If you love banana bread (like my strawberry banana bread) and banana cookies, you’ll love these banana oatmeal chocolate chip muffins. The banana flavor really comes through and there are chocolate chips in every bite!

Unlike other cupcakes, they aren’t frosted – it simply isn’t needed and it would hide their unique look. They come together really easily and are light, fluffy, and not overly sweet. I love serving them at brunch!

I’m a bit addicted to overnight French toast casserole. It’s so easy to make for company and it’s always a hit. I adore any French toast casserole and my overnight Bananas Foster French toast. But, this raspberry stuffed French toast has become a new favorite. The raspberry cream cheese filling is to die for!

What is Bananas Foster French Toast?

Bananas Foster is an amazing, simple dessert where warm bananas fried in brown sugar, butter, and a little rum are served over ice cream. To give the French toast a Bananas Foster flavor, I add caramelized bananas to sweet brioche.

French toast casserole (sometimes called overnight French toast) is French toast that is prepared in a casserole dish the night before it is baked – allowing time for the liquid to absorb into the bread.

Instead of frying it in a skillet, you bake it the oven the morning you plan to serve it.

In this post, we’ll explore how to make them, how to eat them, and how they are different from English muffins.

Crumpets are most often found in the United Kingdom.

I never understood the allure of the Krispy Kreme doughnut until I tried one piping hot. I then saw why my coworkers deposited them in our break room almost daily (it wasn’t just a plot to make themselves look better by making the rest of us fat). The doughnut pusher got to enjoy a hot Krispy Kreme during their morning commute. Still sticky glaze and a plush doughnut does wonders to ease the pain of that Hummer in front of you that won’t let you pass.

I work at home now. No one stops by the office with hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts. So, I figured that I should make my own. I learned how to make Krispy Kreme doughnuts from I Made That! My homemade Krispy Kreme doughnuts are not quite as sweet as the real ones and not quite as greasy (read that as good or bad, depending on your personal taste). My friend Carter said that my homemade Krispy Kreme doughnuts were the first doughnuts he’s ever had that didn’t have a weird artificial aftertaste. I’ve never noticed any odd aftertaste with Krispy Kremes, but I took Carter’s comment as a nice compliment.

Mini doughnuts ready to be fried – plus the doughnut holes.

There are four main benefits that I see to making homemade Krispy Kremes (feel free to add your own in the comments):

While English muffins are a key player in Eggs Benedict (where they are topped with bacon, eggs, and drippy, buttery Hollandaise sauce), cupcakes play it safe with perfectly coiffed frosting. This liaison between cupcakes and Eggs Benedict adds some sweetness to the classic in both the cupcake and in the special Hollandaise sauce.

How to Make Cupcakes Benedict

Start with jumbo, Texas-sized cupcakes (a regular-sized cupcake isn’t big enough to please its new partner). You can use any flavor cupcakes that you like – but I recommend maple cupcakes (see the recipe below).