Okay, so have you ever just had those moments of epiphany, when you're just sitting there and some perfectly-formed idea pops into your brain? For days, I had been mulling things over--
French bread dough...garlic butter...cheese--but I just could NOT figure out the logistics of it all. And then one day, it just came to me and I couldn't make them fast enough. And they were even better than I imagined.
Don't get me wrong, this is no health snack--I mean, we're talking butter AND cheese here (my
dietitian friend Emily should probably just avert her eyes now). But oh. My. Gosh. these are so good. And one perk is that one is pretty much enough, so all you have to do is find enough people to help you eat them so you don't have any leftovers and it's not TOO bad of a nutritional
train wreck!
Cheesy Garlic Bread SwirlsRecipe by Our Best Bites
French Bread Dough:
1 Tbsp. yeast
1 1/2 c. warm water
1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
4-5 1/2 c. flour
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 egg
yolkGarlic Butter:
1/2 c. (1 stick) of real butter, no substitutions
1 1/2 Tbsp.
garlic bread seasoningShredded mozzarella cheese
Combine yeast, water, and sugar in large mixing bowl and allow to stand 10 minutes or until bubbly. Add salt, vegetable oil, and egg yolk (set white aside for later) and combine. Add 3 c. flour and mix well until combined. Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough that barely sticks to your finger. Knead, either by hand or in mixer (my personal and very lazy choice) for another 2-3 minutes. Cover and allow to rise 1 hour.
While dough is rising, combine butter and garlic bread seasoning. Set aside.
Now...here's a little trick I've been using a lot lately. I really, really hate cleaning up flour on my work surface after I've been working with dough, but I obviously have to use SOMETHING to keep it from sticking. If you spray a little non-stick cooking spray on your work surface and your rolling pin, your dough won't stick and clean-up is super easy!
Anyway, roll your rough into a rectangle that's about 18-20 inches by 6 inches. Smear garlic butter over the entire surface of the dough and then sprinkle with cheese.
Roll up jelly-roll style and then use dental floss to cut into 12 equal slices. Of course, I kind of forgot to take pictures of this whole process, but if what I'm saying makes no sense, check out the
orange roll recipe to see what I'm talking about. Place each slice in a muffin tin. Cover with a clean cloth. Preheat oven to 350 and allow rolls to rise while the oven is heating.
When the oven is ready, bake for 18-22 minutes.
You're going to need to keep a CLOSE eye on these puppies during the last 10 minutes or so--once you notice the cheese getting brown, place a sheet of aluminum foil over the rolls (you don't need to press it down or anything, just lay it on top). This will keep the cheese from burning, although it will get pretty brown on top. It's okay, though, because the insides are still all
ooey-gooey.
February 13th, 2006 about 9:30 int he morning.
I remember my mom telling me once that I was the ugliest baby out of the four of us. She said I stayed red FOREVER! Looking at this pic of Sydney I can see what she means.
Here she is at her 1st birthday. A heart cake because thats what was on sale! And yes i do believe she is holding a lighter. Can you see her little curls? Her head is a little miss shaped so I was so happy when her hair started to grow in. If I had known better I would've pushed the doctor to give her a helmet but they said her head would get better as she got older. NOPE!
Below you can see a her curly hair. Oh how her LOVED Florida Humidity!
more Curls!! I loved IT!!
Below is her 3rd Birthday with her two besties!! Haley and Kayla. Kayla the one in the middle is only 2 weeks younger then Sydney and Haley is a few months older.
The next year found the same three girls together but with Josie also. This was shortly after Sydney decided to cut her hair. She was watching Mulan and wanted to do what she did. there were no swords lieing around our house but she did find scissors. The only way to let it grow out properly was to pixie it. So at age 4 she has boy short hair.
And Now here we are present day. I have two videos. One is of her church youth group singing happy birthday (yes she wore her princess crown to Church) and the next is of the family cake party. We went to Monkey Joes with her friends on Friday and that was nice. But I always love the family cake party the best. Jessica came with her 3 cuties and Lucy and Joe stopped in with their two cuties.
Had to put a pic of Sydney's cake on here. I baked it and frosted it. Last minute Josh decided to free hand a mermaid. Not too shabby huh! I like her shells the best! RED HOT!
