Chocolate Nutella Turnover

I was eating Nutella when I lived in Germany between the ages of 2-8. I LOVE it. Its one of my favorite things, although I do try not to buy it too often. I like just putting it on a slice of white bread, folding it in half, and eating it that way. So, imagine how excited I was when I found this recipe for Chocolate Nutella Turnovers!

I was supposed to make these one morning when Terri was gonna come over. But "someone" overslept and didn't make it. So I proceeded without her. The puff pastry thing rolled out pretty easy. Nothing to it really I guess. Mine didn't stay in the square shape though, exactly, it was a little off. I filled the squares with the Nutella/chocolate mixture, and had to make sure not to put too much. It really does make it hard to shut if there is slightly too much. The dough is so thin at that point that you can't fill it and then push it down a little without breaking through. Anyway,
end result..... Ta Da!

They were very yummy. I think I prefer the Nutella chocolate, over the semisweet chocolate on the top. Its just not my favorite thing, I suppose. It was yummy, and I enjoyed the almonds. I don't think I could sit down and eat more than one at a time, so make sure you have friends, if you wanna try this. The turnovers DO reheat in the microwave well, so that's a plus!

Monkey Bread

So I've been slacking for a little bit lately. Busy with things, and doing simple meals or repeating the ones I've really liked. I ended up deciding yesterday to make Monkey Bread for the first time. I'd never had it before, and although I'd heard of it, I didn't even really know what it was. What it is, is ridiculously easy!

Monkey Bread
3 cans of buttermilk biscuits
1 cup sugar
2-3 tablespoons cinnamon
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1/2 cup brown sugar

First things first, preheat the oven to 350. Then, pop open the cans of biscuits and then cut them into fours (cut in half, then cut the halves in half). Then, put the white sugar and cinnamon in a gallon zip lock bag followed by all the biscuit pieces. Close the bag and SHAKE! They were all sticky going in, but coming out, they were each coated with sugar and cinnamon very evenly. Then I put them into a bundt pan. FYI, I had to drop my oven rack one notch. Not because the bundt pan didnt fit, but because the pan overflows once the biscuits start to rise.
So then we put the butter sticks into a little sauce pot, and get them all melted and liquidy. When the butter is melted add the brown sugar and mix it up really good. Then pour it all over the biscuits in your bundt pan.
Pop the pan in the oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes. I think I ended up having to go around the full 40 minutes. The biscuits rose up over the edge of the pan and were all puffy and browned.
You're supposed to let it sit for a little bit to cool, but unless its a cake, I don't really listen to that. Fair warning, the butter that didn't seep into the biscuits, may pour all over your counter, if the plate you are putting this on, isn't large enough. Little thing I didn't think of, but will definitely remember in the future. It was a sticky mess.

And TA DA! Its so yummy and so pretty. I'm pretty sure my husband thought I was crazy with all the "Oh my god! MmmMMMmMmm! Oh man!" sounds that I was emitting from the kitchen when I took my first few bites. Its to die for. I'm not a huge cinnamon fan, but this is absolutely to die for!
One thing I will say is, its a lot of food. It IS 3 cans of biscuits after all. So we barely made a dent into this, even tho my mouth wanted to keep eating it, my stomach just couldn't handle anymore. But maybe eventually I'll work out a smaller version of this so less goes to waste, if any.