Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Pepperoni Cheese Stick Roll Ups

Pepperoni String Cheese Roll UpsSource: adapted from Dinner With The Donnells

Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent roll dough
4 cheese sticks, halved
1 (3.5 ounce) package sliced pepperoni
optional – marinara or ranch sauce for dipping
Garlic Butter Glaze:
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasonings
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Take each triangle of crencent roll dough and place about 6 pepperoni on the bottom of the triangle. Place half of a cheese stick on top and roll up. Place seam side down on a cookie sheet and bake for 10-14 minutes or until golden brown.
While rolls are cooking, combine the melted butter, Italian seasonings, garlic powder and Parmesan cheese in a small bowl.
When rolls are done remove from the oven and brush with the garlic butter glaze. Serve with marinara or ranch for dipping.

Recipe

(Really good. I halfed the cheese sticks again just so they will melt)

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Cordon Bleu

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Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu
4 large chicken breast
4 slices deli ham
4 slices swiss cheese
1/4 cup flour
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
2 Tbsp finely shredded Parmesan cheese
1/4 tsp garlic salt

Place the flour in one shallow bowl, the beaten egg in another, and the bread crumbs, parmesan, and salt in another. Make a pocket in the chicken breasts by cutting them in half lengthwise almost all the way through. Leave one side intact. Place a piece of cheese on a slice of ham and roll up. Stuff into the chicken "pocket". Secure with toothpicks if necessary. Dip chicken into the flour, then into the egg, then into the crumb mixture. Place in a greased 9×13" pan. Repeat with remaining chicken, ham, and cheese.
Bake on bottom oven rack at 450° for about 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 400° and bake for 25-30 more minutes or until chicken is done.

Sauce:
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp flour
1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp chicken bouillon
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp parmesan cheese
Melt butter in a small saucepan. Whisk in flour, then milk. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Boil for at least one minute.

Recipe

(Don't use such thick pieces of chicken, but still good)

S'more Krispy Treats

1/4 cup butter
1 (10 oz) bag regular marshmallows
1 box of Golden Graham cereal
1-2 cups Chocolate Chips

In a large sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat.  Add marshmallows and keep stirring until the marshmallows completely melt and you get a marshmallow sauce.  Remove from heat.

Add Golden Grahams and stir until they are all well coated.  You can chose to crush some up before adding them if you want some smaller pieces.  Next stir in chocolate chips.

Grease a 9×13 pan and press S’mores down.

Once they are all pressed down and cooled, drizzle with some melted chocolate chips over if you would like for a prettier appearance.

Recipe

(Really yummy and easy to do.)

Bacon-Cheese Pull Aparts

Ingredients:

  • 1  egg
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1  (16.3-oz.) can Pillsbury® Grands!® Flaky Layers Refrigerated Original Biscuits
  • 1  (2.1-oz.) pkg. precooked bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 3  oz. (3/4 cup) shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1/4  cup finely chopped green onions (4 medium)

  • Directions:

    1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 11x7- or 12x8-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat egg and milk with wire whisk until smooth.
    2. Separate dough into 8 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Gently stir biscuit pieces into egg mixture to coat evenly. Fold in bacon, cheese and onions. Spoon mixture into sprayed dish; arrange biscuit pieces in single layer.
    3. Bake at 350°F. for 23 to 28 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into squares


    (For me, I did not use the green onions. I also used about 6 eggs. This made a lot. If you only do it for the family, with 4, it makes too much. You could half it and then just bake the rolls regular. Really good though)

    Friday, December 7, 2012

    Pizza Dough Recipe

    Pizza Dough

    4 c all purpose flour (white)
    1 ¼ c lukewarm water
    1 packet active dry yeast or 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
    2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp sugar
    ¼ c milk
    Using mixing bowl add the flour and make a “well”, add 1 tsp salt and mix.
    In liquid measuring cup add 1 tsp sugar to 1 ¼ cup lukewarm water stir then add yeast, stir and
    set aside for 5 minutes to foam up.
    Next mix the yeast water and ¼ c milk with 2 tbsp olive oil into the flour salt mixture. Stir with
    wooden spoon or clean hands.
    Knead the dough for 8 minutes on a floured surface until you have a smooth elastic rubbery
    dough ball.
    Set aside in a bowl, drizzle with olive oil to keep dough from drying out. Let sit covered lightly
    for 30 – 60 minutes or until doubled.
    This mix makes enough dough for 2 medium/large pizzas.
    The dough can be used immediately or chilled overnight or even frozen. Bake at 500 degrees
    for 11 minutes.
    Best if baked on a pizza screen and pizza stone. The crust will not be as crispy if baked directly
    on a pizza pan.

    25 Days of Christmas

    1. Go to Temple Square to see lights

    2. Shapes on the Christmas Tree

    3. Make cookies

    4. Make candy

    5. Decorate the tree

    6. Make an ornament

    7. Roll a penquin game

    8. Write to Santa

    9. Make a snowflake

    10. Go shopping to daddy and siblings

    11. Read Christmas book

    12. Watch Christmas movie

    13. Go look at Christmas lights in the neighborhood

    14. Deliver neighbor gifts

    15. Build a snowman (outside)

    16. Decorate a tree

    17. Christmas breakfast

    18. Ward Christmas party

    19. Christmas card to grandparents

    20. Build a snowman

    21. Go sledding

    22. Wrap presents

    23. Reindeer from lunch bags

    24. The Pajama Elves come

    25. Read Luke, open presents

    Wednesday, October 10, 2012

    31 Days of Halloween

    31 Days Of Halloween

    1. Go look at fall leaves

    2. Go for walk to collect leaves and color leaves between paper.

    3. Make spider with paint using your hands

    4. Coloring pages (Halloween of course)

    5. Make bats with construction paper and hands

    6. Make ghosts with white paint and feet

    7. Make pumpkins with strips of paper

    8. Make bats with egg cartons

    9. Make cookies and decorate

    10. Go to Gardener Village and do Witch Scavenger Hunt (in SLC)

    11. Make mouth  from apples, caramel, and marshmallows

    12. Go to pumpkin patch

    13. Put up Halloween Decorations

    14. Paint pumpkins

    15. Marshmallow mummies (pumpkins, ghost)

    16. 5 Little pumpkins (make pumpkins out of paper bags and throw a ball to knock them over)

    17. Halloween breakfast

    18. Try on Costume

    19. Watch "Mickey's Treat"

    20. Carve pumpkins and make pumpkin seeds

    21. Orange pumpkin, orange pumpkin

    22. Skeleton Game

    23. Make a cat (cut triangle on bottom of page and make face with it)

    24. Cotton Ball ghosts

    25. Caramel Apples

    26. Trunk or Treat

    27. Follow the Web Game

    28. Make a Monster

    29. Make ghosts from suckers

    30. Watch "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"

    31. Go Trick or Treating