French Vanilla Chai Cinnamon Rolls

Cake mix and chai spices make these cinnamon rolls extraordinary.

Cinnamon rolls make me so happy. I don't think I've met one I didn't like. I had these specific cinnamon rolls saved because of how much Nick loves chai. The cake mix gives a different texture to these and the chai mix instead of just cinnamon sugar made these really wintery in my opinion. Still pure comfort food but ever so different.

School Pizza Copycat

If you've ever had and loved this thicker crust (amazing) school pizza as a kid, you need this recipe!

School pizza is very polarizing in that I know some people despise and some people love it.  I will say this...I like the school pizza I had when I was in elementary school. Once I moved to Tennessee and attended middle school and high school, the pizza was not the same. Matt and Cami were not excited about this pizza because they only know Tennessee school pizza and it is not like this one. But they ate it and then told me how they would absolutely eat school pizza if it was like this AND how jealous they were that I got this at school.

Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

These fantastic cinnamon rolls have all the wonderful classic flavors with the addition of a slice of bacon in each roll.

I had this recipe saved for quite a while. In fact, I probably had it saved for at least 5 years before I finally got around to making it. I have a lot of cinnamon roll recipes saved, but I always put off making them because I hate the waiting part. This is silly because I make homemade pizza dough just about every other Friday and it takes an hour for that dough to rise. Then again, I think it's frowned upon to eat cinnamon rolls for dinner. :)

I love the addition of bacon to these cinnamon rolls. They are very much a classic cinnamon roll and there is not that much more work to add bacon using the precooked kind. They also have way less grease than if you were to use freshly cooked bacon. I especially loved using a tiny bit of vanilla ice cream to thin out the icing. It really added a nice little sweetness to the icing!

Sourdough Starter

Four ingredients and a little patience and you will have a sourdough starter that adds an unbelievable flavor profile to so many recipes!

I have had a sourdough starter for almost 2 years and kept forgetting that I could share it. And, in fact, I hadn't taken the picture of my starter until a week prior to this post going live. It's highly unusual that I have a recipe on my posting schedule without a picture for the post. I combined a starter recipe (ingredients) with a method that was in a sourdough starter recipe that was in my husband's dad's side of the family for generations. I most often use my starter for sourdough coffee cake, but that is a treasured family recipe that I won't be sharing. I do hope to make many more sourdough recipes with my starter to share though :)

I have heard of people naming their sourdough because it is "living", so mine's name is Big Bertha. I don't remember if someone else had that name, but I thought it was so funny and that's what mine is called.

No Knead Jalapeno Cheese Bread

Impress friends and family with this cheesy, spicy bread that, as it turns out, is easy to make, but you don't have to let them know that!

I honestly could not scream favorite enough for this recipe for jalapeno cheese bread. It was my first time making bread in my cast iron Dutch oven and I was incredibly nervous. I did have my recipe come from someone I would call a bread making guru. Karen's blog has a million and a half bread recipes and is such a wealth of knowledge for a bread beginner, so I knew I had a trusted source for a good recipe. It just fell on me to not screw it up!

I was so thankful that I did not screw it up. I followed Karen's instructions very carefully and the result was the best bread I have ever had in my life. We used it to make jalapeno popper grilled cheese sandwiches (recipe coming soon!), like the jalapenos and cheese in the bread weren't enough to begin with! I just cannot describe in words how perfect and delicious this bread was. Y'all have got to try it for yourselves!

Homemade Breadsticks

Buttery, garlicky, cheesy homemade breadsticks are the perfect side for those pasta dinners.

I promised to share this recipe today that goes with the pasta recipe I shared yesterday. Really, of course, you can pair it with any dish you would like, but it was great with the Creamy Chicken Pasta. It's a quick bread recipe with only one rise of 30 minutes and is buttery and garlicky and delicious. I know that's not a great descriptive word, but I honestly just can't think of any other way to say it. This recipe is delicious. It's easy, it's homemade, it's buttery, it's garlicky, it's DELICIOUS!!

Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls (Copycat)

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Bread Bowls

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Blueberry Breakfast Braid

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