Easy Parmesan Rolls

First off, let me apologize for my absence. In the beginning I was saving money for Australia, then I was in Australia for three weeks, then I was in Canada for a week, then I was broke off of Australia and the holidays in Canada. In a nutshell, I'm still broke, but I'm starting to get sick of sandwiches so I've been cooking again! Quite a bit actually. I've got a few posts planned out, so no extended breaks are in my future. I know, you are SO lucky.

Have you ever wanted to show off in front of your friends? Make them think you've been slaving over a stove all day making artisan rolls? Well I would recommend these suckers. Knotted parmesan rolls. Great in soups or with a hearty salad! Check out how easy these are.

Let me go ahead now and apologize, I forgot to take pictures of the first couple steps. I could have SWORN I had... I will blame Roommate Rob. I don't know how he's to blame, but I'm sure it's his fault.

So, you will need:
- 1 can of 8 grands biscuits (not the flaky kind)
- about 2 tablespoons of melted margarine or butter
- about 4 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese

Yup, that's it.

First, get all the biscuits out of the container and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. You'll want to roll the buscuits on a flat surface or cutting board, so they look like a long rope, about 6-8 inches long.

Then, just pretend you're working at Annie's Pretzels and tie them in a basic knot. They should look kinda like this.


Skillz my friends, skillz. Mad shoe tying skillz.

Plop the buns onto a pan, no need to spray it or anything.


Now, brush your melted butter over the buns. I don't have a brush, so I poured.




And by poured, I mean got crazy with the butter. What? It's winter, sue me.

Go ahead and sprinkle the butter loaded buns with your parmesan cheese.


Hello, lover.

You'll want to put these in the oven until they get browned on top, about 15 minutes or so. Keep your eye on them though, my oven likes to play with my head sometimes. You should have seen the angel food cake disaster of '10.

They should look something like this:


Hello, lover. Come closer. Come swim in my pool. What pool you ask? This pool.



AKA My next post. You really ARE so lucky.

Then, should you feel inclined, gang up on the only other girl roommate and electric tape her ankles together Dexter style.



Troublemakers.

Enjoy!

<3 Courtzilla

Monkey Bread, aka 8AM Heaven

So I woke up this morning at 6:30 am. I don't start work until 10am. What's a girl to do?

Breakfast.

Plus I felt bad for not updating in a week. Sorry kiddos, I've had visitors. When I have visitors, I don't really eat. My diet turns into one more of the liquid variety.

Anyway.

I love breakfast. Problem: I'm never awake early enough to eat it. SO this was the perfect opportunity to whip up one of my all time favorites: Monkey bread.

You will need:



1/2 cup sugar
1-2 tsp cinnamon depending on how much you dig it
2 tbsp brown sugar (do me a favor and pretend it's in the picture)
1/4 cup of butter (1/2 a stick)
1 package of canned biscuits - non flaky kind... and hopefully not as gigantic as the ones I picked up.

Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees, (or 315 if your oven hates you, like mine).

Next, open up the can of biscuits!

You'll want to cut these into smaller pieces. If you only have the huge ones because you're a glutton, just cut them into 6ths... if you have the normal ones, like normal people, cut them into the fourths. We can clearly see which category of people I fell under.



Next, you'll want to combine the cinnamon and regular sugar into a zip lock bag. Plop these biscuit babies in there, and give it a shake until they're all coated. They shouldn't stick together once everything is coated! It might be easier to plop in a handful at a time.



Can we time out a second? Look at these.


DON'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE NOT IMPRESSED.

Cough. Sorry. I get excited about colors.

....

Now, take your butter and brown sugar and put those in a small bowl. Micro for about 1 minute and stir until its all one color.


Then plop the cinnamon biscuits into a bundt pan. If you don't have one, use the only cake pan you actually own.


Then, drizzle the butter mixture all over your biscuits. No big deal if it doesn't fully cover, although according to Pioneer Woman, you'll need a cup of butter and it needs to be fully drenched and overflowing. See, I'm looking out for your waist line here.


Now just toss it in the oven and give it about 25 - 35 minutes!

Is this what heaven smells like? I think so. My apartment smells like love. I bet the neighbors are totally jealous.

Take it out of the oven when the top has a nice brown color, like this!


Ok so the easiest way to get this outta there without breaking it is to flip it. To do that, just flip your plate upside down and put it on top of the cake pan, then, holding both the plate and the cake, turn it the right way up! Does that make any sense at all?


Good thing there are pictures to help. The cake should just slip out of the pan. Thank you butter!



Oh hello beautiful. Come closer....


Mmmmm. Technically you should let this cool for like 10 minutes. Psssh... good luck.


You don't blame me, right? It's fabulous, try it soon!

<3 Courtzilla