Must be the weather change; Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread

Because I am starting to crave some dishes I rarely look for.. this Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread one I caught on FB recently is a perfect example of everything I shouldn’t eat – but so think would take good on this rainy day.

https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1636525969933379/

 

Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread

2 16 oz containers of biscuit dough (16 big biscuits total) 
8-12 oz Cream Cheese
Chocolate Chips (we used dark chocolate) 

1 cup White Sugar
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Walnuts (optional) 

Preheat oven to 350˚F (175˚C)

Cut biscuits in half and cube the cream cheese (32 pieces). Flatten each biscuit and place one cube of cream cheese and a few chocolate chips in the center of each. Fold the biscuit dough around the cream cheese and chocolate and form into a ball. 

In a 1 gallon plastic bag combine 1 cup of white sugar and 2 tsp of cinnamon. Add 6-8 dough balls to the bag, seal the bag, and shake until well coated. Repeat for the remainder of the stuffed dough pieces. 

In a microwave safe bowl add 1 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Microwave on high for 70 seconds – stopping halfway to stir. Remove from microwave and stir until it reaches a caramel consistency. 

To a greased Bundt pan sprinkle half of the walnuts, half the dough pieces, and drizzle half the caramel glaze. Repeat with remaining walnuts, dough, and glaze. 

Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. Remove from oven and turn upside down onto a plate to cool for 10 minutes before lifting off the pan (this way the warm glaze runs back through and fully coats all the bread)

Lift off the bundt pan, pull apart, and enjoy

He misses me; or he’s just really really hungry for more than a burrito!

Now I know a certain someone knows how to cook full well as you can see from this lovely dish that he created for himself while I have been away.   
But I think he just likes to make sure that I know that he misses me,  so he sends me pictures like these below with messages that include “so how do I make this?” 
  
  
But all I have to do is send a link to an old post like this one below where I talk about making turkey that isn’t on Thanksgiving and he gets his home-cooked meal; and I don’t have to try and explain how to make an entire recipe without seeing what exactly he has. It’s a win-win!.

https://bitetheroad.com/2014/05/12/when-turkey-fixens-isnt-about-thanksgiving/

It’s good to keep records and recipes!

Now I know a certain someone knows how to cook full well as you can see from this lovely dish that he created for himself while I have been away.   
But I think he just likes to make sure that I know that he misses me,  so he sends me pictures like these below with messages that include “so how do I make this?” 
  
  
But all I have to do is send a link to an old post like this one below where I talk about making turkey that isn’t on Thanksgiving and he gets his home-cooked meal; and I don’t have to try and explain how to make an entire recipe without seeing what exactly he has. It’s a win-win!.

https://bitetheroad.com/2014/05/12/when-turkey-fixens-isnt-about-thanksgiving/

American Mission Comfort Food Done Right

Oh my. Rocken good food tonight to celebrate my a pals bday.

I hadn’t been to  Blue Plate before – but it sure does comfort food with more twists than a slnky.

The food could not be any better. They add just enough twists on old standards that instead of  your first thought being ” this isn’t home Mom used to make it” instead it becomes now why “didn’t Mom make it this way!”

 

Reservations suggested & worth it. Great staff and its a night to be engaged.

A new American restaurant in San Francisco.

3218 Mission St. @ Valencia San Francisco, Ca. 94110 Map 415 282 6777 Mon – Thur 5:30–10p, Fri – Sat 5:30–10:30p, Sun 5:30 – 9:30p

Deviled Eggs for Adults!

Pork Chop for a hearty eater

Meatloaf with beans and mashed

Butterscotch Pudding with pecan brittle

Fresh Tomato salad with a punch

Fried Chicken you just can’t wait to dig into

Key Lime pie

Chocolate ganache tart

Sardine Brucceta