Pao de Queijo

We’ve been in love with these little balls of cheesy bread since we had them at a Brazilian steakhouse. I’ve made them many times but never saved the recipe. Jeff declared this batch to be the best, so I am saving it this time. 

What I had:

1 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup grated cheese (I used a mix of Parmigiano Reggiano & Fontina)

What I did:

• Heated milk, salt, and oil on stove till bubbling.
• Poured this liquid into the tapioca flour and mixed till a sticky dough was formed.
• Mixed in the egg; felt hard at the beginning but took a minute and it was easier done than I thought.
• Mixed in the grated cheese.
• Baked at 375 degrees for 20 minutes, turned the oven off, and let them sit for another 5 to get the exterior crispy.

Ate way too many of them right out of the oven - they are bite sized and delicious and very easy to keep eating till you feel sick. So beware!

Beth's grandma's crescent rolls

 
What I had:

• ¾ cup warm water
• 2 packages/ 0.5 ounce yeast
• 4 cup flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup Crisco

What I did:

• Dissolved yeast in water. Add all ingredients, saving half the flour.
• Stir, then add rest of the flour, mix until smooth
• Cover and let rise for 1.5 hrs
• Divide in half, roll each half out in a circle and cut into 8 sections like pizza
• Roll into crescents, brush with melted butter, sprinkle salt/sesame seeds/everything bagel seasoning
• Cover and let rise for half an hour
• Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes
• Try not to eat them all in 15 minutes or less!

Biscuit wafles stuffed with omelets

Biscuit waffles stuffed with cheesy omelet

What I had:

• Pillsbury Grands biscuits
• 9 eggs
• shredded cheese - I used taco style
• red onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• paprika
• garlic
• salt and pepper to taste
• butter

What I did:

• Melted butter on griddle
• sauteed garlic till entire 3300 square foot house smelled of garlic
• added onions till soft
• added crumbled bacon (because I don't need an excuse to bacon)
• beat eggs with salt, pepper and paprika and added to griddle
• cooked till it somewhat resembled a large omelet
• put biscuits on a baking sheet
• cut them 3/4ths of the way
• put a piece of omelet inside each biscuit, topped with some cheese and then closed it up
• placed 4 on each side of my waffle maker (it's 2 sided, we are fancy that way)

• once they were done, placed them back on the baking sheet, added more cheese (because it's cheese)
• broiled them in the oven for 5 minutes till cheese was melted and tops were even more brown (because it's cheese and burned cheese is even better)

• ate them with condiments of choice
• Jeff had none
• Oli used ketchup
• I used my previously made Jamaican Jerk marinade as salsa

 Notes for future: as you can see from the top photo, I totally could have stuffed it more (that's what she said ....)

Garlic knots

What I had:

• a can of refrigerated biscuits
• 1/4 cup meted butter
• powdered garlic
• dried oregano
• parmesan cheese

What I did:

• take biscuits out of the can and cut each in half
• roll each half into long strings
• knot each string
• mix rest of ingredients and brush over each knot 
• bake at 450 for 9-12 minutes keeping an eye on the bread till it's brown
• brush some more of the butter mixture as soon as you take the knots out of the oven
•  eat them all within 15 minutes enjoy as a side with your favorite meal

Cornbread recipe

I need to type this out because I have made this a gazillion times but never recorded it and I forgot some items today as I was telling a friend what to do.

Ingredients:

• 2 packages corn muffin mix
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cans creamed corn
• 2 cans any other kinda corn
• 2 cups shredded cheese
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 4 eggs
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 4 chopped jalapeno peppers

Melt butter slightly in microwave. Add everything else and mix well. Pour into a greased 9X13 pan. Bake at 375 for 50-60 minutes. Keep an eye on the top so it doesn't burn. The middle will be slightly wobbly, let it sit for 10ish minutes to let it set.

Enjoy!