An Everything Dough

I went in search on recipezaar for a cinnamon roll dough recipe for the bread machine. I found this dough. I thought it was a good one to try. You can use it for Hamburger or Hot Dog buns as well & I've been wanting to try to make those for us ever since I saw Prudence Pennywise make her own!

So I've used this dough three times now. Twice for Cinnamon Rolls and Once for sticky buns & oh man it's GOOOOOD!

When I made the cinnamon rolls I just rolled the dough out into a rectangular shape, slathered as much butter all over as I could, added lots of cinnamon, brown sugar and even a little granulated sugar, rolled it up and cut into buns, laid in the pan let them rise and baked :)

When I made the sticky buns, they were yummmy Here is the recipe I used for that.

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

5 tablespoons light corn syrup

3/4 cup pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped

melt everything together in a sauce pan and pour in the bottom of your well greased cinnamon roll pan, make the cinnamon rolls place in pan let them rise and bake. dump out of pan as soon as they come out of the oven.

Here is the dough recipes, you simply must give it a try :)

Hot Dog/Hamburger Buns/Rolls/Cinnamon Buns Dough Cycle A.b.m.

From: Recipezaar Recipe #96475

SERVES 9 -12

1 1/4 cups skim milk

1/3 cup vegetable oil or canola oil

1/4-1/3 cup sugar (I use a 1/4 cup measure)

1 teaspoon salt

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (I have never found the need to use bread flour
these rise beautifully)

2 1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Place all ingredients in order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer. Select dough cycle and start machine.

I preheat my oven to 100°F and turn off.

When dough cycle is complete remove from machine and proceed.

I roll into a long log and cut into 12 pieces for hot dog buns or 9 pieces for
large hamburger buns How big you want them is up to you. For Hot Dog Buns, I roll out till they look like long skinny wieners,. Hamburger Buns, I flatten with my palm till about the thickness of a pancake. They rise beautifully and look as nicely shaped as store bought ones.

Put on parchment-lined baking sheet so sides are almost touching. You can brush with melted butter if you wish but I never bother. Cover with cloth and put in the warm oven for 45-60 minutes to rise. When doubled remove from oven.

I bake mine on the top shelf in my oven. Turn oven to 400°F and when you put the buns in the oven, reduce temperature immediately to 375° and bake hot dog buns 15 minutes and hamburger buns 17 minutes.

CINNAMON BUNS. Use 1/3 cup sugar in recipe. Made 10 large buns. Roll out to about 12 x 15" and spread with butter or margarine. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over all and roll up tightly. Cut into as many buns as you want. I make 10. Set oven to 400° and turn down to 375° when you put buns inches Bake 20 minutes.

Country Casserole

Country Casserole

from: Southern Plate

2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
3 cups frozen mixed vegetables, cooked and drained
2 cups shredded cheddar, divided
One can French fried onions, divided
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 can cream of chicken soup
¼ cup milk
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
½ tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine everything in a large bowl, reserving half of the cheese and half of the onions for topping later. Spoon into 9x13 casserole dish. Bake for twenty five minutes. Top with remaining onions and cheese, bake until cheese is melted, about five minutes more.
Freezing options: Instead of freezing this in your casserole dish, simply spoon it into a gallon ziploc bag. Lay the bag flat so that it will thaw out quicker and place it in your freezer. On the day you want it, take it out the night before and refrigerate or place in fridge that morning.If you forget to do all of this, no sweat! Just microwave the bag until it thaws just a bit, pour into your casserole, and bake! To bake a casserole that is still frozen, simply place in the oven while the oven preheats. This allows the casserole to thaw quickly and then bake to perfection!

Brushetta Chicken Skillet

I found this recipe from my friend Brie's Blog. You can find her post here. this is delicious!

Bruschetta Chicken Skillet

From: Brie's Blog

1/4 cup KRAFT Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing

4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)

2 large red peppers, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 cans (14-1/2 oz. each) pasta-style or Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained

1/2 cup water

2 cups instant white rice, uncooked

1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1 large tomato, chopped

2 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil

HEAT dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken, peppers and garlic; cover. Cook 10 min. or until chicken is cooked through (165ºF), turning after 5 min. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.

ADD canned tomatoes and water to skillet. Stir in rice; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 10 min. Meanwhile, combine cheese, chopped tomatoes and basil.

RETURN chicken to skillet; sprinkle with cheese mixture. Cover. Cook 5 min. or until chicken is heated through and cheese is melted.