Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

OK...I know I've been cranking out appetizers, but I love appetizers.  I love just making a couple different appetizers for dinner some nights.  And these are Awesome!  I mean you really can't stop popping these in your mouth!  They really do taste like little mini pizzas...and they are really quite easy to whip up.  Trust me you really need to make these...Tonight!

And yes we really are baking from scratch...No mixes or crescent rolls involved today!  But they are really simple...even the kids could help making these.

Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

adapted from Everyday with Rachel Ray April 2010

3/4 cup flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

3/4 cup whole milk

1 egg, lightly beaten

4 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup)

4 oz pepperoni stick, cut into small cubes (about 1 cup)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 24-cup mini muffin pan.  In a large bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder; whisk in the milk and egg.  Stir in the mozzarella and pepperoni; let stand for 10 minutes.  Stir the batter and divide among the mini-muffin cups.  Bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 25 minutes.  Serve with warm pizza sauce for dipping.

Peanut Butter Brownie Bites

After many hours of tasting I have come to the conclusion, that peanut butter and chocolate are my favorite flavor combination...and that a brownie is my favorite dessert...So it's a no brainer....Peanut butter + Brownies = Peanut Butter Brownies! haaaa And I just wanted an excuse to buy a big bag of Peanut Butter M&M's!



Peanut Butter Brownie Bites

1- 19.27 oz package milk chocolate brownie mix

ingredients to prepare brownie mix

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1- 3 oz package cream cheese

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup M&M's Peanut Butter Candies

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan with aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over the sides, lightly grease foil.  Prepare the brownie mix according to the package directions for fudgy brownies, stirring vanilla into the batter.  Pour the batter into the prepared pan.  Place the cream cheese in a microwave-safe bowl.  Microwave at high for 15 seconds.  Add the peanut butter and stir until smooth.  Drop the peanut butter mixture by the teaspoonfuls onto the batter.  Sprinkle the M&M's over the batter.  Bake at 350 for 50 to 53 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour).  Lift the brownies from the pan using the foil sides as handles.  Place on a cutting board and cut into 16 squares.

Oven Hot Dogs aka Chili Cheese Coney Casserole

You know I always read blogs saying..."the pictures don't do this justice"...."this tasted so much better than my pictures look"...Well I'm not going to lie, this looks like slop!  And in the pictures, it looks like slop!  But it's some good tasting slop!  And very sloppy to eat, better wear a bib...or eat with a fork and knife.

My blogger friend favorite hooker Bunny, turned me on to this recipe when she wrote a post about all the recipes she had tried from Pinterest.  This was one of the recipes...I'm not really sure why I tried this recipe...I mean I'm not really a fan of stuff on my hot dogs.  I like them plain...just a wiener(grilled 'till it's black) and a bun...nothing else!  But this recipe really intrigued me...I've never heard of anyone cooking hot dogs bun and all in the oven.  So I had to try it. 

The first night I made it...Michael got home from work just in time to see me spooning the last of the canned chili over to of the hot dogs...he was like "WTF???"  I was like "it's chili cheese coney casserole".  Fast thinking...huh?  And surprisingly it turned out good...so this is my second time making them.  So you know it's YUMMMMMMY!!!!

Now this is really going to sound odd, but first you spread the inside of your buns with mayo...Weird...I know, but just do it!  I think that came out wrong...not your buns...THE HOT DOG BUNS.

Then place the buns into a foil lined 9x13-inch size baking dish...It's the perfect size for 8 hot dogs...cram them in!  Spoon a little pickle relish and mustard into the buns if you like...then a wiener in each bun.

Spoon chili over top of each dog...It doesn't have to be perfect.

Then top with the cheese and onions...cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.

Oven Hot Dogs

adapted from In the Wabe

8 hot dogs

8 hot dog buns

mayonnaise

mustard

pickle relish

1 can of chili

shredded cheddar cheese

diced onion

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Spread mayonnaise on the inside of each bun.  Add relish and mustard to the buns.  Place a hot dog in each bun and cram into a 9x13-inch baking dish.  Top the hot dogs with chili, cheese, and diced onion.  Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes.  Remove the hot dogs for serving with a spatula.

I think this would be an awesome thing to serve at a Super Bowl party too!

Pepperoni Pizza Crescent Roll-Ups

So how many of you are on Pinterest?  I mean isn't it the most madly addictive thing ever?..And NOT a waste of time...I mean you learn valuable stuff...like how to make laundry detergent...how to fold a fitted sheet...or 1,000 uses for Mason jars...or 1,000 different things to make with crescent rolls...So no it's not a waste of time.  Mostly all I'm interested in is the food and most of my pins are food related...

And here is one of those crescent roll recipes...I've seen these all over Pinterest...and they just seemed way too easy not to try!  I mean all you do is roll up some pepperoni and a piece of string cheese in a crescent roll...It would even be a great recipe to let your kids make...and what kid doesn't like pizza?..OK even better question...What adult doesn't like pizza?

After you roll them up, give them a dusting of garlic powder and Italian seasoning...not just for flavor, but it makes them look pretty. 

Then bake them up...and serve them with some pizza sauce to complete your pizza experience...Perfect for a snack...appetizer...or light dinner, just add a salad.

Pepperoni Pizza Crescent Roll-Ups

1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
32 slices pepperoni
4 pieces mozzarella string cheese, cut in half
garlic powder, for sprinkling
Italian seasoning, for sprinkling

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Unroll the crescent rolls into triangles.  Top each crescent roll with with 4 pieces of pepperoni, then a piece of string cheese; roll up (tuck the corners to keep all the cheese from oozing out) and place on a baking sheet.  Dust tops with garlic powder and Italian seasoning; bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.  Serve with your favorite pizza sauce for dipping.