Favorite breakfast cookbooks

There’s a post over at BuzzFeed that asks “What Does Your Favorite Breakfast Food Say About You?” The answers are classic BuzzFeed, although not snarky as they can be – if you like bagels, you’re basically like Beyoncé, cinnamon rolls imply you’re very loveable, French Toast people are destined for greatness, Huevos Rancheros make you a winner, etc. – they’re all very flattering.

But the interesting thing about this post wasn’t the comments – which are, at best, superficial, but rather the collection of photos and the realization that there wasn’t one breakfast item listed that wouldn’t taste great at this moment. Which got me to thinking about breakfast and how often people seem to say that breakfast is their favorite meal regardless of the time of day – especially on a really cold day, like it is here today.

And so, out of curiousity, I took a look at the EYB library, which lists 138 cookbooks that focus on breakfast, and sorted them by popularity to see what were the favorite breakfast books owned by EYB members. Here are the top 5:

• Marion Cunningham’s The Breakfast Book, owned by 449 members
• Mollie Katzen’s Sunlight Café, owned by 219 members
• DeDe Lahman & Neil Kleinberg’s Clinton St. Baking Company Cookbook: Breakfast, Brunch and Beyond, owned by 171 members
• Bill Jamison & Cheryl Alters Jamison’s A Real American Breakfast, owned by 148 members
• Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s Vegan Brunch, owned by 141 members

And the top breakfast recipe, based on ratings and comments? This was a surprise – not eggs, or pancakes, but Baked Oatmeal from Heidi Swanson.  Here’s the description: “A layer of fruit lines the base of a well-buttered baking dish. The fruit is then topped with a blend of rolled oats, nuts, and spices. A wet mixture of milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla is drizzled over the dry ingredients before baking to a golden-topped, fruit-scented finish. Be sure to use rolled oats and not instant oats.”

Now I’m really hungry.

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