Stuffed Rolls!

                     This is one of my family's favorite meals.

Stuffed Rolls!

Start by making your favorite roll recipe! 

I use my roll mix!

While the dough rises I make the stuffing.  I usually make a couple different  stuffing's at a time. 

This is just pepperoni cut up. A small amount of my own canned pizza sauce, and a small amount of  mozzarella cheese.
You don't want to add to much sauce or cheese because it tends to leak out if you do.

This one is a qrt of my canned chicken, half a cube of cream cheese, about half a cup of sour cream, dryed basil (I would use fresh if I had it) diced up garlic (I like a lot) about a cup of mozzarella cheese, pepper and a pinch of salt. 

This is a new one. It is about a half qrt of canned chicken, a pint of my canned pineapple (drained) and about a half cup of our favorite bbq sauce and some diced garlic. I did cook this one to get some of the juices out from the pineapple. After it cooled down I added about 3/4 cup of mozzarella cheese.

Now I know this may seem like a lot of work or prep, but all the ingredients are already prepared. It is a matter of opening jars and pouring. The dough is all ready except for the wet ingredients. I do not own a mixer, so I make mine by hand.

I take a glob of dough and roll it out, then cut it with my pizza cutter. You can do these any size you want. I have done them small enough that they are just bite size and big enough that one could be an entire meal.

I put a little cheese on the bottom, add a spoon full of stuffing, then a little more cheese.  Then you are going to pick up one end and roll and tuck. Roll forward and tuck in the sides as you go. You want to get the best seal possible so all your yummy stuff stays inside. 

Here is a pan ready to go in the oven. I have them arranged on the pan in different sizes and shapes so I know which ones are which, and so I have a variety for my kids to choose from. 

I bake them on 350 for 20 minutes. I did butter the tops this time around. I usually don't and it did not make a difference to me. Like I said you can take as much time as you want to make them pretty, or just throw it all together. I am not so much into making my food pretty and perfect before it disappears into mouths. I am into the fastest prep, and my husband and kids love these.

So I told you just to add a small amount of pizza sauce to the pepperoni stuffing! I dump a Qrt jar of sauce into a pan, put what I need in the pepperoni stuffing and heat the rest up, then you have a dipping sauce for those who like it extra saucy.  

Add a salad and or fruit for the perfect meal!

Fun Waffle pizza!

               I have been wanting to try something new with my waffle maker, because we never eat waffles. I figured it cooks bread...Right! So I was outside working away and realized it was dinner time and I had a few of the kids friends over. They had been helping me pluck rocks out of my grass, so I wanted to let them eat over and try something different.
Dough recipe
3 cups of flour
1 TBLS yeast
2 TBLS oil
1 tsp salt
1TBL sugar
1 cup of water/ you can also use milk or half milk half water.
1 egg (optional)
1/2 tsp baking powder (optional)

Dissolve yeast and sugar into bowel. Add egg, oil and salt (mix well) Put in 2 cups of flour and then work the dough as you go to get the consistency so you can form the dough without it sticking to you. If you feel like you are adding to much flour try pouring a little oil in your hands and then work the dough.  Knead the dough until nice and ....you know what it should look like!  Roll it out AND....


 Throw that dough on, clamp the waffle maker down and cook it like a waffle. Add  your sauce and toppings (I chopped my pepperoni up so it would fall into the holes instead of covering them)and then bake  on 425 until  melted (the crust should be cooked through when you take it out of the waffle maker) so you can stick it on the top rack if you are in a hurry. If you want it more crispy then let it cook in the middle rack for about 10 minutes and WALLA... OMG....it was so yummy!  You have this crust that is soft and crunchy and the pockets of the waffle maker give you uneven sauce and cheese ...creating the perfect bite!

I put the toppings in this on and then folded it over. The sauce bubbled out before it was done,   so I did a second one and left the sauce out. After it came out of the waffle maker, I put a layer of sauce and cheese on the top and baked it for a few minutes. 

              The kids asked for dessert, and I had a ton of dough left (I more than doubled my batch) so I rolled out more threw it on the waffle maker. Then topped it with butter and honey! It was like a healthier version of the scone. (Just minus the grease) both pizza and scones were a huge hit! One of the kids friends said "I was the coolest friend mom"   Big hit ...  And best of all it was so easy! I have a hot roll mix that I keep in a huge 5 gallon bucket that would work for the crust as well. All you do is add egg and water to it. I will post that recipe later!   I had tripled the amount of dough. I fed 8 starved kids, 2 adults and I brought one of each over to a neighbor to try. I still have three whole pizzas left over and I gave a chunk of dough to my neighbor to try out.

Life saver Pancake mix

I double this recipe and then keep it in a huge container. I have found that this recipe tastes better than store bought and it is way cheaper.    
10 Cups of all purpose flour
2 1/2 cups of instant non fat dry milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking powder
2 tbls salt


When you are ready to make the pancakes you just add your wet ingredients.  I do not measure. The thing that is good about this recipe is. You can add just water if that is all you have and they will turn out.  I like to add a couple eggs, oil and milk.
I will drop in a few chocolate chips after I flip one side. I have also used apple sauce, berries of all kinds and pumpkin puree for the liquid. I still add the egg but not oil.

If you are not good at just throwing stuff in. 1 1/2 cup of mix. 1 egg, 1 cup of water, and 3 tables of oil.

for puff oven pan cakes
4 tbls butter or margarine, 4 eggs, 2/3 cup milk, 2/3 cup mix. heat oven 450.  put 2 tables of butter into 2 9 inch pie plates. in blender combine remaining ingredients. pour batter into plates bake for 18 minutes or until golden brown and puffy.  You can top it with any type of fruit topping.

I have also used this mix for waffles. I just use less water and add an extra egg.

I usually make a double batch of pancakes in the morning and the kids snack on them or eat the rest the next day. I have made 4-5 batches at once let them cool on a cookie rack and then freeze them. You have toaster pancakes! They freeze very nicely.