As most of you know we spent last week, the girls spring break, in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania. T’s Dad has colorectal cancer, and has been in treatment for about a year now. Please go and get checked. It’s really a simple procedure and could save your life! A colonoscopy is recommended (by the
American Cancer Society) for men and women after the age of 50 unless there is a history in your family. I simple screening could have saved this tragedy! BTW...T's Dad is only 60! Anyway off my soap box…
We went up to help lighten the load a little bit and just spend a bit of time with the family. It was a great trip. We got to see and pet some cows, build a bonfire and roast marshmallows, eat at Primanti Bros. (not once but twice!!!), play outside on a beautiful spring day, watch a blizzard come through and then build snowmen and have a snow ball fight, go for a walk through the woods that T. grew up hunting in looking for morel mushrooms (finding nothing but ticks, egad!), and sharing a bunch of wonderful meals with family that we very rarely get to see. How can that not be good?
Fudge the Cow. Last year the girls bottle fed him. This year he followed us through the field like a puppy!
Grandma and the Grandkids watching the bonfire. This was a beautiful day. The next day it snowed!!!
Roasting Marshmallows!!!
Snow Angels for Peter of Kalofagas
Blizzard!!!
Snowman, this was the small one. The big one was the next day after it had snowed a lot more!
A man and his girl…These are the same woods that T. grew up hunting in. It was a real joy for him to show them to the girls!
And the dogs came along!!!
Lunch from Primanti Bros. The perfect meal of efficiency! A pastrami sandwich with French Fries and coleslaw on white bread! Why mess with sides when you can have it all together!
So this is really what this post is about…Pepperoni Rolls. One of the things that we always do when we are faced with a long drive is to plan food for the trip. We do not eat fast food so it makes us feel really bad when we have nothing to eat on a road trip but burgers and fries. We always pack sandwiches but this time T. wanted to try something different and was it ever good! I had never really heard of these before and I guess they are a regional thing from West Virginia and Pennsylvania are. He made them with a great dough recipe using the bread machine and then stuffed them with mozzarella cheese and ground up pepperoni. These are shelf stable and left us full and satisfied during a very, very long drive to PA!!!
Pepperoni Rolls
1 recipe for your favorite baguettes or the recipe we used for the bread machine follows!
From The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook
1 1/2 cups water
3 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tsp gluten with vitamin C
1 3/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp SAF yeast or 1 Tbsp bread machine yeast
Directions:
- Place all the ingredients in the pan according to the manufacturer’s instructions (mine has the liquid first, then all dry with yeast last in a well)
- Program for the dough cycle and press start.
- The dough ball will be sticky. Do not add more flour at this point.
Pepperoni Rolls
Dough – see above
mozzarella cheese, grated
pepperoni, shredded using a food processor or sliced
- When the dough is done it’s cycle, remove from pan and separate into 8 individual dough balls.
- Punch down the dough and shape into 8 rectangles.
- Fill the dough with cheese and pepperoni
- Roll up the dough rectangles tucking in the ends as you go.
- Place seem side down on a greased baking sheet and bake in a preheated 450 degree oven for about 20 minutes or until nicely browned.
Serve immediately or these can seriously be left a room temperature and eaten as is. They are also great served with a plate of spaghetti and sauce!!!
I am submitting this to
BYOB (Bake Your Own Bread) hosted by
Sandy of At the Baker's Bench. This is a great challenge to get you baking more of your own baked goods. Better for you and cheaper in the process!
As Always…
Happy Entertaining!!!
Judy
www.nofearentertaining.com
