Pizza Pockets!

So, I really enjoy making things from scratch. Especially bread. I am NOT a "bread person". I actually don't LIKE bread at all really. Unless it is homemade. Then.. I die. I could probably actually die of a carb overdose if I allowed myself. Well, I make these breadsticks that are soooo good, and I make them with spaghetti usually. We had spaghetti about a week ago, and my husband got permanently hired at his job, and out of his contract (yay for a 4.00 raise, and benefits! Hello doctor!), so he decided we needed to go celebrate. Well, here I am, this bread dough made, and he tells me this. I wasn't going to complain, because I knew we'd end up somewhere good! So, I have never ever refrigerated bread before, and I didn't want to throw the dough away, unless it got bad from refrigerating it, so I gave it a shot in the fridge. 

I opened it up the next day, and rolled it out, twisted and baked and they were perfect! I didn't use all of the dough though, because I always make too many breadsticks and they end up getting thrown away. I figured I could just make fresh ones out of the leftover dough if we wanted anymore! Well, days kinda went on, and I kept moving the dough out of my way in the fridge, so yesterday, I decided I was going to use the leftover. Breadstick dough + pepperonis & cheese? Of course. This is a really simple, quick thing to throw together if you pre make the dough, but the dough itself is very basic, and quick too!

I will shut up, and share the recipe for both! Let me know if you make them, plan to make them, and hey, what would YOU put in them?!

Breadstick dough Recipe


MIX:
▪1 1/2 cups of warm water
▪2 T. sugar
▪1 T. yeast

Let that sit for about 5 minutes. It'll get kinda bubbly and ew looking.

Then mix in:
▪ 3 1/2 cups of flour
▪1 tsp. salt

Mix until smooth, and let sit for about 10 minutes. Before you take the dough out, flour the heck out of your surfaces, and your hands, and have extra flour on hand. I add extra flour to the top, and my rolling pin! (This dough is veryyyy sticky!) 

Then roll the dough out. This makes a full batch of dough. You might want to split the dough into portions, and work that way! I used less than a 1/2 portion of dough when I made mine! You can roll this out as thick or thin as you'd like. Keep in mind that this IS yeast dough, and it WILL rise, so don't make them too thick, unless you'd like something like lightly stuffed breadsticks!

The next part is up the you! I cut my dough into rectangles, and added a slice of colby jack cheese, and some sliced pepperonis! You could add anything you could fit. I served sauce on the side, but you could put sauce inside as well! 

(BTW, there is flour on the cheese, not mold, lol)

Then I pressed the sides with a fork to make them a little prettier. Optional!

Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes! Make SURE you seal them well! Mine started spilling out the cheese, this might work better with the fresh dough though! they were still good, and I learned Noah loves "crunchy cheese".

When they got out of the oven, a had melted some butter, garlic powder, and a little italian seasoning, and brushed the tops. I didn't have parmesan (well, I didn't think I did, but I actually have fresh.), but that would be good sprinkled on top!

Serve with sauce and enjoy! They were.. ahem.. toddler approved.. Oh, and my husband who devoured the rest!

Delicious-ness & small update

So, I have been dying, and I really mean dying to bake.. something.. anything actually. I'm not even too sure why, because I'm definitely not PMSing. But, I've felt like making entire bathes of cookies, cupcakes, and cakes and just sitting with a spoon and devouring every bit. The problem was? I was feeling too lazy, and my kitchen ends up trashed every time I make anything. I blame this all on Pinterest. A friend of mine, Bethany tweeted about pinning too many desserts on Pinterest a few days ago, and I've been hung up on the "Food & drink" section ever since. I finally put myself over the edge today, and pulled out some ingredients.

I was definitely preparing, because over 3 days, I managed to buy 3 packages of cream cheese, 4 bags of chocolate chips, a box of unsalted butter, a 4 lb bag of confectioner's sugar, & some random cake mixes. (P.S- I never make boxed cakes usually, most of you who know me, know this, BUT, I came across a few recipes that call for a plain ol' boxed cake as a base)

I was scrolling through my huge boards of  "desserts" & "baking etc." to find what I wanted to make. I realized I was missing an ingredient or 2, so kept scrolling. I wanted to make red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting, but the recipe called for a box of red velvet cake, which I didn't have, and didn't realllllyyyyy feel like making, only to make cookies out of it. Anyway, I came across a chocolate chip cookie recipe, and it had swirls of cheesecake filling in it. Well, that recipe called for crescent rolls, which was, i dunno, weird to me? So, I had a genius idea! Make cheesecake filling, and make my own chocolate chip cookie dough, and top it with the filling. I did it.. and boy.. am I glad I did it! They are/ were SOOO good. I didn't take step-by-step pictures, only because my kids were on their way home from grandma's, and there were reports that Cody didn't feel good, so I wanted to hurry.

I basically made the toll house chocolate chip cookie recipe, which can be found here if you don't have a bag of toll house chocolate chips with the recipe on the back! (I did NOT add the nuts!) Then I made the cheesecake, which I made like so:

1- 8oz pkg. of cream cheese
1/4 cup of white granulated sugar
2 Tsp. vanilla extract

I beat the cream cheese and sugar first, and then beat in the vanilla.

I dropped the cookie dough by the spoonful and then plopped some of the cheesecake filling on top. It cooks over the cookie, so you don't really have to worry about it getting all gross and melting of or anything. I baked them at 375 for ~11 minutes.

Then, you get this ooey gooey, delicious goodness. Greatness, rather.

Yes, you honestly needed to see that many pictures of them ;D

Okay, I'll make this post about something other than just cookies.

Monday is our 2nd wedding anniversary, and my dear husband has a nice little night away planned for us. We are going to Toledo, and we got a nice hotel room and we're planning on going to the beach, and checking out the Toledo Zoo. I can't forget my camera, CAN'T FORGET MY CAMERA. We always, and I mean always forget the nice camera whenever we go anywhere. I'm surprised we remembered it for my last post.

I'll try to get in another blog post this weekend, probably after I get home from Toledo, so I hope that everyone has a FUN, safe memorial day weekend!