Pull Apart Pizza Bread

Missy, here. My daughter saw this wonderful cheesy bread on Pinterest, and we went searching for links to find the recipe. Here's the link where we finally found the recipe--at Sweet and Simple Living.. The blogger said she's found most people recommend using pizza dough instead of canned biscuit dough. But we had already bought our ingredients. After trying it, I too would recommend using pizza dough if you can get it.

Also, this is a similar recipe Virginia shared. We tried that one, too, and really liked it!

Pull Apart Pizza Bread

Adapted from Sweet and Simple Living

2 cans of biscuit or pizza dough (I used Grands biscuit dough)

2 cups mozzarella cheese (I used 4 cheese Italian and cheddar which I had on hand)

1 cup parmesan cheese

2 TBS. parsley flakes (dried)

1/3 cup olive oil

8 oz. pepperoni (I have no idea how much I used. I just tossed in what looked good to me)

1/2 tsp minced garlic

Preheat oven to 350

Spray your Bundt pan with cooking spray

Cut dough into quarters.

Chop pepperoni.

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and toss to make sure all the pieces of dough are coated. Don't skimp on the cheese! I didn't measure mine, and didn't use enough. It turned out a little bit dry in places.

Put in the pan.

Bake about 30 minutes until DONE IN MIDDLE. Ours was still grossly doughy at 30 minutes. The recipe says to add 5 more minutes, but I ended up adding at least 10 more, for a total of 40-45 minutes. While still warm, flip out onto a plate. It'll be golden and crispy!

Peel off pieces and enjoy!

That moment when... Deadline edition. Easy pizza crescent rolls kids can make!

Helllooooo, Yankee Belle Cafe! The Fresh Pioneer is back and I've got a quick recipe. I say QUICK because I'm drowning under multiple deadlines AND a writing class with my favorite writer.

I probably wouldn't be struggling so much except there's this problem with the seasons... See all that snow? Besides the kids having a great time, it also means I lose my writing time at the park. I usually could cram in a few hours while they played on the swings and went down the slide. Not now. Now it's all at night or at the library.

  Oh, and there were two major books signings where I gave away a book in exchange for donations to our local homeless shelter.

 See my pretty typewriter? No, I don't actually use it to write, but maybe I should. It could be inspiring.

 The coffee and chocolate basket I brought to encourage people to donate. One lucky donor won a basket at each signing and I didn't even pick at the chocolate!

   I suppose I could throw in the hubby who gets up at 3:45 AM to work hard for his six kids, the homeschooling that MUST NOT STOP, the usual cleaning and mothering, and the fact that this family of eight has no dishwasher. The dishwasher part won't be remedied soon, because we have a tiny kitchen and there's nowhere it will fit, unless we rip out the farmhouse-style porcelain sink, which would destroy the old cabinets, which would then change the new window we had put in last year.

 So, it's like 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie', deadline style... because all of those things above bring me  to paper plates and easy food.

 Pizza sauce, crescent rolls, string cheese.

 Unroll crescent rolls, add pizza sauce, one half of a stick of string cheese.

 Oh, even better! Kids can make this themselves!  Now we've eliminated dishes, actual cooking, AND the adult who is usually cooking. Deadlines, take that!

 350F for 15-18 minutes. I even put foil on the cookie sheet. NO CLEANUP.

OK, so I put hubby's on an actual plate. He doesn't appreciate paper plates. Not sure he really appreciated the kid-prepared food, either. It certainly wasn't the most healthy thing I've ever plopped on a plate but it was definitely tasty.

But the next day I made tamales! You can check out that recipe here. I think the majority of the comments last year centered around whether to eat the husks. Refrigerated crescent rolls might be more the cafe's style. At least, it is mine right now.

  Until next time!