Pillsbury Pizza Pretzels

I got this idea for pizza pretzels from the Pillsbury site.  It was such an easy and fun looking recipe that I knew the little ones would love helping me in the kitchen.   I was right, because my kids had such a fun time making these pretzels and  layering the pizza ingredients inside.   The entire family loved eating them (what's not to love it's a big pretzel with pizza filling inside).  You can play around with this recipe and make it vegetarian, fill it with other filling like cream cheese and veggies.  The possibilities are endless with this simple method.   I will definitely be experimenting with this recipe again and again. If you have kids I really recommend you to try it.  If you don't have kids and are just a big kid at heart you'll love it too. : )






To make 4 giant pizza pretzels you will need:
1 canister Pillsbury pizza dough (I recommend regular not thin crust)
6 sticks of string cheese
Some Pepperoni slices
Some jar tomato sauce for dipping






 Roll out your pizza dough on a surface you can cut on




 Cut the dough into four strips (from side to side) The easiest way to do this is to cut the dough into half and then each half into half again.




 Place pepperoni slices along each strip of dough




 Place string cheese along the length of the dough. You will want to cut the string cheese into half (lengthwise). So you will use 6 sticks but place 12 total for your four strips.









 Roll up the sides of each dough strip over pepperoni and cheese, and tightly seal together. You will need to stretch dough as necessary to fully enclose the cheese and pepperoni. Then pinch the ends to seal.










Form into your desired pretzel shape. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and place pretzels to bake.






 To top the pretzel you will need:

Some grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbs olive oil
white sesame seeds (optional)







Brush each pretzel with olive oil and sprinkle parmesan cheese/sesame seed topping over each pretzel.










 Bake at 425 degrees for 13-17 minutes. Mine were done at 15 minutes.











Enjoy with your favorite pizza/spaghetti sauce for dipping. . Hope you try it and enjoy them as much as my family and I did.


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Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread may be a new concept to some folks, but Pillsbury has been promoting this recipe using their biscuits in a tube for a long time.  This is actually my second attempt at making Monkey Bread.  The first attempt tasted good, but I made a big mistake by not using a bundt pan and most of the middle was an unbaked mess. So I had to pull it apart and bake it again.  The "monkey bread" concept was thrown out the window and I morphed it into a delicious Cinnamon-Apple Bread Pudding.  Well, that turned out to be a fantastic mistake so I am not upset about making it. : )  Yesterday I made my second attempt at baking this fun treat.  I had a bundt pan as suggest so off I went.  It's such an easy recipe, but this time I added some chopped apples to give it a real Fall flair.  It was almost magical when I turned the pan over and this amazing looking dessert popped out.  I mean I really said, "Wow... look at that!"  Unfortunately 1/4 of the inside of the monkey bread was still not baked through so I pulled those pieces out and baked them for a little longer.  It still tasted great, I just think it's a flaw in Pillsbury's baking instructions. I am going to give some suggestions for baking at the end of the recipe to avoid this from happening.  So if you find yourself in the possession of some tube Pillsbury biscuits, I urge you to try this recipe, the taste certainly won't disappoint you!



Ingredients:
2 Tubes of Pillsbury Grands Biscuits
1 cup of brown sugar
3/4 cup of melted butter
1 1/2 tsp of powdered cinnamon
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbs of white sugar
2-3 medium granny smith apples (peeled and finely diced)

Optional ingredients: raisins, walnuts.

Directions:


First peel and dice your apples. Then coat the apples with a mixture of 2 Tbs of white sugar and 1/2 tsp of the ground cinnamon.  I did this in a ziploc baggie because it was easy to mix without making a mess.


Cut each unbaked  biscuits into quarters.  Place them into a large ziploc baggie and then add 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.

Note:  It's best to mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl first so it evenly covers the biscuits. 



Lay 1/2 the coated apples at the bottom of the bundt pan.






Then put half the coated biscuits.


Then the 2nd half of the apples.









Finally the last of your coated biscuits.









Melt your butter in the microwave and add your 1 cup of brown sugar.  Stir swell.  Pour over the entire pan of unbaked monkey bread evenly.  Place in the oven at 375 for 30 minutes is what Pillsbury recommends.   I suggest putting in the oven at 350 for about 40-45 minutes.  You may want to cover the top with foil for the first half of baking so the tops don't burn.




This smelled crazy good while baking in the oven. Allow to sit for a few minutes before you invert it onto a plate.  Please be very careful when you invert it.  There will be some melt butter and it's hot.  I suggest you use a very large plate so it doesn't make a mess.   This is not a cake that you cut, you pull the pieces of bread apart (I guess like a Monkey) and eat them... YUM!





Okay... so what did I think of Pillsbury Monkey Bread?  It was incredibly delicious!  I would love to make this for Christmas morning.  It will make the house smell great and how fun to pull pieces of this warm cinnamon/apple bites and eat them.  Plus this is a kid friendly recipe because the kids can help shake the bag of cinnamon and biscuits.  Now the only issue I have with this recipe is the baking time.  I think the next time I will even avoid using the bundt pan (even though it has a beautiful presentation).  I think I will lay it out in a single layer in an 9x13 cake pan and bake at 375 for around 30 minutes and see how it turns out.  I hope you can try out this recipe and you have success with it.  If you do have some pieces that are underdone... remember just pull them out and bake them off for a bit.  It's all GOOD!

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Easy Sri Lankan Malu Paan (Bread Rolls with a Savory Fish filling)

These bread rolls are a favorite treat for picnics and sporting events.  They pack up easy and are enjoyable hot out of the oven or even at room temperature.  The filling here can be exchanged for any type of filling you like.  You can make the fish filling suggested here or try something new.  Here are some suggestions:  savory meat filling with potatoes, barbecue meat filling, vegetable filling, pizza filling or even a spicy onion filling called Seeni Sambal.   The fillings are endless, but the method is the what is quick and easy.




This is what makes the bread rolls so easy-- Pillsbury Grands Biscuits.  I am not sure if they are available world wide, but if they are available to you, I hope you try them out in this type of recipe.

 



The trick is to roll the biscuit out into a flat round with a rolling pin.




Fill your flat round dough with about a tablespoon of filling towards one end of the round.  If you want to try the fish filling in the recipe here is the link to the filling:  Sri Lanka Fish Cutlets




Fold over the dough and seal the edges with a fork.




Cover each roll with an egg wash on top before baking .  An optional step is to sprinkle some  un-toasted sesame seeds before baking.  Bake on a greased baking sheet at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. 




 Yields 16 bread rolls.  Enjoy.

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