Holiday Breakfast Pancakes with Nordic Ware Baking Pan #MadeinUSA #Holidaybakeware

* I received Nordic Ware products to review and share a recipe. All opinions shared are my own.

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals during the holidays. We make pancakes, french toast, eggs, bacon and all the tradition breakfast fixings. Waking up to a warm meal and a good cup of coffee is a great way to start the day when it is cold outside. This year I have step things up a notch by making pancakes in a Nordic Ware Mini Bundt Tea Cakes and Candies pan. I mixed up a basic recipe for pancakes and poured the mixture into the cake pan. The pan can be used for candies and cakes but I thought it would make perfect pancakes. They turned out delicious and golden. Be sure to put oil and a dash of flour on the pan before pouring in mixture to ensure them coming out easily. Pop them in the oven at 350 for 15-20 min and top with any syrup you enjoy.

Since I was making several servings of pancakes I allowed them to cool on a cookie sheet while the others baked. Next time I make these I plan to put precooked bacon inside and sprinkle cheese on top after baked for a more savory version of holiday pancakes. I attempted to make pumpkin fudge in the pan to have cute candies but I overcooked my fudge and ruined it. I will definitely try fudge or another candy in them to take to work for the holidays. I can think of so many recipes I already have that would be 10 times more fun in the Nordic Ware pan.

Product info for the Bundt Tea Cakes and Candies Pan

• Part of Cast Aluminum Bakeware series
• Provides superior baking performance and beautiful detailed results
• Non stick coating results in easy release and cleanup
• Heirloom quality, durability, and lifetime warranty
•  Unique miniature  versions of our Bundt shapes perfect for chocolate candies or mini tea cakes

Pancakes with Pumpkin Spice Syrup

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Pork Stew with Butternut Squash and Apples Using Nordic Ware 3 Qt. Dutch Oven #Holidaycooking #MadeinUSA

* I received Nordic Ware products to review and share a recipe. All opinions shared are my own.

The holidays are here and as a busy mom who works full time I am always looking for ways to make fancy dinners easier. Everyone always tells me how great a crock pot is but I do not own a crock pot since I am the sort of person who has a hard time leaving things plugged in and cooking when I leave home. But I have been wanting to find an item that can give me a slow roasted taste to my dishes while I am home doing other tasks, a dutch oven was the perfect solution for my family. I have seen them in stores and have always wanted a Nordic Ware Dutch Oven.

The Nordic Ware 3 Qt. Dutch Oven has been a wonderful addition to my cookware and bakeware collection. The red is beautiful and the cast aluminum pot is sturdy without being heavy like cast iron. It even has a self basting lid! Made in the U.S.A. with lifetime warranty this will be a pot I plan to cook delicious meals in for decades. It is non stick, non rusting with efficient even heating from the cast aluminum built. Make sure to use oven mitts with this cookware as the handles do get extremely hot when using for oven cooking.

The Fall and Winter for me are a time I enjoy cooking the most. When it is cold outside there is nothing like a delicious home cooked meal to bring my family together and warm us up. Most people are cooking turkeys and hams during this time of year so I decided to try a new Pork Stew recipe to serve something different.

I love the flavors of apples and butternut squash together, with that in mind I created a recipe that was simple but tastes amazing.

Recipe:

2-3 lbs of Pork Shoulder
2 Apples
3 Potatoes
1 White Onion
1/4 cup of apple cider
1 Can of Organic No Salt Added Butternut Squash Soup

Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Cut into even chunks apples and potatoes, slice onions into long strips. Place pork and apple cider into Nordic Ware 3 Qt. Dutch Oven. Add potatoes, onions and apples. Open can of organic no salt added Butternut Squash soup, add soup on top of ingredients, do not mix. Cover with dutch oven lid, place in oven for 2 1/2 hours. Check to be sure pork is cooked entirely before serving. Enjoy!

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