cooking / baking to do list

California Tortilla Pizza

Basil Spaghetti w/Cheesy Broiled Tomatoes

Fluffy French Toast

Easy Zucchini Fritters

pretzel bites

Just the slightest bit obsessed with these little pretzel bites. They make the perfect dessert or a yummy breakfast treat! I have only made the cinnamon / sugar version because we LOVE them. They taste more like a dinner roll than a pretzel to me, so I'm not sure how I would like the cheese version? But give it a whirl if you like!

PRETZEL BITES
photo & recipe via live love pasta

Rhodes Dinner Rolls

Asiago Cheese
Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

Salt

Take out as many dinner rolls as you need. Each roll will make 2 pretzel bites. Cut each roll in half and roll it into a ball. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet (or one sprayed with a non-stick spray) and cover with a damp towel. Allow the rolls to rise for at least 1 hour. 

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Place 5 or 6 rolls at a time into the boiling water and leave them there until they puff up; about 30 seconds. Transfer back to the baking sheet. Continue with the rest of the rolls. Bake for about 18 minutes.

If you are making asiago or salted pretzel bites sprinkle with cheese or salt about 5 minutes before they are done. If you are making cinnamon sugar pretzel bites dip them in melted butter immediately after removing from the oven. Then roll them in cinnamon sugar. We served our pretzel bites with zesty nacho cheese sauce.

ONLY FOUR INGREDIENTS!

7-Up Biscuits

recipe via The Plain Chicken

2 cups Bisquick

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup 7-Up

1/4 cup butter, melted

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Cut sour cream into biscuit mix; add 7-Up. Makes a very soft dough.

Sprinkle additional biscuit mix on board or table and pat dough out. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 9 inch square pan. Place cut biscuits in pan and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Surprisingly yummy!

*My dough was very sticky and gooey, so I covered the dough with a bit more Bisquick and let it sit for a while. And put a generous amount of Bisquick on the counter as well; dough should be somewhat soft though.

TASTY LITTLE MORSELS

MINI MAPLE PANCAKE MUFFINS

recipe & photo via Bakerella

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup buttermilk (* see tip)
1 egg
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Sift together with a wire whisk.
• In another bowl, stir buttermilk, egg, maple syrup and melted butter until just combined.
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir with a spoon until combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips. Reserve a few chips to sprinkle on the tops.
• Generously grease a 24 cup mini muffin pan with non-stick spray.
• Bake for 8-9 minutes.

Makes 24 mini pancake muffins.

Let cool slightly and remove from the pan. You may need to use a toothpick around the edges to separate the pancake muffins from the pan.

Serve immediately with warmed butter, powdered sugar or maple syrup.

*TIP: If you don't have buttermilk on hand, make your own: add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to one cup of milk, stir and let sit one minute.