Breakfast in Bed

Hey, y'all. I'm Paula Deen

You know, I don't think there's anything better than sleeping in and staying in your PJs all day long

And today, me and Michael are gonna have breakfast in bed. I'm gonna be making him a sinfully delicious spicy cinnamon cake

Then I'm rolling up a buttery spinach griette puff pastry that's just gonna melt in his mouth

And then last but not least, I'm making that boy a Dutch apple pancake

that is so sweet and so rich, y'all are gonna think I'm serving him dessert for breakfast

So all my buddies out there, y'all jump back in the bed, pull up the covers, fluff up the pillows

because today we're having breakfast in bed. How would you like for me to bring you breakfast in bed

Oh, Michael. That would be so wonderful. Would you do that? I'd love to do it

You fix it and I'll bring it to you. Wake me up when it's fixed

Well, okay. I guess that's better than nothing. Listen, Otis, he's already snoring again

All right. I'll be back. All right. Wake us. Okay. Y'all go back to sleep

I'm going to cook breakfast. All right. Call us. Okay. When it's ready

You just get comfortable. There you go. Now, the first dish I'm gonna start with this morning

towards our breakfast is a spicy cinnamon cake, and it's gonna be so quick and easy to make

it's not even funny. I'm gonna start by breaking four eggs into a dish

I'm gonna check those out, make sure those eggs are all right. And that one looks good

That one looks good. There's nothing I do, I don't think, that brings me more pleasure

than serving Michael breakfast in bed. But this morning, he wanted to serve me in bed

so I'm still gonna do the cooking. All right, I'm gonna beat our four eggs up

And to our eggs, I'm gonna add one package of Spiced Cake Mix

I'm gonna add a half a cup of vegetable oil. It's gonna make it so moist and delicious

All right, now to our dish, I'm gonna add a small package

of instant vanilla pudding. And one more ingredient that's gonna make this real

real moist is one cup of sour cream. It has a wonderful, wonderful flavor

I remember when Michael and I, well, a few months after we'd been seeing each other

somehow he wound up spending the night over. And I got up and I fixed him breakfast, and I served it to him on a silver tray

and he was all snuggled under the covers, and he didn't know what I was doing

because he was still sleeping. But when I walked into that bedroom with this fabulous breakfast on a silver tray

I think I really got his approval then. He said, this might not be half bad

All right, I'm just going to clean my whip, try to get that cake mix out of there

because this is ready to be mixed up. Now, I'm gonna put this in a bundt pan

and I'm gonna make sure I spray my pan very, very well

because I want this to come out nice and pretty. All right, now I'm gonna take half of our batter

and put it in our pan. Just like that, that looks to be about half

half. And I'm gonna spread that around and make sure it's even in our pan. Okay. Now I'm

gonna take half a cup of chopped pecans, two teaspoons of cinnamon, and five tablespoons

of sugar I just gonna stir those together real good And now I just gonna take this mixture and sprinkle half of it around on that first layer So when we bite into this there gonna be a surprise in the center of our cake

Alright, that's perfect. Alright, now I'm just gonna come in with the rest of our batter

and scoop that evenly on top. This smells good already, and it's not even baking yet

All right, now I'm going to come in here, and I'm going to spread out our batter, and that looks good

Now I'm going to come in here with the rest of our mixture and sprinkle it on top

Now I'm going to put this in a 350-degree preheated oven, and I'm going to let it bake for about an hour

I have a hard time sometimes when I'm trying to decide what I want for breakfast

if I want to go sweet or savory, you know. Do I want waffles

I want pancakes. Do I want something sweet? So this morning, I'm going to have the best of both worlds

Definitely going to have that sweet. All right, this is time to go in the oven

When we come back, I'm going to show you a recipe that's going to perfectly balance the savory with our sweet

Plus, it's going to have our vegetables. We're going to make sure we have vegetables for breakfast, too

Welcome back, y'all. Look, you've caught me in my pajamas, and you want to know why

Because Michael and I are gonna have breakfast in bed this morning

and now I'm on to make spinach Gruyere puff pastry. I'm gonna start by sautéing a cup of sliced mushrooms

and two tablespoons of butter. You wouldn't think about eating mushrooms for breakfast

but it really, really is good. I'm gonna add a little salt

a little pepper, to go ahead and flavor up those mushrooms. And while these are sauteing

I'm going to take a 10-ounce package of frozen spinach. Now, you want to make sure spinach has a lot of water

You can see how much water has just dripped out voluntarily. Now, I'm going to just give it a squeeze with my spatula

just like that, and you can see all the water that's coming out

I think I may take a paper towel and just blot it with that to make sure I get out that extra moisture

I'm going to dump that over in there in another bowl. And these are coming along nicely

All right, now I'm going to pour this over into our spinach. Butter and all, and you can see I'm going to take that spatula and make sure I get every bit of that butter

that's in that pan. And I've got one cup of Gruyere cheese

And I'm just gonna mix that together. You wouldn't think about eating spinach for breakfast

but it really, really is good. All right. Now, I'm gonna brush our puff pastry with a little melted butter

This breakfast is sure gonna beat the heck out of a bowl of cereal. All right, now I'm gonna take our filling, and I'm gonna just spread it over our puff

pastry. You know, Michael and I are having this for breakfast, but this dish would also

make a wonderful hors d'oeuvre if you're having a cocktail party. This is a very versatile

dish. All right. Now we're going to take our pastry, and we're just going to start rolling

it, and we want to roll it fairly tight, and I think you're probably getting the idea of

what we're going to wind up with. Isn't that pretty? Pretty piece of dough. All right

now I'm going to come in here, and I'm going to cut that little end off because you can

see I didn't bring the filling all the way to the end, so I'm going to cut that off

and then I'm going to start slicing this into about quarter of an inch pieces, just like that

Now, if y'all want to really get ahead of the game, you can make this ahead and put this in the freezer

And then all you have to do is pull it out let it thaw for a minute and then finish it up So you can really enjoy your morning in bed

This is a great way to get vegetables in Michael. Because I have to tell you, when it's time for me to get the salads together and bowl them up

you know, he always says, no, I don't think I'm going to have salad, I'm on a diet

So this is a great way for me to sneak his vegetables in on him

because he can't resist that puff pastry. All right, I'm going to give it a little bitty squirt

It won't take much because there is so much butter in puff pastry already

Now I'm just going to lay these out on our sheet. So we're going to put these in the oven

a 350 degree oven, and we're gonna bake them for about 20 minutes

But in the meantime, I smell something that smells so good, and it's telling me that it's ready. So..

Whatcha think? Whatcha think about this cake? Lady Bird says she likes it

Look at that. And I'm just gonna sit that right there and let it cool for a minute

And we're gonna put in our pinwheels. Now I have another tray that should be ready

And they are. Look how good those look. And you can see what I mean when I tell you that these would make a wonderful appetizer at a cocktail party

Lady Bird's using the magic words. She just said, Mama. I'm going to give Lady Bird one of these too, because they'll be good for her, the spinach in it

These are a little warm. Look at these, they're so light

Look at the beautiful bottom, how brown it is. Mmm. Mmm. And the Gruyere cheese, it almost tastes like a cheese straw

Michael's gonna love them. But you know what? I've balanced our cinnamon cake with a savory

When we come back, I'm going back to something sweet. How about a pancake that you bake in the oven

Sounds pretty good, don't it? Mm-mm. Hey, welcome back, y'all

Now, our cake has cooled a little bit, and I'm going to bring it over here, and I'm going to turn it out onto my cake stand

and I'm just going to flip it and hope I hear it plop out

Yeah. Look how good that looks. But because it's got the pecans and the sugar on the other side

I think I'm going to turn it. There you go. I think this side's prettier, don't y'all

And I've got some beautiful pansies from my garden that I'm just going to garnish it with

And then I think I'm going to cut me just a little taste. I can test this and it'll just be all right

It won't hurt for one slice to be missing out of it. Oh, Cody

Come here, Cody. You want some cake? You want a bite of cake

Mm-mm-mm. Oh, Cody. This is wonderful. Y'all going to love it

Smear it with a little butter. It'll be over the top. Okay, y'all move on in here with me

because my next recipe I think y'all are going to like. I'm going to be making an oven-baked Dutch apple pancake

that we never have to pour out on a griddle and worry about is it going to turn out right

And I'm going to start by heating up a skillet. I'm gonna take two cans of apple pie filling

Do y'all know there's a lot of different variations to the pancake, depending on which country you're in

And I think the Dutch, quite often bake their pancakes in the oven and you can find all different varieties You can find savory pancakes

Quite often they make a tiny pancake, perhaps filled with a custard

that they serve for dessert. Now, to our apples and our butter

I'm gonna add one teaspoon of ground cinnamon cinnamon that's gonna add a nice little spice to our apples

Alright, now while that's heating, I'm gonna move down here and I'm gonna start making the batter

that's gonna form my pancake. And I'm gonna start with three eggs

I'm gonna just give those a quick little beat. And then I'm gonna add a half a cup of milk

and then I'm going to add one tablespoon of sour cream

All right, I'm going to add one teaspoon of lemon zest, and that's going to give it a nice little, just a little tart bite

and then I'm going to add one-half a cup of all-purpose flour

And this doesn't have to be totally smooth. You don't want to overbeat your pancake or your waffle batter

Now I'm going to come over here, and I'm going to pour it directly on top of those apples

Looking pretty good, isn't it, y'all? And I'm going to transfer our pancake to a baking sheet

just in case it spills over. I don't want a big old mess in my oven

Ooh, ooh, ooh. Okay. So I'm gonna gently walk this over to the oven

because you can see I got my pan really full, and it's heavy

My arms almost have the shakes it's so heavy. Ooh. Okay. All right

So in the oven that goes, and when we come back, just in case this dish hadn't been fast enough for you

I'm going to show you some breakfast tips that are even quicker

and a great way to start your day. So if you're short on time, come back

because I'm going to show you how to make up. There's nothing better in the morning than a smoked salmon mixed up in cream cheese with

some chopped onions and some capers. You can make a spread out of it and spread it on that nice fresh bagel

Or you can make beautiful little salmon roses and have all your condiments, your capers

your lemon juice, your onions, and just serve it right on top of your bagel

Now you can't get any faster than that. or more delicious. Oh, Michael

Breakfast served. Oh, gosh. Didn't that do good? Isn't that wonderful? Well, come on up here in the bed with me

and let's have some fun. Oh, my gracious. I don't know which I like the best, Michael

The baked pea and cake or the spice cinnamon cake. Are these delicious

Let me try one of these. Oh, gosh, they're so good. It's spinach and creyre

Mmm, that's delicious. It tastes like a cheese straw, doesn't it? Mm-hmm

But this is what I can't wait to dig into. And I think the Dutch may be on to something with this baked pancake

So much better than having to worry about flipping them and keeping them warm

You want some? You got that. Okay. Oh my gosh

It's out of this world. I can't hardly wait to finish breakfast in

and then go back to sleep. It's the best sleep in the world, isn't it? Mm-hmm

This is just a great start to a wonderful weekend, isn't it

And I hope that one weekend y'all will take the time and let it be a great start for y'all

Mm. Breakfast in bed with the person you love and the pancakes you love the most

So, Michael and I wish y'all best dishes from our bedroom to yours