I'm a little Nutella

As most everyone who has access to the internet knows, Pinterest is all the rage.  I like it too.  It has some great DIY projects, recipes and just some pretty cool things.

I think it's funny how people post recipes, but never make them.  So I created a board called "Tried and Tasted" which contains the pins of recipes I've actually made. Some good, some, well...we won't try those again.

 

 

This little ditty is called a Chocolate Nutella Popover.  I'm a Nutella freak (creator of the Nutella Frappe and every other recipe I can use it in!) It was very simple to make and the kiddos enjoyed it thoroughly (as did the mama unit).

 

The players:  Biscuit dough, Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, and Nutella (Mmmmm!) You can use any brand of refrigerated biscuit dough, though the recipe calls for Pillsbury Grands Honey Butter. 

 

 

You'll want a non-stick rolling pin and a non stick surface to roll the dough out on.  Begin by rolling out each bisquit to approximately 1/4-inch in thickness.

 

 

 

Next you'll want to spread some of the sweet, nutty, chocolatey, delicious, tastefully sinful Nutella onto the rolled out dough.  Use as little or as much as you want.  Next sprinkle with the mini-chocolate chips.  I decided that next time I'm going to omit the chips and use a tad more Nutella. I would like to taste more Nutella, than chocolate chips.

 

 

 

Next, roll up that little Nutella dough tostada.  Then slice it into approximately one-inch chunks. You should get three chunks out of each  roll up.

 

 

 

 

Plop each chunk into a mini-muffin pan that's been sprayed with a non-stick cooking spray.  Bake according to package directions.

 

Meantime, you can mix up a little vanilla glaze to top these babies.  I do it up with powdered sugar, a little butter, pure vanilla extract and some half 'n half.

 

 

After baking, allow to cool, then drizzle with the glaze.

 

 







 

These are the perfect size for popping in your mouth! 

 

This should make 24 mini-popovers.  You can combine 3 chunks into a full size muffin if you're feeling like you need a larger portion. 

 

 

This recipe came from shakentogether.blogspot.com.  That's where I re-pinned it from, but I'm not sure if that is the original source.  Enjoy these!



 



13

This is a boy who just turned 13.  Yep.  13.  It's quite a big deal for this boy.  He (thinks) he may now purchase and play any Rated-T game (Mom may have a thing or two to say about this).  He graduates from the "tween" to "teen" label. He no longer has to ask if watching a PG-13 movie is okay. He feels he is nearing the point of getting a driver's permit.  He refers to all younger children as "the little kids".

Little does this boy know that he should savor every moment of being young.  Of being free from responsibility. He doesn't understand it when mom says "Slow down, you don't have to grow up so fast!"  He does not see that when he grows up, he most assuredly will want to be young again. But of course, that is the way things are...when you're 13.