Easter: Resurrection Rolls

Hey everybody! For Easter this year I am going to be making resurrection rolls. There are a number of recipes on the web but I will refer you to the dinner roll recipe I posted in march here.  If life is too crazy to allow time for bread dough making not to worry. Use frozen rolls instead.

You will need:
Half of the roll recipe
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 tbs cinnamon, depending on your taste
1/4 cup butter, melted
10 oz bag large marshmallows

Mix up one half of the bread dough recipe as outlined. After the dough has risen once punch it down and make into 2 inch ball. Flatten each ball. Mix up the cinnamon and sugar together and melt the butter in a separate bowl. Place inside each flattened dough ball one large marshmallow dipped in butter and cinnamon sugar. Pinch closed and place on a greased cookie sheet.
You can either let them rise overnight in the fridge or let them rise right away . Remember to cover them so they don't dry out.
Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

This a great object lesson for Easter. Just as Christ was laid in to tomb when His disciples came after the Sabbath he was not there for he had risen.

Enjoy!

Tags: Easter, resurrection, resurrection rolls, Christ centered Easter. 

Chocolate Eclair Cup-Cakes

Hi there everyone! This recipe comes from Christy at The Girl Who Ate Everything. You can find the direct link to her blog here. Christy makes it as a cake but today we are going to make individual dessert cups. The shell for this is not cakey, but the same dough you would make eclairs from: light fluffy and buttery. My mouth is watering already. Lets cook!

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 large eggs

Filling:

2 small boxes of instant french vanilla pudding
3 1/2 cups cold milk

Topping:
cool whip
chocolate syrup

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease thoroughly one or two cupcake pans and set aside. (I was able to make about 18cupcakes) In a medium-sized pot bring to a boil both the butter and water. Remove from heat and add flour. Then stir in one egg at a time completely mixing in each egg before adding the next.

Place about 3 tbs of the dough in each cupcake form. Try to spread the dough onto the edges to make it form a cup shape. Do not use cupcake liners, it does not yield very good results. Bake for 15 minutes, or until puffy and just golden. Remove immediately from pan and let cool completely on a cooling rack.

Mix up the two packets of pudding and milk and beat for 2 minutes. Let it firm up in the fridge.
Once the pudding is firm and eclair cups are cool place about 2 tbs pudding in each cup. Add a dollop of whipped cream and drizzle with chocolate syrup. Prepare only as many as you need and store the rest of the eclair cups in a plastic bag and pudding in the refrigerator.

Aren't they just delicious! I could only have one at a time because they are so rich. I hope you like these and share them with everyone you know.

Enjoy!

Tags: eclair, cupcakes, chocolate eclairs, vanilla pudding.

Red Velvet Cake

This is Alton Brown's Red Velvet Cake. It takes about 2 hours from start to finish, and it is worth every minute. I cannot share the exact recipe with you on my blog but if you search on the Food Network website you are sure to find it. The chef, Alton Brown, is a genius when it comes to creating things in the kitchen. I highly recommend his recipes and his show Good Eats which is both quirky and insightful. Check those both out if you get the chance.

I find that store bought red velvet I don't like. Is it trying to be vanilla and just coming up short? Is it trying to be chocolate and failing? I don't know anymore. This makes it clear to me it's a light chocolate and it's sticking to it. (Although if you use half a cup of chocolate powder instead of 1/4 cup it doesn't hurt)

I hope you enjoy it!

Baked Potato Soup

This recipe comes from allrecipes.com. I'm sure that you've noticed by now that I use allrecipes for many of the new recipes that I try out, and for good reason. Not only is it a treasure trove over flowing with all sorts of recipes, but their are videos instructing how to make certain dishes and there are reviews and ratings on the recipes that also give advise So I know I'm going to get something good every time. Allrecipes is also a magazine. I still have yet to check it out, but if its anything like the website it is sure to please.

But lets move on to the recipe at hand: Baked Potato Soup.

Ingredients:
12 slices bacon
2/3 cup margarine (or butter)
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
7 cups milk
4 large baked potatoes, peeled and cubed.
4 green onions chopped
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 sup sour cream
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper


1. Brown the bacon, drain and crumble. Set aside.
2. In a large stock pot melt margarine over medium heat. Whisk in flour until smooth, then gradually add the milk. Whisk until thickened.
3. Stir in potatoes and onions. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes
4. Mix in bacon, cheese, sour cream, salt, and pepper. Keep stirring until cheese is melted.

Enjoy!

Candy Crunch Pudding Pie

If you are not aware this Saturday is Pi day. A celebration for math enthusiasts, and geeks in general. Why call it March fourteenth pi day? It's the first three digits of pi, 3.14. So in celebration of a rely cool number here is a pie recipe from the Cool-Whip company just for you.

Ingredients:
2 (3.9 oz) packages of instant chocolate pudding
2 cups cold milk
1 tub (8 oz) whipped cream
2 chocolate covered toffee bars, crumbled
1 chocolate pie crust
1 oz chocolate melted.

1. In a medium bowl whisk the two pudding packets and cold milk for roughly 2 minutes.
2. Stir in half of the container of whipped cream and 3Tbs toffee bits.
3. Pour into chocolate pie crust and top with remaining whipped cream, toffee and melted chocolate.

There you are it's that simple. The candy could be substituted for any hard candy you think would be a good fit.You can see I used chocolate chips.

Enjoy!

Tags: Chocolate Pie, pie, Pi Day,

Delicious Dinner Rolls

Sorry to all of you for my neglect to post this recipe sooner. Life a you know can get a little busy and so it was this week. But in order not to disappointing I have found a most delightful creation for you.

This weeks recipe comes from the How Does She Do girls at www.howdoesshe.com. Check out their blog. They have lots of great recipes, advice on organization, and home and family life. They were awesome enough to share this recipe with us, so do give them a look-see.

I have my favorite bread/roll recipe that I hardly stray from, and why should I? It works great! It's versatile, I know just how to make it, and I know just how it will turn out every time because I've made it so many times. But, as part of this challenge that I've given myself I thought why not give this dinner roll recipe a try, and I am glad I did. It came out so buttery, fluffy, just melt in your mouth good, especially while they are still warm. These will definitely be made again in the future.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Milk
3/4 cups + 1 Tbs Sugar
1 Egg
1 Tbs salt
2 cups warm Water
9-10 Cups of flour
about 1 cup Butter

Directions:
1. In a microwave safe bowl place milk, 3/4 cup sugar, and 1/2 cup butter. Make sure you cube or slice the butter so it melts quickly. Place is a microwave for 1-2 minutes till the milk is scalded.
2. Place the yeast in a small bowl with warm water and 1 tbs Sugar
3. Once the milk mixture is scalded remove, carefully, from the microwave and 1-2 Cups of flour to help it cool down.
4. Once the milk mixture is cooled a little add the yeast mixture.
5. Add the rest of the flour 2 cups at a time and the salt. Keep mixing after the last of the flour is in to thicken the dough. More flour can be added if necessary, but it should end up being dense and sticky to the touch.
6. Let it sit covered in a warm place till it has doubled in size.
7. Grease 2 baking sheets with butter for when the dough is ready.
8. Once dough is doubled divide the dough into 4 balls and work with one ball at a time. Melt about 1/2 cup butter.
9. On a floured surface roll out dough ball to about 1/2 inch thickness. spread about 2 tablespoons of butter on the surface and cup into triangles (like a pizza) with a sharp knife or pizza cutter into 12 slices.
10. Roll up each triangle piece and place on the greased baking sheet with the point tucked under. Place about an inch apart
11. Cover and let rise once again, until doubled in size.
12. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 10-15 min until golden brown.
13. While still hot bast with butter.

Thanks again to our friends over at How Does She for sharing this splendid recipe.

Enjoy!