Honey Glazed Pull-Apart Rolls

This is a very universal bread recipe. Its a great base for orange rolls, cinnamon rolls and homemade crescent rolls. Would be great thrown all together in a loaf pan for homemade white bread. The possibilities are endless.

I am a big huge bread fan. I would live off it if I could. Sometimes I do. The texture of these rolls is amazing! 

Recipe:

Mix together in a large bowl:

1 cup warm water*

1/3 cup white sugar

1 tsp salt

Sprinkle 1 TBS dry yeast over water mixture and wisk with a fork until combined. Let sit until it gets bubbly.

Then stir in:

2 cups bread flour (if you dont have bread flour, all purpose will work)

1/3 cup melted butter

1 beaten egg

Stir until a smooth batter is formed and continue to add flour to form a soft dough - about 1-2 cups. Let dough rise until double in size. Once doubled, turn out onto a crisco'd countertop to avoid sticking. Use a small amount of Crisco on your hands and Roll into 2" balls and place 3x6 in a greased (I like to use Crisco) 9x13 baking pan. This recipe makes 18 rolls and they should all fit in this pan. Cover pan tightly with plastic wrap and let rise until double in size. If you use my Quick-rise method (See HERE for bread tips!) do NOT use the plastic wrap!

Once your rolls are doubled in size, bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Mix 2 TBS melted butter and 2 TBS honey until combined. Brush over hot rolls. Let them cool for 10 minutes before handling. Enjoy!

Asian Lettuce Wraps

Sorry it has taken me so long to post this, life keeps getting in the way! I made these not too long ago and they were Amazing!!! They are very similar to California Pizza Kitchen/P.F. Changs Lettuce wraps!! They were THAT good!! When i worked at CPK i got lettuce wraps all the time but man are they expensive SO this is a great way to kick that lettuce wrap craving of yours and also not break the bank doing it! Hope you Enjoy!

Ingredients

- 2 lbs of your choice of Meat (ground turkey, ground chicken, Shrimp-no shell)

- 1 medium sweet onion, finely chopped

- 1/2 cup Hoisin Sauce

- 3 TBSP soy sauce

- 2 cloves garlic, minced

- 2 TBSP fresh Ginger, grated

- 1 TBSP brown sugar

- 1 TBSP sesame oil

- 1/2 TBSP Asian Chile Oil

- 5 ounces Bamboo Shoots, canned and drained

- 12 ounces water chestnuts, canned-drained-chopped

- 1 can Bean Sprouts

- Ice Burg Lettuce leaves

Directions

1. Combine the following into your Crock-Pot: Your choice of meat-raw, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, brown sugar, sesame oil, chile paste, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. MIX well!

2. Cover; Cook on LOW 8 hours (or HIGH for 4 hours)

3. Thirty minutes before time to serve add Bean Sprouts. MIX.

4. Place meat on top of an ice burg lettuce leaf and ENJOY! 

TIP: To add even more flavor drizzle hoisin sauce on top of your meat mixture inside your lettuce wrap

Sadly this is one of those dishes that doesn't look very yummy in the pictures but is absolutely delicious!!! So with that being said PLEASE don't judge this recipe off the picture cause trust me, they are worth making!! :)

Pasta Salad

Sorry it has been so long since one of us have posted but things have been pretty busy for all of us lately! I thought I would share this recipe I found online but modified it a little to make it, in my opinion, MUCH better :) This is the prefect Salad to bring to a big family/friend get together or a potluck and is also perfect for spring and summer! :)

Pasta Salad

- 1 Bag of Rainbow Pasta

- 1/2  of 16 oz (1 cup) bottle of Italian Salad Dressing

- 3 TBSP Parmesan Cheese

- 1 TBSP Sesame Seeds

- 1 TBSP Poppy Seeds

- 2 tsp Seasoning Salt

- 1 tsp Paprika

- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

- 1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper

- 1/4 tsp Chile Cayenne Pepper

- 1 Cucumber

- 1/2 Red Onion

- 2 Tomatoes

- 1 small Can Olives 

**NOTE: In pictures below i doubled the recipe. I made it for a Easter picnic with my husbands family. If you are making this for a get together of any kind i recommend doubling the recipe. Also when i double this i double everything BUT the olives and tomatoes. If you are a lover of olives and tomatoes then go ahead and add all you want :) I personally like it better with less Olives and Tomatoes when doubled**

First you want to cook your pasta, RINSE under COLD water for about 5 minutes. 

When done place in a large bowl and mix in Salad dressing. 

Next you want to mix ALL spice ingredients into a small bowl

 When mixed, sprinkle on top of pasta/dressing mix

 Mix VERY well and then add sliced Cucumber

Once mixed add in sliced red onion (slice as small as possible)

When mixed add Olives

 Next add your Parmesan Cheese

Add Sliced Tomatoes

Place into refrigerator for at LEAST 2 Hours for time to chill and absorb all the flavors. When done Eat up! 

 

Chinese Chicken Salad

OK! So this is one of the most amazing homemade salads i have ever made! This is a family recipe and I love that i am able to share it with friends! This is such a healthy and yummy dish! I kinda spaced it while i was making this and didn't take a picture until after we dished up our plates..... oops... but it will still work right?! Alright lets get down to what you all really want to know.... How to make Chinese Chicken Salad!

Chinese Chicken Salad

- 2 Chicken Breasts

- 1/2 pkg Maifun Rice Sticks (noodles)

- 3 cups Oil

- 1 head of Red Leaf Lettuce

- 1/2 cup Sliced Almonds

Salad Dressing

- 1/4 cup Sesame Seeds

- 6 tablespoons Sugar

- 2 teaspoons Salt

- 4 tablespoons White Vinegar

- 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper

- Juice from 1 small Lemon

First you want to BOIL the chicken, once cooked SHRED and place in large bowl! 

Next you want to put the oil into a wok or frying pan. HEAT! Place Maifun noodles in oil. WATCH OUT! The noodles EXPAND to double/triple the size. NOTE: you want to make sure the oil is VERY hot for the noodles. You want the oil to be at 400 degrees so before you put all the noodles in the oil place just ONE noodle in to see if it expands. The noodle should expand right away, if not wait a little longer and try again. Once the oil is at the right temp for the noodles, cook the noodles. Once the noodles expand/cook FLIP over to the other side so all the noodles get cooked. once all the noodles are cooked/expanded remove asap and place into bowl with chicken.

WASH and CUT Lettuce, place in bowl with noodles and chicken, Next toss in the Almonds.

TOSS, TOSS TOSS!!!

NOW you want to make the dressing. this is VERY simple. Throw everything into a small bowl and mix until sugar is basically dissolved. DONE! :) Now you want to mix in the dressing to the salad mixture. Once the dressing is all mixed in refrigerator for about 20 minutes! Serve and Enjoy!

Orange Rolls

I love bread. It is my absolute all-time favorite food. And.. if it werent for the fact that excessive bread-eating makes you fat.. I would eat it all day. Every. Single. Day. Sometimes I do.... shhhhh! One of my favorite things to make is rolls. Rolls just go so tastily with pretty much everything.

I created this recipe about 3 years ago, and havent made a different recipe since. Everyone who tries them wants the recipe.. even those who have a go-to recipe already. It really is THAT good! The best part about it is that its versatile. Its a great basic roll recipe. Great for cinnamon rolls. Great for breadsticks. Great for orange rolls, etc etc.

Todays post is about Orange rolls.

OH how I LOVE orange rolls. And we arent talkin Pillsbury from a can orange rolls. These are homemade, from scratch, all natural ingredients. So fluffy and tasty and pure sticky yummyness...

First you will need your handy-dandy Notebook Breadmaker. This is mine.

My wonderful MIL bought this for me a few birthdays ago and it is probably my most frequently used kitchen appliance aside from my KitchenAid. It makes dough OH SO perfectly. If you dont have a breadmaker, I would highly recommend investing in one, or adding it to your Christmas list. Its is definitely worth every penny.

Bread Recipe:
3/4 cup very warm milk
1/4 cup very warm water
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
4 TBS butter, softened
2 TBS sugar
1 tsp salt
3 1/2 cups bread flour
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast

Orange Topping:
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1 orange peel, finely grated (When I peel an orange, I pop the peel in the freezer. Frozen peel is really easy to grate)

Directions:
Put all ingredients into your bread maker in the order listed above. Your liquids need to be very warm, but not hot. Once the flour is added, dig a little hole in the top, add your yeast, and cover it with flour. *hint. having a cute kitchen helper makes your bread taste better*

Press the dough setting, and let your machine do its magic. When the dough making process is complete, it should look like this:

Oh, just look at it! Beautifully risen bread dough!

Grease your counter and dump your dough onto it. DO NOT KNEAD! 

Form into 2" balls and place on a baking sheet.

Mix up your Orange Topping.

If you find that its too thick, just pop it into the microwave for 30 seconds or so. You want it to be runny enough to spoon over your rolls and have it melt down the sides. Pour over rolls, and let them rise until double in size. 

**Quick-rise method! If you dont have a couple hours to let those babies rise, thats not a problem. Turn your oven on to the lowest setting (should be 150-170 degrees). Once pre-heated, turn your oven OFF. Put your rolls in. Set your timer for 15-25 minutes. Once they are doubled, remove the rolls from the oven.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 9-11 minutes. Make sure to watch your rolls because ovens vary. 

Ta-Da! Arent they pretty? Theyre delicious too. I may (or may not) have eaten way too many when they were still warm. These freeze well too. Let them cool, place them on a cookie sheet or cutting board, etc and pop them in the freezer. When frozen, transfer to a freezer bag. Have freshly baked rolls with no effort in just a few seconds of defrosting. SO clever, yes? I thought so! (insert pat on back here). Thank you! Have a terriffic day!