Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

3/4 cup flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1 1/4 cup Italian Cheese blend
4 ounces Pepperoni Mini’s (or regularly-sized pepperoni, chopped)
1 cup your favorite marinara for dipping
2 Tablespoons fresh basil, thyme, or italian parsely, chopped

Grease a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients together, stirring until completely mixed. Spoon into the prepared mini-muffin cups. Bake in an oven preheated to 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes. Sprinkle with fresh chopped herbs, and serve with warm marinara for dipping.

I put a tablespoon of Italian seasoning in the batter.

Valentine's Day

I wanted to post my valentine's day basket of goodies I put together for Derrick on Monday. We had a breakfast celebration with mimosas, quiche, and muffins. I also made some valentine themed cake pops.

 

Cake Pops

My friend Janet is having a birthday celebration this weekend so I thought I would make some cake pops. I made them with a red velvet cake, cream cheese frosting, and candy coating. You can make them with any cake and frosting combo you like. I think they turned out nicely.

Muffins!!!

I have this thing for muffins, so when I decided I needed to use up some of my bananas, I instantly thought of banana muffins. I added chopped cranberries to the mix and they turned out delightful.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 10 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.
2. In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Yoga Cookies

How adorable are these yoga cookies. You can make these yourself with cookie cutters from Patti Paige's online store. Perfect for the yoga enthusiast.