Cheese Please

Cheese is an amazing thing. I have never met someone who hates cheese. Ever. And if I did, I might not be able to be their friend. There is something about that ooey, gooey, stringy stuff that makes my mouth water.

This morning I was daydreaming about cheese filled pretzels and, although I have the ingredients to make them, I didn't feel like putting that much effort into cooking.  So I grabbed a few items from the store after dropping the kids off at school and rushed home to make something you're going to want to make tonight!

 

 

It's Really easy! Just unroll and pile on the ingredients.

 

Roll Up the Bread

 

 

Bake the loaf.

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Cheese Bomb Bread

Ingredients:
1 pkg refrigerated French bread dough
Italian seasoning
onion powder
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/3 cup fresh grated parmesan (not the stuff that sits on the shelf at the store...blech!)
2 handfuls shredded cheddar or Colby


Directions:
Preheat oven according to bread dough package. Remove dough from package. Find the seam on the dough and unroll carefully.
Sprinkle the whole loaf with Italian seasoning and onion powder. At one end of dough, spread the garlic along the edge and sprinkle the parmesan cheese over garlic. Over the remaining dough spread yellow cheese (whichever you picked), but do not cover the last 2-3 inches of the dough.
Roll the dough back up, starting at the end you placed the garlic. Turn dough over so the seam in down.
Bake according to package.

Did someone say Burger?

Hamburger.
Cheeseburger.
Bacon Burger.
Double BBQ Burger.
Burger. Burger. Burger.

Ok I got that out of my system! I don't know about you but I am always up for a stellar burger. I like them made with beef, turkey, chicken, pork and any combination of those listed meats. There is this place in San Diego, and they grind up the bacon, too...Oh.Em.Gee. they are so stinking good! I have to figure out how. In the meantime, I want to share an oldie recipe of mine I think you'll enjoy!

 

Blue Cheese and Bacon Burger Belt

Ingredients

2 pkg refrigerated crescent roll                            

1 lb ground beef                            

1/4 lb bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled

1-1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles                            

1 medium sliced onion, caramelized                            

Directions                       

Cook beef until crumbled and no longer pink. Drain and mix with bacon, set aside.

 

(NOTE: when following this step, do it on the cooking surface - I use my pizza stone, but make sure you do this part ON the surface that is going in the oven!)
Arrange crescent rolls in a circle with the wide ends overlapping leaving a 5 inch diameter opening in the center.
(the wide ends will overlap on the outer corners and the pointy side will point outwards)

 

Scoop beef & bacon into the widest end of each triangle being sure each triangle has equal amounts of mixture. Place onion over beef mixture and sprinkle blue cheese over that.

 

Bring the points up and over the mixture and tuck under the center of the ring. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until deep golden brown.            

Cut into 8 servings.

 

If you are having trouble following the folding, you can see pictures here: http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/other-main-course/blue-cheese-bacon-burger-belt.html?p=2