Pinwheel Pizzas

An easy party food to make in advance! Keep your party day prep to a minimum and still wow 'em! (this is double the original recipe as these are so good you'll want plenty!)

Ingredients

• 2 cans crescent roll dough

All other ingredients are not exact, you can eye ball the amounts and easily trade things out to make your own original combinations!

• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 48 slices pepperoni, cut into quarters
• 2 cans pizza sauce (28 oz)
• 2 teaspoon italian seasoning

Directions

1. On a large baking sheet pinch together 8 crescent roll triangles into 4 separate rectangles. Gently stretch out the dough a little bit
2. Spread desired amount of pizza sauce over the dough followed by mozzarella and pepperonis
3. DO NOT overload it! I made the mistake of putting too many toppings on and then not being able to roll it ;) 
4. Once each rectangle has the toppings, start at the long end of each dough and roll tightly in a log. Repeat with each rectangle.
5. Place in freezer until firm, about 15 min. 
6. Remove from freezer and cut each log into 6-8 pieces. Sprinkle with italian seasoning.
7. At this point if you are making them in advance you can freeze them! I made mine a few days prior to my party and froze them and they were fabulous :)
8. When ready to cook preheat oven to 375
9. Bake until golden brown (roughly 12 min, maybe longer if straight from freezer). Serve with remaining pizza sauce for dipping! 

Pizza Bites

These are simply AMAZING! I doubled the recipe here because, trust me, you will need to!

Ingredients

• 2 rolls refrigerated pizza dough 

All other ingredients are a rough estimate as you can just kinda eyeball how much you need :) 

• 4 tbl grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tbl olive oil or melted butter
• 1 tea garlic powder
• 2 tea dried italian seasoning 
• mozzarella cheese
• pizza toppings of your choice (we use pepperoni in ours)
• marinara or pizza sauce 

Directions

1. Preheat to whatever package says on dough (typically it's 400)
2. Cut dough into square shapes. I take the whole roll out of the package and then cut it, typically it makes around 20 squares
3. Top each square with toppings and cheese, leave enough space to "close" the dough over it
4. I just eye ball all of this and my finished products aren't super pretty. I just kinda pull up the dough to cover the toppings and then make it more into a ball to make sure all the toppings are closed in.
5. Once they are all sealed shut place them seam side down onto a lightly sprayed pan
6. Brush the tops with olive oil and sprinkle with the garlic powder, italian seasoning, and parmesan cheese
7. Bake for 10-15 min, until golden brown on top. 

I dare you to have any leftovers!!!

Chicken Pot Pie Muffins

This is a super simple, mega taste meal! I didn't anticipate my whole family enjoying them as much as we did and I've added them into our regular rotation!

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast, cooked and cut into small pieces

2 (10 oz) cans refrigerated biscuits

1 (14.5 oz) can cream of chicken soup

1 cup frozen mixed vegetables

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I always add extra)

1 tablespoon Herbs De Provence

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. In large bowl combine cooked chicken, cream of chicken soup, frozen vegetables, cheese, herbs and spices.
3. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin and place biscuits into each cup, pressing down the bottom and up on the sides
4. Evenly spoon mix into each cup. Bake 15 min and check at 12 min to make sure they aren't already done!
5. Enjoy!

I didn't personally try freezing these but I feel like they would freeze well to possibly heat up for lunches too!