Easter Subway Art!

I recently started my own Etsy. So far I am selling subway art for the different holidays. I hope to start selling a lot more on there, but I know it will take some time to be known and share my stuff. Please help me out by visiting my etsy store and taking a look.

Any critique would be greatly appreciated!

Here is my Easter Subway Art that I just posted:

You can find that here!

I am also willing to customize anything!

Alfredo Chicken Pizza

We love Alfredo Chicken Pizza, so I wanted to try a recipe out for this type of pizza. It worked out pretty well and we really liked it!

 Try it out and let me know what you think:

Pizza Crust (recipe here)

1/2 cup Alfredo Sauce (recipe here)

1/4 cup Kirkland Signature Crumbled Bacon

1-2 chicken breasts (cubed and cooked)

1/2 cup Shredded Cheese (more or less according to taste)

Prepare your pizza crust. When the dough is almost ready to shape, start making your Alfredo sauce. Once your sauce is made cook your chicken.

I usually like to warm up my bacon with the chicken for a minute.

When the crust is shaped and on the pan, spread desired amount of Alfredo sauce on the crust.

Then sprinkle chicken and bacon on.

Top with desired amount of cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. If you want the crust to be more crispy then I would suggest cooking it straight on the oven rack.

ENJOY!!

Easy Pizza Dough

I really like this pizza dough recipe. It just takes a little bit of time to rise.

Here is the recipe for that:

1/2 c warm water
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
4 cups flour, plus more for dusting
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 c water (room temperate)
2 T extra-virgin olive oil

Measure warm water into 2-cup liquid measuring cup. Mix yeast into this water. In the bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, mix flour and salt briefly. Mix room temperature water with the yeast mixture. Turn on mixer to low speed. Add yeast mixture and olive oil to the flour. Mix until a cohesive dough has formed. At this time switch to dough hook and knead on low speed until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes), adding flour if too sticky.
Cover bowl with clean towel or plastic wrap and let rise until it has doubled in size-around 1 1/2-2 hours.

Press down on the dough to deflate. Divide the dough. Shape each piece of dough into a smooth, round ball (I you want to freeze the dough now it the time). Cover with a damp cloth and let the dough relax for at least 10 minutes.

Now you can shape your dough and put on your pan. I like to put a little bit of cornmeal on my pan to keep the pizza from sticking.

I also like to roll the edges so that they look "cool"

Top as desired. Bake at 375 degrees until the crust is golden brown for about 15 minutes.

Yield: 2 Medium Pizzas


Here is an example of a pizza that we LOVE. It's called Alfredo Chicken Pizza and you can find the recipe here.

Cinnamon Sugar Scones

Yet another scone recipe! I used this scone recipe to experiment with making a sweet scone!

Here's the recipe:

Cinnamon Sugar Recipe

2 T cinnamon

1 c sugar

scones

Mix cinnamon and sugar together (you might want to add a little more of one or the other to make it the mixture that you want). Put half the mixture on a plate and leave the other half in a bowl.

Make scones (recipe here) and roll each one of them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Use the mixture from the bowl to sprinkle over both sides. Place on paper towels. Enjoy!

Another recipe that you could try with these scones is Navajo Tacos, found here.

What are some things that you like to have on your scones??

Navajo Tacos

I just barely did the post about the scone dough recipe, so here is the recipe for Navajo Tacos. This is such a simple meal, but oh so delicious and surprisingly filling!

Navajo Tacos

1 lb ground beef

1 can refried beans

Shredded cheese

Sour cream

Guacamole

Salsa/Hot Sauce

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Brown the ground beef (can add taco seasoning if desired). Warm the beans in a pan on the stove. Prepare all other ingredients. Top your scone (recipe found here) with desired ingredients and enjoy!

Is that easy enough for you??

Sometimes to save a little more time I will just warm up a can of Chili, but I like it better with the ground beef and beans!

Quick Scone Dough

I love scones for many reasons-the main being Navajo Tacos! You can also put honey, cinnamon sugar, jam, honey-butter, and much more on these for a delicious treat.

This is my go-to recipe for scone dough.

It takes very little time and you don't have to wait for the dough to rise.

Scone Dough

2 cups flour

1 T baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup milk

oil/shortening for frying

Mix the flour, baking powder and salt.

Add the milk and mix until the dough comes together. Add flour if needed. Knead for about 5 minutes until dough forms a ball and is smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes. Heat about 1 inch of oil in a medium-large skillet. Break off pieces of the dough in desired size and then roll out flat or stretch with your hands. Make the middle a little bit thinner than the outsides.

I doubled the recipe this time and got about 12 scones!

Fry in the oil until brown on both sides (you'll have to flip them to get both sides brown). Let drain on paper towels. This recipe makes about 5-6 scones.

There you have it! An easy Scone Dough recipe

Let me know what you think!

Be sure to check out the post about Navajo Tacos here and the Cinnamon Sugar Scones here!

Stuff to Scrap!

Hey Everyone, I recently found this AMAZING Scrapbooking Forum. It is called Stuff to Scrap and you can find it here. You have to create an account for the forum and then you will access to the fun community. Their store is also amazing, and they have great deals on digital scrapbooking kits. You can find the store here!

One of the fun things in the forum is the Speed Scraps that happen many times a month. A designer gives 7 steps in 60 minutes for you to create a layout. Lots of fun! Check out next week's Speed Scrap:


Triple J Designs is hosting a Speed Scrap on Monday August 26th 

and check out this Participation Prize!

Hope to see you there :)