Happy 2012

Happy 2012 Everyone!! Let's hope we all have a great year!! We have some big things happening for us this year a new baby coming in May, putting our house on the market, possibly moving back to NY for a little while or may be permanent lots of things to figure out but I'm excited for change!
  Normally on New Years Eve my husband & I are bums & in bed before the ball drop lol this year we had a couple friends over to ring in the New Year. Brycen woke up at 10:30 & stayed up to ring in the New Year with us & Aiden was a party animal & was up till almost 2am wow! Lol but hey once a year whatever goes haha! It was nice to stay up & enjoy some company but I tell you we have been paying for it sleep wise lol finally today I think we have caught up on our sleep my hubby & I joke were getting old but I think were just so used to the family life we just can't handle the party hours.
  I made some simple h'orderves stuffed mushrooms, bacon cheddar pinwheels & pizza Stromboli also mini cheesecakes get ready here are the recipes:


For the mushrooms all I did was use stove stop stuffing to stuff them super easy & yummy!!


Bacon Cheddar pinwheels:

INGREDIENTS

1) can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe 2

tablespoons ranch dressing

2) 1/4cup cooked real bacon pieces or 4 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled

3) 1/2cup finely shredded Cheddar cheese (2 oz)

4) 1/4cup chopped green onions (4 medium)

DIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 350°F.

2 Unroll dough; press each into 12x8-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; press each into 12x8-inch rectangle.

 3 Spread dressing over each rectangle to edges. Sprinkle each with bacon, Cheddar cheese and onions.

 4 Starting with one short side, roll up each rectangle; press edge to seal. With serrated knife, cut each roll into 8 slices; place cut side down on ungreased cookie sheet.

5 Bake 12 to 17 minutes or until edges are deep golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm.

Stromboli: Ingredients:

 1/2 cup pizza sauce

1-cup mozzarella cheese

Peperoni

Pizza dough (ref in a can kind)

Directions:

Unroll dough, spread sauce but leave about an inch around all sides sprinkle parm cheese then mozzarella then layer with peperoni fold to make a seam in the middle & pinch closed also pinch ends closed bake 15-20 mins @ 400 degrees

 

Mini cheesecakes

Ingredients

Crust:

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
• 12 bite-size peanut butter cups

Filling:

• 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or almond extract
• 2 eggs

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place a paper cupcake liner in each cup of a standard muffin pan.

To make crust, in a bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter until crumbs are moistened. Press crust into bottom of each muffin cup. Put 1 peanut butter cup into the center of each crust.

Beat cream cheese with a handheld electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar, flour, and vanilla, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Spoon cream cheese mixture over peanut butter cups and graham cracker crusts. Bake until just set, about 20 minutes. Allow to cool completely before serving.

Enjoy!! -Candice-