Breakfast Pizza

 (adapted from Pampered Chef recipe)
Crust:
1 - 20 oz. bag frozen, shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed & broken apart
1 egg
salt, pepper, onion salt - to taste
1-2 tbsp. finely, chopped onion (opt)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place parchment paper on 15" baking stone. Combine potatoes, onion & one egg in bowl. Spread potatoes on stone into 14" circle. Pat down with back of spoon. Season with salt, pepper, & onion salt. Bake for 20 min.
Egg Topping:
6 eggs
1/2 c. milk
1 1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
Optional Ingredients:
chopped onions
chopped green or red pepper
sliced mushrooms
bacon, cooked & crumbled
chopped ham
Whisk eggs and milk in bowl. Microwave at 60% power for 3 min. Stir. Cook an additional 3 min. (Microwaves are different - continue cooking until eggs are set but not overcooked.) Stir and spread eggs evenly over baked potato crust. Top with optional ingredients. Sprinkle with cheese and bake additional 10 min. Cut into wedges with pizza cutter. Yield: 6-10 servings.

Monster Cookies (scaled-down version)

1 stick (1/2 c.) butter
1 & 1/4 c. brown sugar
1 c. granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 & 1/2 c. peanut butter (we use creamy)
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. light corn syrup
3 & 3/4 c. quick oats
3/4 c. chocolate chips
1 c. M&M candies
Combine and mix first eight ingredients. Add oats and mix well. Add chocolate chips and M&M candy.  Mix by hand to combine. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees for 12-13 min. Do not over bake.

Notes:

• Cookie dough is very thick. Mix by hand or use heavy-duty mixer like KitchenAid.
• Always use good quality ingredients: butter, real vanilla, real chocolate chips, etc. Better ingredients = better cookies!
• We use Pampered Chef tablespoon cookie scoop.
• For crunchy cookie, bake slightly longer. For soft and chewy, bake 12-13 min. and remove from oven. Allow cookie to cool on cookie sheet 5-6 min. before removing from sheet. Allow cookies to completely cool on wire racks.
• Freeze cookies after 1-2 days.