Cheesy Crescent Scrambled Egg Casserole is perfect for a holiday brunch. It is a nice alternative to the usual Egg and Bread Breakfast Casserole. The Cheesy Crescent Scrambled Egg Casserole is a party animal, especially if you use the optional egg wash to “make it pretty.” Serve with mixed fresh fruit, yogurt parfait, a light crispy pastry roll and a beverage bar. Beautiful and filling for a day of celebrating. This is a little “busy” to make, but so worth it. If you have hearty appetites – that’s this house! – plan on 9 servings instead of twelve. You might want two of these delicious casseroles for a brunch buffet because they will be back for more! You could brown the sausage ahead of time to make things a little easier. Also, buy the crescent sheets if you can find them. I don’t ... [Read More]
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Sausage Bites
I made Sausage Appetizer Bites for New Year's Eve because the guys love it! It's a filling, hearty appetizer with no fancy flavors or parts -- just good stuff together! I made it again recently and barely saved enough for a picture. You're lucky I have no compunction about grabbing food off their plates for a photo! Bytes tried to put teethmarks in all of his but I was faster. And then I couldn't get a knock your socks off photo . . . . You'll have to take my word with scant photographic proof that this is a taste worth fighting for. . . it is! Use the full crescent sheets if you can. Otherwise press the seams together on the perforated crescent dough. Grease or spray the baking sheet and work with the first package of crescent dough directly on the cookie sheet. Stretch it ... [Read More]
Chicken Mini Pockets
Chicken Mini Pockets --mighty good, but where did THAT name come from? Calzone is Italian and means trousers or stockings. It begins with a good sized circle of pizza dough. One half is piled with pizza type ingredients and the other half is folded over and the two open edges are crimped together to form a semicircle. Panzerotti are smaller versions of calzones. Stromboli, according to Wikipedia, was invented in 1950 in a restaurant outside Philly. It was named for the movie, Stromboli starring Ingrid Bergman. It, too, has a bread or pizza crust, but is formed into a log with cheese and ham, or other pizza type filling, before baking. A pastie (pronounced Paaa’ stee, like a sheep's baaa) was first baked in Cornwall and brought to the US by miners who ate them standing up for ... [Read More]
