Pizza Monkey Bread: An Update

Not too long ago, I wrote this post (link) on a Pizza Monkey Bread Recipe. My family recently made it again with a few changes and I thought I'd let ya'll know how it went so you can learn from our, erm, not mistakes, but, you know, instead of your own.

Things We Did Different

The first change we made was the filling. We used hamburger meat, spaghetti sauce, and shredded pizza cheese. We like hamburger pizza so, we thought this would be good.

The second change we made was making half with biscuit dough instead of pizza dough.

The third thing wasn't really a change but, it was different than the first time. We made the garlic butter sauce like the directions said to do it.

The last thing we did differently was sprinkling cheese between the balls of dough.

Things We Learned

Turns out we weren't a big fan of this filling. Just didn't think it had any flavor. After the fact, we wondered why we didn't do chunks of cheese since we had a block but, oh well. Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

I think I liked the biscuit dough better but, the rest of the family still liked the dough.

The garlic butter sauce reduced so much there was hardly anything to use and I think our garlic had gone bad because it didn't add any flavor

Adding the cheese between the balls just made it harder to pull apart which goes again everything Monkey Bread stands for. I highly recommend NOT doing this. 

So, that's what we learned. We'll probably stick to doing it the first way for a little while before we think about changing it again.

What do you think? Have you tried it? What kind of changes did you make?

I'd love to hear in the comments.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

Pinterest T-Shirt Scarf

We're back to our old nemesis friend Pinterest. 

A LOOOOOONG time ago, I came across this pin.

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I have since made a dozen of them and sold about half that. 

Below are some pics:

These are so easy to make. The hardest part is cutting the loops. Once you've done that, all you have to do is tie them together.

I love that you can pull the scarf through itself so you don't have to tie a bulky knot but the scarf still stays in place. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Tassel Necklace

Another project I tackled last Saturday was this tassel necklace

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I really just used the photo for inspiration, not looking at how the original poster did it. 

I knew I could make tassels from my incredible stash of embroidery floss. So, I did.

To make the tassel, I made a a loop, strung the chain through, wrapped off a section of the loop toward the chain, and cut the bottom end of the loop in half. (Reminded me of making yarn angels when I was little.)

(Note my lovely chalkboard tray I also made that Saturday)

I put my own spin on it by just doing one long tassel instead of multiple short ones. No, it had nothing to do with the fact that my incredible stash of embroidery floss wasn't conducive to the Ombre look.

I love these chains so much. I found them with initial charms on them at Michael's for 25 cents. 

25 CENTS!!!

You can't get 20" of colored ball chain for 25 cents. Plus, I figured I could always figure out something to do with the letters. I think I'm noticing a trend with me and Michael's Clearance.

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Sick

So, the last time we saw each other, I was telling you about an crazy crafty weekend that I had and how I was going to show you the projects I got done.

And then nothing.

The long and short is that I've been sick. 

BUT, I've been feeling better and I'm going to finally put up those posts I was telling you about. 

Stay tuned.