Quick and Easy Stromboli

When it's just the hubby and I for dinner, sometimes I just don't feel like cooking, so we'll order in or go out. We often go to a small family owned restaurant near us, that serves a lot of home style cooking and sandwiches.  One of the things they have on their menu, that we'll order often, is a ham, cheese, sweet pepper and onion Stromboli.  It's so good when it's piping hot, the cheese is melting all over the place and the dough is soft and bread like.  Well, I was in the kitchen trying to replicate this Stromboli that we love and got pretty close to the textures and flavors, yeah I was happy with myself, so here is my take on the Stromboli.

These are my ingredients.  I didn't use sweet onion  in this one, but try it, it's really good with them.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  I started with a roll of seamless sheet crescent roll dough, a little more soft and flaky than the pizza dough but really just as good.  Unroll it on a cutting board so it lays flat.

 Layer down the center, 6 slices of imported ham (more if you like), I used low salt ham, sweet peppers, chopped sweet onions (if you are using them), and shredded mozzarella cheese.  Roll it up starting on the long side, make sure the seam side is down, and make a few slits on the top of the dough for the steam to escape.

 Carefully lift it and place on a parchment lined baking sheet, with seam down and the slit side up.

 Bake for 30 -35 minutes or until golden brown.  Lookin' pretty good!

 And yummy too!  One roll served the two of us and we had a piece leftover.  This is so easy to make, only takes minutes to bake, and it's good for a day when you just don't feel like cooking.

Sweet Little Piggies

You know those little cocktail wieners, well they are kind of a staple in our house, especially during the holidays.  I can have a whole elegant spread of food, and then I have to make those.  Everybody loves them.  All I do is wrap them in crescent dough, bake and set out ketchup and mustard for them.  Why they are such a hit, I don't know.  I found a new way of making them, someone on my old job made them for a party and I couldn't stop eating them.  I asked her for the recipe, you won't be disappointed. The ingredients are an odd combination, and you wouldn't think they would be good together, but surprisingly they are.  Who knew a little beef frank could taste good!

Recipe below.

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So this is a package of those little beef franks, there are about 35 of them in a package, give or take.  Some of the ingredients I used, walnuts, honey, butter and brown sugar, that combo alone is good!

Melt the walnuts, honey, butter and brown sugar, this makes the sauce.

 After it melts, pour into the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish, layer the crescent rolled franks in a single layer.  Bake them, and the sauce becomes this thick, gooey, sweet sensation that sticks to the little wieners, it's awesome!  Now, I didn't get a picture after they were baked, they looked so yummy, because I had take them to a friend's get together and wanted to serve them hot. Trust me they were good, I had the hostess ask me for the recipe!

Sweet Little Piggies In Blankets

Ingredients

1 stick butter

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

3 tablespoons honey

3 tablespoons dark brown sugar

1 tube refrigerated crescent dough

1 package little wieners

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a small sauce pan, combine the butter, walnuts, honey and brown sugar, stir together as it starts to melt.

Meanwhile, unroll the crescent dough and pinch seams so they stay together.  You should have a large rectangle of dough.  Start cutting the dough in strips on the short end, until you have enough for all the wieners in the package.  Roll each wiener in a piece of the dough.

When the butter mixture has melted pour into a 9 x 13 baking dish and spread it evenly.  Line the wieners seam side of dough down, on top of the butter mixture.  Bake uncovered for 15 - 20 minutes or until the crescent dough is golden brown and the mixture is bubbly.  Be careful not to burn them, as always all oven temperatures are different.