Breakfast

Strata

Ingredients Step
2k cups of bread Scantly fill a lidded baking dish with cubes of stale bread (you'll add more volume, and it'll rise more when baked). Measure the volume of the bread (it's probably 4-6 cups), and cut that number in half. We'll call half the volume of bread "k".
If you're going to make the strata the night before, first dry out the bread cubes by baking them at 250 degrees for 5-10 minutes, just until they start to brown.
k cups of eggs (~4-5 eggs per cup)
k cups of milk
seasoning
Beat eggs. Add the seasoning (e.g., salt and pepper, mustard, hot sauce, paprika, nutmeg, herbs, lemon zest) and mix well. Add milk and mix well. Set the egg mixture aside.
k cups of cheese (some reserved for topping)
k cups of extras
Butter the dish. Combine the cheese and extras with your bread in the buttered dish, layering or mixing together.
reserved cheese Pour the egg and milk mixture on top of the bread base. Press down to make sure all bread cubes have been submerged. Top the strata with reserved cheese. Cover and let it rest at least 30 minutes, and potentially overnight in the fridge.
When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the strata covered (until it rises too high), uncovering it only for the last 15-30 minutes to brown the top. Bake until the eggs reach 160 degrees. (Depending on how cold your ingredients are, baking may take ~30-60 minutes.)

Source: Anna Stockwell (epicurious.com)

Cranberry Baked Oatmeal

Cheery, festive, tasty. Easy too. (Except for picking through the berries....)

Ingredients Step
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9x9" baking dish.
1½ c. cranberries Spread in a single layer on the bottom of the greased dish.
1¾ c. old fashioned oats
½ c. nuts, chopped
¼ c. flaked coconut, unsweetened
1½ t. cinnamon
½ t. ginger, ground
¾ t salt
Combine in a large bowl.
1 egg
2 T. coconut oil, melted
2 c. milk
¼ c. maple syrup
2 t. vanilla
Whisk together in a separate medium bowl.
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, and stir to combine. Pour the oat mixture over the cranberry layer in the baking dish.
½ c. cranberries, fresh
2 T. flaked coconut
Sprinkle on top.
Bake at 350 degrees until the top of the oatmeal is set, roughly 30-40 minutes.

Source: Sarah via Tasty video

Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients Step
227 g pumpkin puree
1-2 eggs
90 g brown sugar
35 g oil
21 g molasses
2 t. cinnamon
½ t. cloves
½ t. ginger
½ t. salt
½ c. cranberries, dried (opt.)
½ c. nuts (opt.)
Combine wet ingredients and mix-ins in large bowl.
85 g AP flour
85 g wheat flour
1 t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
Combine dry ingredients.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Stir until just combined. Cover and let sit 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 12 muffin cups.
Bake 12-20 minutes at 400 degrees, until toothpick comes out clean. Capsize the muffins to cool.

Source: King Arthur Flour, adjusted by me

Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients Step
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 small or 6 large muffin cups.
1¾ c. AP flour
2½ t. baking powder
½ t. salt
¼ t. nutmeg
1 t. cinnamon
½ c. sugar
Combine.
1 egg
¾ c. milk
Combine.
⅓ c. butter, melted
egg mixture
flour mixture
Stir until just blended.
1¼ c. blueberries Stir in.
Pour into muffin cups. Bake 16-20 minutes, until toothpick test passes.

Source: Mom

Nutrition: 169 calories per small muffin (3 g. protein, 6 g. fat, 25 g. carbs, 246 mg sodium)

German Pancake

Ingredients Step
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Heat a 10" cast iron skillet.
3 T. butter Add. Let melt until it sizzles.
3 eggs, ideally room temp
½ c. dairy milk, ideally room temp
Whisk together in a small bowl.
½ c. flour
1 T. brown sugar
pinch nutmeg
pinch salt
Combine in a large bowl.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Whisk until smooth (or blitz in blender for more height).
Pour into heated skillet. Transfer skillet to oven to bake for 20 minutes.
Source: NYT