After a stormy Christmas Eve, we awoke to this fresh winter wonderland! We hardly knew what to do with the white stuff, and I even had a good old fashioned seat-drop fall while taking little Dixie on her first snow-walk (yikes!).
Back inside, we were nice and cozy, and the Christmas morning traditions resumed. Hubby and I joined my parents for the morning, and his folks later that night. For the a.m. portion, Dad and I got to work on the annual breakfast strudel (we open presents after we eat, of course):
First, scramble the eggy yumminess on the stove (eggs, hash browns, diced ham, onions, bell pepper) until almost fully cooked. Let cool in pan while you roll out puff pasty sheets and prepare them for special wrapping:
Add eggy yumminess to center of pastry dough:
Wrap it up nice and tight:
Use extra dough to make cute decorations! Sometimes we spell "NOEL," or "JOY" too:
Brush with egg wash and sprinkle liberally with Parmesan cheese:
Bake at 350 for 20ish minutes until golden. The slice on the bias:
Serve and enjoy! Here's mom's beautimus Christmas brunch tablescape:
I was also really digging the cranberry-filled decanters. Cheerful and elegant at the same time:
Who doesn't love a Stein's Bakery treat? (Our favorite delivery of the year - thanks, Baker fam!)
And Pitman & Davis grapefruits? Heavenly!
Mom broils ours with brown sugar and coconut on top.
Such is the bliss of our traditional Christmas morning!
I hope you and yours had a blessed one as well. Here's to another fun year in 2010!
I'm pretty sure I just found my new favorite breakfast recipe - can't wait to try it this weekend (along with our new waffle iron if we're feeling especially hungry...!)
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