Fried Chicken and Cheesesteaks

As we dive into a new school year, quick breakfasts are a big help for busy mornings.     I made a BIG batch and wrapped most individually for the freezer!   3 sticks butter, softened 4 cups sugar (I did 2 white, 2 brown) 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp allspice   3 T ginger (yes tablespooon) 1 teaspoon cinnamon 6 eggs 1 Tablespoon baking soda 2 teaspoon baking powder 10 super ripe bananas, smooshed 2 carrots, grated 1 1/2 cups plain kefir*  * or buttermilk, or milk and a little sour cream or a mix of milk and plain yogurt or even just milk ... 2 cups rolled (old fashioned) oats 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour Cream together butter, sugar, spices and baking soda/powder.       Add eggs, then bananas, then kefir.    Mix in grated carrots.        Then mix in flour and oats WITH A LIGHT HAND. Scoop into muffin papers - th...

Life with three kids gets interesting.    Someone, probably someone with the same last name, left the freezer open a little bit ... enough that the ice bucket had chilled water and most of the food thawed.     Including a whole quart of New Jersey blueberries frozen for a winter pie.   I also had three ready-for-baking overripe bananas.  So I decided the only course of action (besides tossing thawed meat and cleaning the freezer) was to make muffins - a LOT of muffins: Melt (or better yet brown !) a two sticks of butter.    Stir in three mushed overripe bananas.  Cool a little bit then stir in 1 1/2 cups of milk and a cup of sour cream, then 5 eggs, 1 Tablespoon vanilla and if you have it on hand a dash of orange oil .     Then add one cup of brown sugar and one cup of white sugar.  In a separate bowl measure 7 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon salt and 3 Tablespoons of Baking powder (YES TABLES...