Let's go back in time a little. A little over 2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to feed the Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Days Saints. (To find out what they do when they aren't eating, go here.) I too served a mission and was treated beyond well by the great people in West Jordan, Kamas Valley, Park City, and Sandy Utah that I HAD to treat these elders just the same. I searched for days on Pinterest trying to find the right thing to make them and I finally found it - the perfect thing for hard working 18/19 year old boys - Pizza Rolls.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasonings
- 2 cans Pillsbury Grands Homestyle Biscuits
- 2 cups finely chopped pizza toppings (pepperoni, cooked sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, onions….whatever you’d like!)
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Grease a bundt pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together melted butter, garlic salt and Italian seasonings until combined. Set aside.
- Remove biscuits from the cans. Take a raw biscuit, and cut a slit in the side. Use your fingers (or carefully use a knife) to open up the biscuit to form a “pocket” for the toppings.
- Carefully tuck a pinch of cheese into the pocket of the biscuit, then add in a teaspoon or so or marinara sauce, then add in some pinches of your pizza toppings, top with a final pinch of cheese, then use your fingers to pinch together the dough to seal in the pocket. Be sure that it is well-sealed.
- Dunk the pocket in the butter mixture on both sides, then place in the bundt pan with the seam side up.
- Repeat with remaining biscuits until they are all filled and placed in the bundt pan side by side.
- Pour any remaining butter mixture over the top of the biscuits in the bundt pan, then bake for 30 minutes until the dough is cooked and lightly browned. Remove and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Carefully turn the bundt pan on top of a plate and give it a slight jiggle to release the monkey bread. Then remove the pan and serve the monkey bread with a side of extra marinara sauce for dipping.
These are not my own pictures. I had planned to post my own pictures but got so wrapped up in making the stuff that I forgot to take pictures. Oops!
They turned out so stinkin' good! They were a definite hit! I added a salad and called it a perfect meal.
But of course you can't feed the missionaries without serving desert...
I also scoured Pinterest for a delicious desert recipe and found plenty! I decided to go with something simple but delicious.
Oreo Ice Box Cake!
Ingredients
2 packages of Oreos (or store brand - they work just as well)
3 tubs of Cool Whip (I prefer the actual Cool Whip and not Whipped topping)
Enough milk to dip all those cookies in
Chocolate syrup
Directions
Dip each Oreo into some milk…not a full soak, just a nice dip. Then lay them flat into a 9x13 glass pan. This will use one whole package of Oreos. Once you have your first layer of cookies in the pan, top that with a layer of Cool Whip. A tub and a half, actually. Lay another layer of milk-dipped Oreos on top of that fluffy cool whip leaving 4 cookies out to crush up and put on top. Top that layer with the rest of the cool whip. Crush up the remaining 4 dry Oreos however you prefer then scatter them on top of the cool whip. Drizzle the top with chocolate syrup then let chill for at least 6 hours - over night is better though.
Happy homemaking!
-Jaron
Happy homemaking!
-Jaron
