Ham Cresent Rolls

This is one of my family's favorite meals.  It is easy to make and super delicious.  This recipe is perfect for even the most novice cooks and the pickiest eaters.

Ingredients:
4 oz cream cheese, softened
2 TBSP honey, divided
1 TBSP minced green onions
1 (8 count) package crescent rolls
24 slices thinly sliced ham (I like to use honey ham)
1 TBSP mustard
1/4 c Mayo

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°
2. In a bowl, mix cream cheese, 1 TBSP honey, and the green onions.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together 1 TBSP honey, the mayo, and the mustard until well mixed
4. Cut ham in half, as close to triangles as you can get.
5. Separate the crescents into the precut triangles.
6. Spread the cream cheese mixture onto the crescent dough
7. Lay 3 slices of ham over the cream cheese mixture on each crescent
8. Spoon a bit of the may mixture over the ham and spread around
9. Roll up crescents starting from the wide side, place on ungreased baking sheet.  Make sure to space them as bit so they have room to rise
10. Bake for 25 mins or until rolls are golden brown

Tips and notes:

• You can add 1/4 c crushed pineapple (drained) to the mayo mixture to add more sweetness or to make it "Hawaiian"
• Make extra mayo mixture for a delicious dipping sauce
• You can add more or less ham depending on your preference
• Use turkey instead of ham
• Cut the crescents smaller to make appetizer size

Breakfast Calzone Recipe

One night I was going to make breakfast for dinner and have biscuits with it.  I then had a brilliant idea!  Why not make breakfast calzones?  And then the breakfast calzone was born.  The best part was since everyone in my house likes different things they were easy to customize.

Biscuit Recipe

I use biscuits for many different things because they are do versatile.  You can change their flavor or flatten them out and make a pizza dough.  There are countless ways to use a biscuit dough.  The recipe you will find below will make a biscuit like the ones you get from a Bisquick mix. 

Make your own Bisquick Mix

Don't buy Bisquick anymore!  I make my own baking mix and it is just as good.  If not better!  I love the versatility of biscuits so like to have a mix prepared because it cuts down on prep time for the biscuits.  With this recipe it is just like any other biscuit mix, all you have to do is add the liquid ingredients when you are ready to make some super yummy biscuits!  It is much cheaper then buying mixes from the store and doesn't contain all the preservatives.  You can even add seasonings or spices to the mix if you wish.

Waffle Recipe

The Munchkins love waffles so I make sure to always make a bunch when I make them and freeze some so we can just toss them in the toaster.  This gives them a quick, hot breakfast.  I also love to freeze pancakes.  I love that you can change up waffles by adding different ingredients to the batter.

Waffles

Makes about 12 waffles

Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups Baking Mix

1 egg

1 1/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons oil (I use olive oil)

Instructions

1. Heat your waffle iron, make sure to spray it with cooking spray to prevent sticking
2. Whisk together milk, egg, and oil
3. Mix baking mix into the milk mixture
4. pour batter into the waffle iron, make sure not to fill to much of it will seep out
5. cook until it stops steaming and is golden brown

If you would like to add mix-ins then you will want to add these between steps 2 and 3.  You can either  add them to the mix or sprinkle them on the pancake before it is flipped. 

Note:  This recipe uses my homemade baking mix.  You can find the recipe for the baking mix here.

Pancake Recipe

I am not a huge fan of pancakes.  I eat then on occasion but my Hubby and Munchkins LOVE them.  They also make super easy breakfast if you make them ahead of time and freeze them.  I try to always have some pancakes and waffles in my freezer.  I also like to add different mix-ins to my pancakes to change it up a bit so they don't get boring.  The great thing is there are so many different things that go great with pancakes that the options are endless.  I have used everything from chocolate chips to cinnamon and sugar.  And don't forget you can top them as well.

Pancakes

Makes about 12 - 14 pancakes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups Baking Mix

2 eggs

1 cup milk

Instructions

1. whisk milk and eggs together
2. mix in baking mix
3. pour a small amount on a griddle
4. flip pancake when the edges are starting to bubble
5. cook until cooked though

If you would like to add mix-ins then you will want to add these between steps 2 and 3.  You can either  add them to the mix or sprinkle them on the pancake before it is flipped. 

Note:  This recipe uses my homemade baking mix.  You can find the recipe for the baking mix here.