.
Fresh Whole Red Beets Bunch, Fresh Produce
Banana bread, chocolate banana bread, banana cookies. Buy them, wait for the spots, bake. Spotted bananas are the sweetest and the cheapest plan there is.
Fresh Banana, Each
Carrot cake and carrot raisin muffins both live in this series. A 2 pound bag covers a bake and leaves some for supper.
Fresh Whole Carrots, 2 lb Bag
Lemon squash bread, lemon cake, lemon macarons, lemon meringue pie. This series ran on lemons for a while.
Fresh Bulk Yellow Lemons
Yellow squash bread, squash pie, squash oatmeal cookies. Summer squash is cheap in season and bakes softer than you would think.
Fresh Yellow Squash, Each
Frozen berries bake just as well as fresh and cost less. These went toward the blackberry cake mix muffins.
Great Value Frozen Blackberries, 16 oz
For the savory mornings. Not everything in a breakfast series is sweet, and a little heat wakes a person up.
Fresh Jalapenos, Each
For the savory posts in this series, hamburgers included. One bulb lasts, and it costs almost nothing.
Garlic Bulb Fresh Whole, Each
Apple fritter bread and apple pie both came from bags like this. Galas are sweet enough that you can hold back a little sugar.
Fresh Gala Apples, 3 lb Bag
For the grape pie, which sounds strange until you taste it. Grapes bake into something jammy and wonderful.
Fresh Green Seedless Grapes, Bag (2.25 lbs/Bag Est.)
The star of this whole series. Zucchini bread three ways, zucchini cookies, zucchini pie, zucchini crisp. Cheap, mild, and it disappears into a bake.
Fresh Zucchini, Each
For serving with the pancakes. Not baked in, just sliced on top, the way a good morning should look.
Fresh Strawberries, 1 lb Container
Spices & Seasonings
The magic touches that make a house smell like a home. Just a dash of these is all it takes to wrap your kitchen in the warm, comforting scent of cinnamon and spice
Cloves are strong, so a small jar lasts a long time. They are in the spiced breads in this series.
Great Value Ground Cloves, 2 oz
Nutmeg makes a bake taste warm without any heat. A little goes into the squash and pumpkin bakes.
Great Value Ground Nutmeg, 1.5 oz
For the savory side of the series. Onion powder is how a plain morning dish gets depth fast.
Great Value Onion Powder, 3.25 oz
Same shelf, same job. Garlic powder goes in the savory bakes and the hamburger post.
Great Value Garlic Powder, 3.4 oz
The big Costco pepper. Black pepper belongs in more baking than people think, and definitely in the savory posts.
Kirkland Signature Fine Ground Black Pepper, 12.3 oz
Pumpkin bread and pumpkin cookies both call for it. The jar is all the fall spices measured out for you.
Great Value Pumpkin Pie Spice, 2 oz
Cinnamon rolls, cinnamon sugar pumpkin seeds, spiced everything. This series would have stopped without cinnamon.
Great Value Kosher Ground Cinnamon, 2.5 oz
The cinnamon rolls call for cardamom. It is warm and a little citrusy, and a small jar is plenty. Cinnamon covers for it on the days there is none in the house.
Great Value Organic Ground Cardamom, 1.8 oz