S'more Crescents

This is a very quick, sweet treat.  That is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike.  

Ingredients
1 can of crescent roll dough
8 t of chocolate chips
1/4 cup of mini marshmallows
1 T of sugar
1 t of cinnamon

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Spray a large cookie sheet with non-stick spray.

Roll out the crescent dough and tear into triangles.

On the larger end of each triangle add a teaspoon of chocolate chips and about 3 to 4 marshmallows.  Roll each triangle from the large end toward the tip. Tuck the ends under to form a ball.  Set each ball on the cookie sheet.  

Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and stir.  Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar onto the tops of each crescent roll.  

Cook for 10-12 minutes.  Serve and enjoy.  

Cinnamon Sugar Personal Apple Pies

My secret ingredient...a little pumpkin butter.  You can check out my recipe on my blog for the "how to" on easy pumpkin butter, but if you are in a time crunch you could always substitute store bought apple butter in a pinch.  This makes six individual servings.

 

Ingredients

1 package of frozen puff pastry dough (comes in 2 sheets)

1/4 cup of pumpkin butter

1 T cinnamon

2 T sugar

1 large green apple (can use a red apple if you want)

First, let your puff pastry dough thaw for about 30-40 minutes.  You still want it to be cold so you can work with it, so if it gets to room temperature you need to put it back into the fridge. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  While you are waiting for your oven to heat up, combine cinnamon and sugar together and mix.

Unfold the puff pastry dough and flatten it.  With a knife, cut into thirds and then cut each third into half.  Take a fork and "dock" the dough.  This is important so your dough cooks evenly and doesn't puff too high during the cooking process.

Spread about a tablespoon of pumpkin butter on each puff pastry rectangle. The pumpkin butter should be a thin layer, so don't make it too thick. Foodie Tip:  Don't go to the edge of the pastry, so that you have room to crimp the pie together!

Slice up the apple into 1/8 inch (or thereabouts) slices.  You'll place about 3 to 4 slices of apple on each pie.   Sprinkle about 1/8 of a teaspoon of cinnamon sugar on top of the apples (add more if you feel like it).  

Now take out the second sheet of puff pastry and cut it into six pieces (as you did earlier) and place a piece on top of your individual pies.  With a fork crimp the sides (you can also do this with your fingers too).  Take a knife and cut a small "x" in the top of your dough to let air escape while cooking.  Sprinkle a layer of cinnamon sugar on the top, and place in the oven.

The pies are done in about 20 minutes.  Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Bread

Check out this awesome bread.   Sweet, with pumpkin and fall spices, and a little chocolate too.   Had one piece, and then went back for another!

Ingredients

1 box of Duncan Hines spice cake
1 can of pumpkin
3/4 cup of milk chocolate chips
3 eggs
1 cup of water 
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. cloves

Preheat your oven to 350. 

Add the cake mix to a bowl.  Add in your eggs, water, vegetable oil, canned pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. 

Beat with a mixer for around 2 minutes or until the ingredients are all incorporated.  

Toss in the milk chocolate chips and fold into the mixture with a spatula.  If you don't want the extra calories you can always opt out of the chips, but if you really love chocolate then add more :)  

Spray two bread pans and pour half of the mixture into each.  This cooks for around 40 minutes, depending on your oven.  Insert a toothpick, if it comes out clean then the bread is done.  If not, leave it in a little longer.  Let the bread cool in the pan before cutting and serving.