Slice and Serve Garlic Butter Crescents

These are tasty little morsels!  

Ingredients:

  • 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
  • 2 Tab butter, melted
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp diced garlic
  • 2-3 Tab grated Parmesan cheese
  • Ranch dressing and tomato pasta sauce, for serving (if desired – the group voted better without!)

Directions: 

  1. Heat oven to 375°F.
  2. Melt the butter.
  3. Add Italian seasoning, garlic.
  4. Open can but do not unroll dough.
  5. With serrated knife, cut dough roll into 12 even slices.
  6. Place slices on ungreased cookie sheet.
  7. Brush tops with melted butte.
  8. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  9. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  10. Immediately remove from cookie sheet.
  11. Serve warm.

Serves:   Makes 12

Source:  Pillsbury

Zesty French Bread

When I was a little girl (150 years ago) you bought Kraft Cheese Spread (Cheddar, American Pimento,, etc)  in little glass containers that became juice glasses for breakfast.  Every home had a set of 47 because it was the only soft cheese you could buy.  They are still available (even on Amazon) but now we have many choices. Use a plain one for this recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 1 jar American or Cheddar cheese spread (5oz )
  • ¼ c sherry
  • 2 Tab mayonnaise
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 long loaf French bread

Directions:

  1. Combine cheese spread and sherry in a bowl, blend thoroughly.
  2. Add mayonnaise, mustard and Worcestershire sauce – mix well.
  3. Cut bread in half, lengthwise; slice crosswise, not quite all the way through.
  4. Spread the cheese mixture over cut surfaces of bread.
  5. Broil slowly until delicate brown.
  6. Serve hot.

Serves:  Depends on how long the bread is.  Plan on 1 – 2 inches per person.

Source: Favorite Recipes of California Winemakers, Edward R Oberlander, Woodbridge Vineyard Assn., Lodi.

Villa Park Women’s League – GOURMET – May 17, 2014

Brie Crescent Rolls

Dancing Brandyflake  “I’m a dancer, writer, and university professor in California.”   And a lover of food – these will attest to that.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cans Pillsbury crescent rolls
  • 1 8 oz brie

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375° F
  2. Get your crescents ready on a baking sheet. (Divide into triangles)
  3. (Slice brie into thin wedges and place on triangles.)
  4. Roll ’em up and bake ’em for ten minutes (approximately).


A word about brie poop:  Brie spreads when it bakes, make no doubt about that.   An easy fix is to secure the ends of your crescent rolls so the goodness doesn’t escape (like a dough diaper. heh.)

Serves: 10 – 12

Source: Dancing Branflake.com Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Comment:  Dancing Brandflake also added an apple slice, pecan and honey. Italics are her directions

Villa Park Women’s League – GOURMET – March 15, 2014

One Dish Raspberry Cheesecake

An easy yeast coffee cake with NO kneading required!  Works with blueberries too.

Ingredients – Batter

  • 1-1/2 c flour
  • 2 envelopes Fleischmann’s® RapidRise Yeast (4 1/2 tsp)
  • 1/4 c sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 c butter, melted
  • 2/3 c very warm milk (120° to 130°F)
  • 1 egg

Ingredients – Raspberry sauce:

  • 1-1/2 c frozen unsweetened raspberries or blueberries
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 Tab corn starch
  • 2 Tab cold water

Ingredients – Cheesecake filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 Tab corn starch
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract

Garnish

  • 3 Tab sliced almonds (optional)

Directions:

  1. Mix batter ingredients together in greased 8 x 8-inch baking dish.
  2. Allow mixture to rest while preparing raspberry sauce and cheesecake
    filling.
  3. Combine raspberry sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  4. Boil for 1 to 2 minutes, until sauce is thickened.
  5. Whip all cheesecake filling ingredients in a large bowl with electric mixer until smooth.
  6. Top batter with cheesecake mixture, then raspberry sauce.
  7. Swirl mixtures together using a knife.
  8. Sprinkle almonds over top, if desired.
  9. Bake by placing in a cold oven.
  10. Set temperature to 350°F.
  11. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until cheesecake is set.

Serves: 8

Source:  Fleischmann’s Yeast Bread World, via Donna Barasch

Sticky Buns

Using frozen bread dough you can assemble this in minutes. You can also make it the night before, let it rise overnight in the fridg, and bake it in the morning.

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds frozen bread dough or 24 frozen dough dinner rolls, partially thawed for 1/2 hour and each loaf cut into 12 even pieces
  • 1 1/2 c sugar
  • 1/8 c cinnamon (2 Tab)
  • 3/4 c butter, melted
  • 1 c chopped pecans
  • 1 c cinnamon chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

  1. Generously butter a 9×13 baking glass or metal pan.
  2. Sprinkle nuts (and chips) evenly in bottom of pan.
  3. Combine sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.
  4. Melt butter in separate bowl.
  5. Dip each roll or dough piece in butter, then in sugar mixture.
  6. Place dipped dough in pan in even rows.
  7. Mix remaining butter and sugar mixture.
  8. Distribute evenly over the tops of the dough.
  9. Cover with plastic wrap that is coated with cooking spray.
  10. Let rise until doubled.
  11. Bake uncovered at 350° for 40-50 minutes, until browned and done in center. (Cover loosely with sheet of foil in last 10-15 minutes, if browning too quickly.)  DONENESS TIP: For extra insurance that the center sticky buns are cooked completely, insert an instant-read thermometer half way down a center bun. The internal temperature should be 190-200°.
  12. Remove from oven
  13. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.
  14. Invert onto serving platter.
  15. Serve warm.

MAKE AHEAD: (times may vary depending on the temperature of your house)
1. Assemble the night before, leave out to rise overnight (approx. 8 hours), and bake first thing in the morning.
2. Assemble 20-24 hours in advance, put in the fridge to partially rise. The next day, remove from fridge and allow to rise at room temperature for 2-3 hours before baking.
3. Assemble 44-48 hours in advance, put  in the fridge to rise. Remove from fridge and warm to room temperature for 30 minutes before baking.
4. FREEZER OPTION:  Assemble pan, cover and freeze for up to a month in advance. Remove from freezer before you go to bed and let them rise overnight–ready to bake the next morning.

FOR A SMALLER BATCH: Cut all of the ingredients in half to make 12 sticky buns instead of 24. Assemble 12 sticky buns in an 8×8 baking dish, 9″ deep dish pie plate, or 9″ round cake pan (with 2″ tall sides). Reduce the baking time by 5 minutes.

Serves: 12 2-bun servings

Source:  The Yummy Life, Good Food, Good Times

Sausage Bread

This is a hearty, tasty breakfast bread.  Men love it! You can also use spicy sausage.

Ingredients:

  • 2 loaves (1 pound each) frozen white bread dough, thawed in refrigerator overnight
  • 1 lb mild Italian sausage
  • 2 eggs  – divided use
  • 2-1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp garlic salt

Directions:

  1. Cover dough and let rise in a warm place until doubled. May take a couple of hours.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°.
  3. In a large skillet, cook sausage, over medium-high heat 6-8 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles.
  4. Drain on paper towels.
  5. Transfer to a bowl; cool.
  6. Break eggs into small bowl and mix.
  7. Stir 1 1/2 egg, cheese and seasoning into sausage.
  8. Roll each loaf of dough into a 16 x 12-in. rectangle.
  9. Spread half of the sausage mixture over each rectangle to within 1 in. of edges.
  10. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side.
  11. Pinch seams to seal.
  12. Place on a greased baking sheet.
  13. Brush remainin egg over tops.
  14. Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
  15. Serve warm.

Freeze option: Securely wrap and freeze cooled loaves in foil and place in resealable plastic freezer bags. To use, place foil-wrapped loaf on a baking sheet and reheat in a 450° oven 10-15 minutes or until heated through. Carefully remove foil; return to oven a few minutes longer until crust is crisp.

Serves:    32 slices

Source:  Long lost – used ingredients list

Onion Soup Bread

The best way to figure quantities on bread is to measure how long it is.  Plan on about 1 1/2 inches per person.  

Ingredients:  

  • 1 loaf of soft french bread (about 1 lb)
  • 1 packet Onion Soup Mix
  • 8 Tab. softened butter (1 cube)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven 350°.
  2. Slice the load of bread lengthwise.
  3. Spread each half with softened butter.
  4. Sprinkle the dry soup mix over the bread.
  5. Place in preheated oven until bread is slightly toasted and butter has melted.
  6. Remove bread and allow it to cool slightly before cutting into pieces.

Serves: 6-8

Source:  ??

Blue Cheese Bread

If you are camping, heat in a Scotch box oven or wrap in foil and heat on the grill.  If on the grill, wad up foil under the packet so it will  not burn the bottom.

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz blue cheese
  • 1 c (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
  • 2 French bread baguettes or 4 sourdough flutes (2 pounds total), halved
  • lengthwise
  • parsley

Directions:

  1. Blend cheese and butter in processor until smooth. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before using.)
  2. Preheat broiler.
  3. Broil bread crust side up until crisp.
  4. Turn and broil cut side until light brown.
  5. Spread cheese mixture over cut side of bread.
  6. Sprinkle liberally with pepper.
  7. Broil until cheese bubbles and begins to brown.
  8. Remove from broiler and sprinkle bread with parsley.
  9. Cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces.

Serves:  12

Source:  A variation on the Epicurious recipe

Three Ingredient Blue Cheese Appetizer (Idiot Proof)

Sometimes you just don’t mess with an already good thing. Sometimes you just use the store-bought biscuits and shut your mouth. Even if it kills you to say you used store-bought.

Ingredients:

  • 1 (12 ounce) can Biscuits, I use Pillsbury Grands
  • 1 stick (1/2 c) salted butter, melted (Please do not use margarine!)
  • 4 oz blue cheese crumbled (hint-freeze the leftover blue cheese from a party and it will crumble nicely.)
  • Fresh cilantro or parsley

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°.
  2. Melt the butter in a 9 inch pie plate.
  3. Cut each biscuit into quarters. (You can roll them if you feel like it.)
  4. Place in the pie plate with the butter.
  5. Roll the biscuits in the butter so that the sides of the biscuits get coated in butter.
  6. Sprinkle the blue cheese (feta or goat) over the biscuits.
  7. If desired sprinkle with fresh cilantro or parsley.
  8. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and bubbly. Watch closely!
  9. Serve with toothpicks or mini appetizer forks.

Serves:  Makes 32 little rolls – we eat 3 – 4 each.

Source:  Half-baked Harvest

Lemon Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Cake mix for the win!   It also works for dessert.

Ingredients:

  • 16.5 ounce box lemon cake mix
  • 3/4 c cold butter
  • 2/3 c sour cream
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 c blueberries (fresh or frozen – canned in a pinch, well drained)
  • Your favorite lemon glaze –  ie. lemon juice and powdered sugar, thin enough to run off the spoon.

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 360°F .
  2. Grease a 7 x 11 inch baking pan well.
  3. Add the cake mix to a large bowl and mix in the butter with your fingertips until it’s
    evenly distributed and small crumbs are forming.
  4. Set aside 3/4 cup of the crumbs.
  5. Add the sour cream and eggs to the remaining crumb mixture.
  6. Beat in with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2-3 minutes.
  7. Pour into the prepared pan.
  8. Evenly sprinkle the blueberries.
  9. Then sprinkle the crumbs you set aside over the top.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
  11.  Cool in the pan before drizzling with the glaze (if you want to) and cutting to serve.

Servings:  8
Source:  Savory Nothings