Why not have this nice little something extra on the breakfast table for your family on Christmas morning! They might even eat the darn things before ripping into all their presents. OK, probably not. But they are sure to take bits in between clawing at the gifts.

Ingredients:
1 cup eggnog
8 slices crusty bread, such as French or Italian
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Confectioners’ sugar, maple syrup, orange slices, cranberries

Directions:
1. Pour eggnog into shallow glass dish. Dip bread slices to coat.

2. Working in batches, heat oil in skillet. Add bread; brown on both sides, 3 minutes per side.

3. Dust with sugar. Serve with warm syrup, orange and cranberries.

Being festive and getting into the spirit of the holidays, including Halloween, should just stop with cookies and other desserts. You can spread the Halloween or Thanksgiving feel through the day. And what better way to do that then with some pumpkin pancakes!

Ingredients:

Maple-Pecan Syrup
1 cup maple-flavored syrup
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Pancakes
2 1/3 cups Bisquick mix
1/3 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 1/4 cups milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs

Directions:
1. In 1-quart saucepan, heat syrup and butter until butter is melted, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in pecans.

2. Heat griddle or skillet over medium heat or to 375°F. Grease griddle with vegetable oil if necessary. In medium bowl, stir all pancake ingredients until well blended. For each pancake, pour slightly less than 1/4 cup batter onto hot griddle.

3. Cook until edges are dry. Turn; cook other sides until golden brown. Serve with syrup.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 (12.4 ounce) cans Refrigerated Cinnamon Rolls with Icing
6 eggs
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup maple syrup
Icing from cinnamon rolls
Powdered sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup, if desired

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Pour melted butter into un-greased 13×9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Separate both cans of dough into 16 rolls; set icing aside. Cut each roll into 8 pieces; place pieces over butter in dish.

2. In medium bowl, beat eggs. Beat in cream, cinnamon and vanilla until well blended; gently pour over roll pieces. Sprinkle with pecans; drizzle with 1 cup syrup.

3. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20 to 28 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, remove covers from icing; microwave on Medium (50%) for 10 to 15 seconds or until drizzling consistency.
4.
Drizzle icing over top; sprinkle with powdered sugar. If desired, spoon syrup from dish over individual servings. Serve with the additional 1/2 cup maple syrup.

This is one that the kids can help with.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose buttermilk baking mix
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup Chocolate Syrup or Strawberry Syrup
2 eggs
Chocolate-Maple Breakfast Syrup or Strawberry Syrup

Directions:

Stir baking mix, milk, chocolate syrup and eggs until blended in large bowl (batter will be thin). Pour batter by scant 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle; cook until edges are dry. Turn; cook until lightly browned.

Ingredients

3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons Cocoa
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon(optional)
8 to 10 pieces thickly sliced bread
powdered sugar
pancake syrup

Directions:

1. Beat eggs, milk, sugar, Cocoa, vanilla, salt and cinnamon, if desired, in large bowl until smooth.

2. Heat griddle or skillet over medium-low heat. Grease griddle with margarine, if necessary.

3. Dip bread in egg mixture. Place on griddle. Cook about 2 to 4 minutes on each side. Serve immediately with powdered sugar or pancake syrup.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups buttermilk
2 tablespoons oil
2 eggs

Directions:
Sift dry ingredients. Add liquid ingredients. Whisk till smooth. Consistency should be like heavy cream. Add more milk to thin if necessary. Cook as you would do any pancake.