Early to Rise

Y'all have heard that the early bird gets the worm

And today, Bobby and I wake up bright and early to get cooking on some of our family favorites

We start off by preparing my stepdaughter Michelle's banana chocolate gorilla bread

Yum, yum, yum. And we're also making Bobby's honey whole wheat pancakes with a honey lime butter

Three more pancakes coming up. And then it's on to a crustless spinach cheese quiche

We're topping Bobby's healthy side today with our yogurt breakfast splits. And this fine breakfast wouldn't be complete without our caramel cinnamon lattes

Love it when I'm in the kitchen with him. Do you know what the first thing is that we're making

Michelle Groover's Gorilla Bread. Your stepsister loves this recipe. And y'all are probably all familiar with my gorilla bread

Well, this is another form of gorilla bread. And it is so good

So let me start telling y'all the difference. While Bobby's mixing up our cinnamon sugar mixture

Michelle likes to make hers with crescent rolls rather than biscuits. So we are going to get our crescent rolls opened

So what's going to be the difference between the crescent rolls and the business? Well, there really is a lot of difference in this recipe, son

This one has bananas and chocolate chips in it. So it's a pretty big difference

And like I said, we're starting... There we go. We're starting with crescent roll dough

And I've got our bananas up here. Now, I'm just going to separate these, son, and we're just going to ease these out, Bobby

Is this going to be a little flakier than what we normally do? Yes, it's going to be flaky

You'll want to make sure that you keep your crescent rolls refrigerated

because if they get too much to room temperature, y'all, they won't want to come apart

I'll have six triangles now when I get this open, y'all. It's two different recipes, but what is the same is the dry that we're going to start with

Yes. I started with three tablespoons of white granulated sugar. Yes. And one teaspoon of ground cinnamon

And I've mixed that together, and we are going to chop up a cup and a half of walnuts

And normally what we would use here is pecans. So the subtle differences here are that we're going to be using..

Crescent rolls. Crescent rolls. This is a famous roll for Southern girls

If we've got a can of crescent rolls in our refrigerator, honey, we can take you from breakfast to lunch to dinner to dessert

You know what's funny? Mom, I don't know if you remember this, but the very first time I saw you on television

remember when we went out to Las Vegas and we went into these folks' house out there in the suburbs in Las Vegas

you had to start out with whatever this lady had in her cabinets. She had the canned biscuits like that

She had canned biscuits. And you made apple turnovers out of those canned biscuits. And I remember how impressed everybody, including me, was with that, too

Grandma used to make fried pies out of biscuits, son. So it's just one of the little tricks that Granny Paul taught me

All right, now here's a new addition to the gorilla bread, y'all. I've got some sweetened condensed milk right here

Don't confuse that with evaporated milk. This is that rich and thick, sweetened condensed milk

Michelle tells me to brush each of these triangles with the sweetened condensed milk

You know, the regular gorilla bread, y'all, I put cream cheese in, And so this is kind of a little substitute from the cream cheese

We're going to have a couple of banana slices. All right. And I'm going to slice it, you know, fairly thin

So I'm taking two bananas, y'all, and I'm going to put me a couple of slices of banana in each triangle

Just like this. And I've got these walnuts. I just want to get them chopped up kind of fine, so I'm using a nice sharp knife

All right. And I think I've got them about where we want them to be. What do you think about that? Now, our Michelle loves chocolate

She especially loves dark chocolate. So, hence we've got chocolate in here

Look at those. I am going to put in one stick of butter into the pan

and then I'm going to add one cup of brown sugar. Now, I'm going to just turn those on and let that melt together

because we're going to pour this all over those crescent rolls. Right

We'll give this a nice spray because we don't want these to stick. All right. Now, son, I'm just going to take these and kind of roll them up, press them together

It's a little bundle of deliciousness. A little bundle of love. And you want to do some with nuts inside the pouches

Well, you know what? The very first layer of this is going to be the nuts on the bottom because when we turn it over, it's going to be the top

I have some nuts and some without. So we'll pouch these up, and we're going to..

All right, just pouch them up. Put six on the first layer Got to beat up my brown sugar and butter

I'm going to go ahead and dust these. Yes. With about half of the dry mix that we put together

Yes, because remember, y'all, crescent rolls are not sweet. This is going to make it just right

Yeah, so that's going to make it so sweet. And I'm going to leave the remaining half because we're going to do six more of them

All right, now I'm going to take our brown sugar and butter. and I'm going to pour about half of that over

That's really good. Now what we're going to do, son, is just take a few more nuts and then we're ready to start on the next hand of present roll

Going to do the very same thing again. Take our little dry mix there

And then we'll put the rest of our chopped walnuts on there. And then the second half of your butter and brown sugar mixture

All right, now here goes the rest of the brown sugar and butter, y'all

Sinful looking. It is sinful looking. All right, and this is going into the oven at 350 for about an hour

350 for one hour, y'all. All right, got it. And you want to eat this when it's warm, straight out of the oven

350 for an hour. Coming up next, y'all. Tell the people what they've won, Mama

Okay. A crustless spinach cheese quiche and this guiltless yogurt breakfast split

Then we get started on Bobby's Honey Whole Wheat Pancakes. You won't believe how good it is

And later, a caramel cinnamon latte. Well, welcome back, y'all

Early to rise. It's still kind of early. I'm excited about the two recipes that we're doing

Let me tell y'all what we're doing. Tell the people what they've won, Mama. Okay, they have won a crustless spinach cheese quiche

And I'm starting with two cups of grated sharp cheddar cheese. Yes

And then a half cup of Parmesan cheese, fresh Parmesan. Well, in this bowl, y'all, I'm going to start with a fourth of a cup of flour, one cup of cottage cheese

I'm going to add one cup of sour cream. I'm going to go ahead and put this cheese in

All my cheese has sort of blocked up into my grater. Son, we need two cups

Oh, we're coming with two cups. Believe me, there's a lot in there. Well, wait, wait, wait. It might be too much, son

Oh, my Lord. Quit breaking that one, son. Yes, Mama. No, that's two cups

Oh, Lord, have mercy. Oh, Lord, you might have to use some more sour cream

Whatever will we do, Mama? A half a cup of parm? Yes. All right, that looks perfect

About a half cup? Yes. Now squeeze the water out of our spinach

All right. And I'm going to add a little salt and pepper. Now, if you're making this for young children

You know, you can decide on how much pepper you want. I think this is something you'd want to do with the kids, right

Absolutely. The child should be in the kitchen because, look, I mean, they're not going to get burned

They're not going to cut themselves. We have no sharp knives. And they'll have a ball

Being a bachelor, I've got to tell you, I love this part of the recipe. You're using a 10-ounce box of frozen spinach here

I've got four eggs. I'm going to go ahead and put the spinach in, all right

Okay, yes, please, son. Dump it in. All right, son, here's your eggs

And we're just going to mix it all together. Well, it's super simple

It's super simple. And I'm going to get your dish. We're putting this in like an eight-by-eight square dish

Bobby, doesn't that look delicious? This? Yes, absolutely. Uh-huh. I'm excited. Yes

All right, are you ready? So, son, yes, put that in. Now, we're going to bake this in a 325-degree oven for about 45 minutes

All right, son, so in the oven that goes, yes. All right. I'll get your door for you

Thank you. Now, everybody loves a breakfast parfait. I love it because you've got four different kinds of fruit that I really like

You've got fresh strawberries, fresh bananas, raspberries, and blueberries. I love all these

So you can cut us a few more strawberries. Okay. And while you're doing that, I'm going to put together our parfaits

And I have a vanilla low-fat yogurt. Yep. I have granola. I've got raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, a little honey, and almonds

So I'm just going to layer this in, Bobby. And I'm going to put maybe about two tablespoons in the bottom of the glass

and you'll want to be careful, because you don't want it to slop all over your sides

I mean, you want it nice and clean. And this is so simple

I gonna put a layer of blueberries Mm A layer of raspberries Mm You know normally you think of something like this being heavy and fattening and this one is not It full of great fresh fruits and yogurt

Yet guilt-free. It's a trick. All right, now I'm going to layer a couple of strawberries

And then I'm going to sprinkle a layer of the granola. And what's that, almonds

a layer of almonds, and then in for the sweet goodness. And that's the honey

Look here, Bobby. I'm going to slice your banana while you're doing that, Mom. Okay, look. I'm going to take a banana and cut it in half

and then I'm going to do it half ways again. Look here, look here

Another layer of our yogurt. You know, I've always said, Bobby, you eat it first with your eyes

For the last 20 years, I've been hearing that. All right, let's see. We want another layer of fruit

I'm seeing the bananas getting edged out of the recipe. No, no, no. They're, they're, this is kind of like a banana split

All right, a few raspberries. One more. That looks great. Jack loves raspberries, Bobby

Jack loves all fruit. Jack would eat blueberries until a cow's come on. He puts them on his finger

And he. I think I remember doing that with olives when I was a kid. Uh-huh. Jack would just about rather eat fruit than cookies

Oh, Jack would rather have fruit than a cookie. Yeah. His parents are sabotaging you, aren't they

Yes, they are. Back with the granola. Another round of almonds. Look at this

And finally, your banana, Bobby. Okay, you were right. And a little more one drop of yogurt on top

Maybe a little bit more honey. A little bit of fresh mint on there

And we have a wonderful, good-for-you breakfast parfait. Love it. It looks great

You know, this will allow us to eat some of that gorilla bread. Is it good

Mm. I love the crunch that the granola gives it. Mm. Mm

Don't go anywhere, y'all. Please. Yum. Mm. Yum. Very good. Yum. Coming up next, we're topping Bobby's pancakes with his special honey lime butter

You know, I love that. And we finally sink our teeth into this delicious meal

And later, we're ending it on a sweet note with our gorilla bread and caramel cinnamon latte

Everything we did was pretty darn good. Well, the theme of the show today is breakfast

And this is a really, really nice whole wheat pancake. So let's get going

You're going to find some surprises in here. One of them is that we're using some whole wheat flour

And the other is that I'm going to make a really neat lime honey butter for the topping of the pancake

Okay. I'm going to zest one lime. I'm going to put just a little olive oil on this

I'll do the wet stuff and you do the dry stuff. Okay. I'm going to put in one and a half cups of all-purpose flour

Going to put in a half a cup of whole wheat flour. Okey-dokey

All right, I've got my lime zested. Okay. So I'm going to take..

And a little salt, a fourth of a teaspoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of baking soda

For this nice topping, I'm going to use half a stick of butter softened, and I'm going to put about a quarter cup of honey in here and stir this up

And this is going to be our topping for the pancakes. You want me to measure your buttermilk, son

Sure. I need two cups, please. You want to make sure that you get down eye level

If you remain standing straight up, it's going to be awesome. So make sure you're eye level with that

All right, son, there's your two cups of buttermilk. All right. And you want it in your bowl

Yep, put it right in the bowl. All right. There's your two cups of buttermilk. And we've got a couple of eggs

And more egg. Son, is this melted butter over here, is this meant to go in here

It is. I have a stick of melted butter. Okay. In that goes

So you want to go wet to dry, son? Yes, ma'am. I'm going to add one tablespoon of honey

Okay, to give it just a little sweetness, because we're not using any sugar

Right. Well, if you'll pour that into our dry mixture. Do you know when I love pancakes

At night for dinner? I love them at night for dinner. Perfect

Yes. And when you're making pancakes, you don't want to overbeat them

All right. All right, son, that just mixed up so nice and smooth. All right, you ready

I think we can get about three on here. I like using grandma's spatula because it's got such a thin edge on it

Yeah, they don't make them like that anymore. No, they don't. And look at these pancakes

Beautiful. What do you think about the idea of a little bit of whole wheat? You know, I love that

All right, these look pretty good, Bobby. Stack them up I going to stack those I remember when I was a kid and we did pancakes at the house I would put some butter in between every pancake I always do No I wonder where I got that from

So I'll go with that theme, and I'm going to put a little bit of this lime honey butter in between the first two

I hear you swallowing hard, Bobby D. I love pancakes. And I don't get them often enough

Three more pancakes coming up. Bobby, get the quiche out of the oven. Okay

son. All right. We had those wonderful healthy parfaits. Now we're fixing to fix all that right up

All right. A little flip. Look at those. They're doing better. Oh

son, that looks so delicious. Looks great. I love flapjacks. I do

too. Oh, wait. I'm late with the butter. You are generous with

that butter. I can't believe What is that? Can't believe I'm not having to say something

That was a first. I think that's the first time I've ever heard those words come out of your mouth

Look at that. Golly, I remember as a kid whenever we had pancakes, I used way too much butter, way too much cane syrup

I didn't learn moderation until I was an adult. All right, now, Bobby, go on down there, son

Cut us some wonderful quiche. Okay. And I'm going to let these be cooking

Okay. And we will add them to the stack. Will you bring the rest of that lemon butter down, please

I sure will. Just flip these so they won't burn. And I'll bring your butter, and I'm going to go ahead and cut that skillet off

Right. Because these need some more. So those can stay hot. Love it

I do, too. I got to try the cheese first. Good morning, world

Oh, I have to try that. Mmm. This is fantastic. What do you like

The lime butter is unbelievable. Almost pancakes. Really gives it a nice flavor

Bobby, you do good work. Crustless spinach quiche is fantastic, y'all. It's great

I think it's all the cheese. Coming up next, it's time Bobby and I dig into our gorilla bread

and wash it down with our caramel cinnamon lattes. Delicious. I think the gorilla bread's gonna be ready, Mama

Yes. Y'all, we have come full circle. Can you get the door for me

We started with the gorilla bread, and now we're ending with the gorilla bread

Look at that, Bobby. And I'm making a caramel cinnamon latte. Now, I made a simple syrup the other day with a little cinnamon and sugar and water

Put a little bit of this in each cup. I'm going to add a little caramel sauce, y'all

I like it. In that goes. I like it. Decadent, son. I like it

All right, now a little bit of coffee. Ooh, careful. And look, this is strong coffee

I mean, I can smell it. It smells really, really good. Doesn't it smell delicious? Oops

Oh, your mama almost did it. Almost. All right, and now our hot half and half. Mm-hmm

I like mine just like you like yours. Okey-doke. And then I'm just going to stir them up

Mm-hmm. Wow. and I'm going to put a little dollop of fresh whipped cream

and a little cinnamon stick, son. And... It's like breakfast in a cup

I know. Don't put it too close to that gorilla bread. Perfect

All right, son, let's try and flip this over and see what we got

There we go. You want to let this sit no longer than five minutes

I like to pull mine apart just like that. You know what

You could probably dunk that in that coffee, too, and it'd be good. Mm. Here, son

All right, what you say? Let's pull off a bite. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm

Oh, my goodness. Oh, I'm so glad you like it. Love it

Son, the coffee is so good. I think everything we did was pretty good

Everything we did was pretty darn good. The company ain't bad either. I love the company

I love you. I love you too. Did you like the caramel in the coffee

I liked everything we did. It was all delicious. I love you. It was fun. Listen, I love you too

It was fun. Wasn't it fun, y'all? Love it when I'm in the kitchen with him

And as always, us crazy deans send you on loving best dishes every day

From our family to yours. Bye, y'all