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homemade calzones with turkey pepperoni

Pioneer Woman recipes make you feel like somehow your rendition of her recipes will come out looking just as delectable. After about a million tries, my end results on the majority of her recipes  come out looking like, I don’t know. Let’s just say a hot mess.

Oh but those hot messes taste nothing like they look. The tragedy of their final outcome can never be compared to their taste and these homemade calzones were no different.

Telling you now these were a little labor intensive. You’ll start off with some unrisen rolls. If I were you I would make sure to follow the directions and cover them. I heard if you leave them uncovered the tops of them get really hard making it hard to roll them flat.

Heard as in I know.

homemade calzone recipe

You’ll be doing a little chopping and after that the rest of the recipe seems to be pretty easy. Don’t beat yourself up if your end result in the looks department leaves a bit to be desired. Manipulating the dough was not an easy task.

homemade calzone recipe

homemade calzone recipe

Moving away from pork was difficult for me. Much like some of y’all live for bacon, insert pepperoni for me. I finally am able to enjoy my pepperoni again with the discovery of turkey pepperoni.

Nope, not quite the same in the taste department but they are good.

homemade calzone recipe

After rolling your dough flat and stuffing with a mixture of cheese and pepperoni  closing it is the most difficult step. If you try this I suggest putting a small amount of filling in. It makes it so much easier to seal the calzone.

homemade calzone recipe

Bake for a few minutes and ring the dinner bell. It’s time to eat.

homemade calzone recipe

 

Homemade Turkey Pepperoni Calzones
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 16 whole Frozen, Unrisen Dinner Rolls (I Use Rhodes) Note: Can Also Use Frozen Bread Loaves.
  • 1 Tablespoon Butter
  • 1 whole Medium Onion, Diced
  • 1 pound Breakfast Or Italian Sausage
  • 1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
  • 15 ounces, fluid Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
  • 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • 1-1/2 cup Grated Mozzarella Cheese
  • 2 whole Eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • Black Pepper To Taste
  • 2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Parsley
  • Marinara Sauce, For Serving
  • 1 whole Egg, Beaten
Instructions
  1. Place frozen rolls (or frozen bread loaves) on a baking sheet to thaw. Cover with a tea towel and let thaw and rise for 2 to 3 hours.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and allow to cook for a couple of minutes. Add sausage and cook until brown, crumbling the sausage as you stir. Add Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes. Remove from pan and allow to cool on a plate.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella, eggs, salt, pepper, and parsley. When sausage is cool, stir it in. Set aside.
  5. When rolls are thawed and risen, roll them out on a lightly floured surface until paper thin. Spoon 3-4 tablespoons (approximately) filling onto half of the dough circle. Fold half of the dough over itself, then press edges to seal.
  6. *Note: If you want a larger calzone, use frozen bread loaves and use about 1/4 to 1/3 of the loaf for each calzone.
  7. Brush surface of calzone with beaten egg, then bake for 10-13 minutes, or until nice and golden brown. Serve with warm marinara sauce.

 

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peppermint dessert minis


If you have a few wayward candy canes lying around here’s an easy recipe that will put them to good use. While the red and white of the Christmas holiday has passed, if you couldn’t tell from all of the decor in stores Valentines day is upon us. Make everyday delicious with Kraft with these fun candy cane dessert minis that are perfect for a fun kids Valentines Day party or just a fun activity to get them in the kitchen.

These simple ingredients are all you need along with 1 1/2 cups of boiling water.

 

Mix the powdered jello mix with crushed candy canes and add hot water. Be sure to stir well after adding the hot water.

 

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Reserve one cup of Cool Whip and add the remainder of the 8oz. tub into the dissolved jello mixture.

 

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Pour mix into shot glasses or any cup of your choice. Of course the smaller the glass the more servings. Let chill for 2 hours or so. Once the jello had set top each glass with a dollop of the reserved Cool Whip and crushed candy canes

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Candy Cane Dessert Minis
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Serves: 12 servings
Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 cups of boiling water
  • 1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Raspberry Flavor Gelatin
  • 12 mini candy canes, crushed, divided
  • 1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping; thawed, divided
Instructions
  1. ADD boiling water to combined gelatin mix and 1/3 cup crushed candy cane in medium bowl; stir 2 min. or until gelatin mix is completely dissolved and candy is melted.
  2. RESERVE 1/2 cup COOL WHIP. Add remaining COOL WHIP to gelatin mixture; whisk until blended. Spoon into 12 (2-oz.) shot glasses. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
  3. TOP with remaining COOL WHIP and crushed candy cane just before serving.

 

To sweeten things up a bit more Kraft has coupons that will make these dessert minis tasty and save you a little bit of money. For more recipes click here.

 

Sponsored post by Lunchbox.

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Food

2015 in review | most shared recipes

I did lots of cooking this year. When the spirit or the thought hit me, I photographed my steps and final plating to share with you. Some of these recipes really took off and I have since gotten tweets and messages about how many of you tried these and enjoyed them.

Next year I promise to bring more recipes to the blog. If you understood the work that goes into the awesome art of multitasking that is cooking whilst snapping photos with just the right light and angles you will know that this is not an easy task so I appreciate when these posts are shared or I get a message saying how much you enjoyed said dish.

Without further adieu here are my top recipes from 2015

Quick and Easy Beef and Broccoli

Lots of tweets on this one. Keep in mind the meat on this needs to be marinated so plan accordingly. We eat this at least 3 times a month. I often substitute with chicken.

Beef and Broccoli

 

Watermelon Cucumber Feta Salad

Didn’t know Stumble Upon really worked until this got stumbled thousands of times this Summer. This is a great dish to add to your summer entertaining lineup

Watermelon feta cucumber salad

Italian Sausage Tortellini

All I can say is if you haven’t tried this one…..try it!

Tortellini Recipe

 

Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup

I guess people are a little tired of all of the chemicals in our foods. This was shared a lot. Make your own homemade cream of mushroom soup with the most basic ingredients

Homemade cream of mushroom soup

 

Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sandwich

This recipe is a little intense but the taste is worth it!

copycat Chick-fil-a sandwich

 

There you have it, my top shared recipes for 2015. If you would like to check out more recipes click here.

Be sure to come back tomorrow, I’ll be sharing my top fashion posts for 2015!

 

 

 

Featured Food Recipes

copycat chick-fil-a sandwhich

Few things feed a hungry stomach like a Chick-Fil-A sandwich so when I saw a dupe recipe on Pinterest I just had to try it.

The most shocking portion of this recipe is you have to marinate the chicken in pickle juice. I suppose there is a first time for everything but I had never heard of such.

copy cat chick fil a sandwich

I mean while I’m discussing odd ingredients this also called for confectioner’s sugar, and special blend of spices.

copy cat chick fil a sandwich

This was certainly not your “I’m in a hurry” recipe. You have to flatten the chicken breast with a mallet and let it marinate. So plan accordingly.

Let me say this, I made this twice and the time I followed the directions and used peanut oil the taste was almost spot on to Chick-Fil-A. Neither was exact,  both ways were very good but the peanut oil did make a huge difference.

copycat Chick-fil-a sandwich

 

The children loved it. We didn’t even miss out on the sauce, cause you know the drawer in the kitchen where you keep all of the extra sauces you don’t use…

copycat Chick-fil-a sandwich

 

copycat chick-fil-a sandwhich
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Serves: 4 sandwiches
Ingredients
  • 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
  • 1/2 cup Pickle Juice
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Celery Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Basil
  • 1 cup Peanut Oil for frying
  • 4 Buns (buttered and toasted)
  • Pickle Slices!
Instructions
  1. Put chicken in zippered bag and pound gently with the flat side of a mallet until about 1/2″ thick.
  2. Cut each breast into 2 equal pieces.
  3. Marinate chicken in the pickle juice for about an hour.
  4. Beat together egg and milk in a bowl.
  5. Mix together the flour, sugar, and spices in another bowl.
  6. Heat the oil in a skillet to about 350.
  7. Dip each chicken piece into the egg covering both sides, then coat in flour on each side.
  8. Fry each chicken piece for 2 minutes on each side, or until golden and cooked through.
  9. Place on paper towels to absorb any excess oil.
  10. Then serve on toasted buns with pickle slices.