WINTER SPECIAL
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A Fresh Start to the New Year!
recipes
comfort
brunch ideas for the new year & beyond
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Ingredients
1/2 cup dried currants
1 cup hot water
1 sheet frozen pu pastry, (room temperature)
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 teaspoon nely grated orange zest
1/2 cup nely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 tablespoon sugar
1 apple • 1 banana • 1 1/2 cups spinach 1 avocado • 2 cups milk
Put all ingredients in a blender, blend until fruit is pureed. Add ice & blend to desired consistency. Pour into glasses & serve.
Sticky Cinnamon Walnut Spirals
Place currants in a bowl and pour hot water over top to cover. Steep for 15 minutes and then drain o excess water. Cool currants to room temperature. Roll out the pastry on a work surface. Brush the pastry with the melted butter. Combine the orange zest, walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, and reserved currants in a bowl. Spread the mixture evenly over the pastry. Roll up jelly-roll style, loosely. Place seam side down and cut into six slices, each about 2-inches wide. Brush the interior of the mu n tin with the remaining tbsp. of melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. Place the cut slices of pastry into each mu n cup. Bake on the middle rack of a preheated 400o oven for 22-25 min. until golden brown and pu ed. Allow to cool for a 1-2 min. before removing from
Baked Eggs inHashBrownCups
6to8mediumrussetpotatoes•Saltandgroundpepper
Nonstickcookingspray•24largeeggs
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