Cranberry Bagels with Cinnamon

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals. Well wait, who am I kidding? I love every meal because I love food! But seriously, breakfast foods definitely have my heart. I love making savory selections like my tomato quiche, where herbed eggs drape fresh tomatoes and melted cheese, all in a buttery flaky crust.

Other times, my sweet tooth is what wakes me in the morning so I find myself craving cardamom lemon rolls. These are ah-mazing! Cardamom scented dough filled with a lemon-zested sugar, finished with a drizzle of glaze. But today I'm talking about something that's a little more classic, a breakfast staple. I'm talking about bagels.

I'm so excited to share these cranberry bagels with cinnamon with you all today because I made bagels. At home! Can you tell it was my first time? Turns out that bagels aren't very difficult to make at all. I must say though, having this new skill set in my arsenal is just a tad bit dangerous because my family really loves bagels.

I'm excited to try making new and creative flavors too. But for my first ever go at making homemade bagels, I fully intended to go with my personal classic flavor which is cinnamon raisin. As I gather ingredients to get moving on my latest endeavor I came to find that we had no raisins. Surely, they ended up in lunch boxes and as afternoon snacks without me even realizing they were all gone.

Know what we enjoy just as much as raisins at our house? Dried cranberries! Thankfully I had plenty of those on hand because I have to say, I love this cranberry bagel with cinnamon recipe so much more than cinnamon raisin. After having these, cinnamon raisin bagels just seem plain ol' boring. Second best.

Enjoy them as they are, or toast them up until they're crisp and golden outside while still chewy inside bursting with sweet cranberries and fragrant cinnamon. A hearty smear of cream cheese is the perfect finishing touch. They're perfect for an easy breakfast or an afternoon snack. These bagels will go fast! 

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Ingredients

• 1 cup water, very warm but not too hot (about 115°f)
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast, (red star platinum yeast preferred)
• 2 1/2 cups bread flour, plus more for flouring work surface
• 1/16 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vietnamese cinnamon
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 3 tablespoons yellow cornmeal

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Fruity Pebbles Sugar Cookies

Friends, I am pleased to say that I survived Spring Break.

It was touch-and-go there for a while. There was one particular moment when my 11-year-old and 3-year-old were fighting over Xerox paper during breakfast and I wasn't sure we'd all pull through. But here we are, all alive, and only one of us is slightly wine drunk.

Not too bad, if you ask me.

I'd love to say that we spent Spring Break having homemade pancake parties every morning and going for long hikes with our butterfly nets in the afternoon. But no such thing occurred. I have to admit that mornings really aren't "my thing", so instead we ate cold, sugary cereal while we watched cartoons with zero educational value, just like in the good old days.

I realize that quinoa and avocado omelets are a whole big thing nowadays, but I firmly believe that the occasional history lesson is in order. How on earth are our children supposed to appreciate their organic, free range EVERYTHING unless we occasionally school them on the over processed sugary stuff of yesteryear?

And by occasionally, I mean always. I haven't done a very good job of catching up with the times. Whoopsiedoodles.

In all honesty, my favorite way to enjoy cereal is as a dessert. Forget Fruity Pebbles swimming in milk, let's give it a whirl nestled in chewy, buttery sugar cookies with a crackly sugar exterior. I mean, that's just a suggestion. Do things your own way if you want, gosh.

These Fruity Pebbles sugar cookies are actually pretty perfect. Chewy, slightly crunchy cookies loaded with pretty colors and fun fruit flavor. Not to mention packed full of the best cereal in the history of the planet.

If you're in the mood to toss that avocado toast to the curb, I've got a spot for you right here. I'll have the cookies ready.

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Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup salted butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups fruity pebbles cereal

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a medium-large bowl, stir flour and baking soda together. Set aside.
3. Beat butter and sugars with your electric mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute.
4. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, and then vanilla and lemon extracts.
5. Reduce speed; gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
6. Mix in Fruity Pebbles cereal until combined.
7. Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough and place on prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
8. Bake for about 8-10 minutes, until edges JUST begin to turn golden.
9. Let cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack.

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