A very special breakfast... Cinnamon Biscuits!

When Dave got up today, I asked the 'question' and got the 'response':

ME: What do you want for breakfast?
HE: I don't care.Whatever is fine.
ME: Mushrooms, ok?
HE: Going to McDonald's now

So.... I decided to make biscuits, but do something different with them. Years ago, for maybe my 8th birthday, I was given my first cookbook. It was a cooking for kids thing that had recipes for spicy hotdogs and other kid friendly meals. Once recipe that I have done from time to time basically was using canned biscuits, dipping them in melted butter and dunking them in cinnamon and sugar, then bake. Yum, right? So going on that idea, since I am a big girl now who makes a decent biscuit herself, I thought: how about something like that? So here goes:

Make your biscuits - whichever recipe is best for you.  I added 2 packets of Splenda and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to the dough to make these officially cinnamon biscuits!  Cut them out about an inch thick-- however you do them is fine. I put mine, about 7, in a buttered deep dish round baking pan and them them rise. Put them in for 13 minutes at 400*, but now here's the twist and oh, what a twist it be!


3 tablespoons of butter
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 tablespoons of light brown sugar
1/2 cup pecans- cut into pieces

1. Toast the pecans on the stove top in a stainless saute pan- just enough to heat the nuts and begin to release the  oils. Remove pecans from pan and set to the side.  Keep pan off the head for now
2.  Add 2 tablespoons of butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar to pan- it will begin to melt.  Add back to the heat and mix together.  When the mixture comes together, remove from heat and add 1 more tablespoon of butter.
3.  When the biscuits have baked 13 minutes, put the biscuits out of the oven and warm up the butter mixture while adding the pecans back.  Once it warmed up- about 3 minutes, spoon over the biscuits. Return to oven and bake for another 3-5 minutes.  Just watch these beauties!
4.  Serve warm with maple syrup- we use sugar free just to save some calories!  :)

Dave LOVED this breakfast so it was a good morning indeed!