Sometimes maintaining a pretense of manners at the table gets so tiring doesn’t it?!..haha!

Especially when you’re starving, staring at all that amazing food, and you want nothing more than to throw manners to the wind and shove that food directly into your face hole.  Sometimes waiting for someone to “pass the bread” just isn’t an option..lol!

Well..I’ve developed a way to grab yourself some gooey, cheesy, ‘garlicy’ filled..buttery-flaky crusted bread without making a scene at the table.  SCORE!

Yep~  these glorious little Garlic Bread Hand Pies are what a hungry man’s dreams are made of.  It’s now totally socially acceptable to grab at that food with your hands, because well..these are ‘HAND’-Pies..so yeah!

Each buttery, flaky, pie is stuffed with all things garlic bread!  I’m talking butter, Garlic, cheese..and did I mention CHEESE!?  Set these down on the table for the perfect game-day snack!

Grab yourself 1 or 4 and taste the delicious instant satisfaction that only a Garlic Bread Hand Pie can give you!  🙂

~Make LOTS!

What you’ll need:

2 containers of Pillsbury Seamless Dough Sheets (or regular crescents will work, just pinch those seams together)

2 tbsp. butter..melted

1 tsp. Oregano

1 tsp. of chopped garlic..but you can use as much as you’d like!

8 oz. of soft Mozzarella sliced

oil for frying..I used Canola

a 3″ round cutter

Directions:

Chop the garlic and add it into the melted butter and Oregano…

Lay out the dough sheets and brush on the butter mixture onto one of the sheets…

Slice the Mozzarella into approx. 1/2″ slices…and add a single layer of the sliced cheese…

Place the top dough sheet onto the cheese, and gently roll it with the rolling pin just to stick the together.

Now, cut out your pies…

Use a fork to pretty up those edges, and make sure they stay put…

Fry them up one at a time in the hot (350 degree) oil, until they’re evenly golden…

Let them cool for a few seconds if you can wait.  And serve those beauties up…

Then DIG IN!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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I think food is one of the only places in life where it’s ok to change the rules in the middle of the game, for the most part anyway!  These Poppers were a mid-game rule changer for me because I was all ready to bake up a big pan of cheesy Jalapeno Cornbread!  A perfectly yummy, spicy & cheesy pan of Cornbread..SO good, but SO typical!  Then it hit me, H.A.R.D!

And not a moment too soon either, since I was one knife slice away from chopping up a pile of pretty & plump jalapenos into bunches of little pieces!   The voices something inside my head said “instead of slicing up of all those jalapenos and mixing them into the Cornbread batter, how ’bout using those Peppers like little Cornbread Muffin Cups..just to see what would happen?!”  Hmmm…….

I’m so glad that I listened to the ramblings in my head because what happened was incredible..lol!  We ended up with spicy little hand-held, flavor packed poppers, filled with warm, cheesy and tender Cornbread.  As if that wasn’t enough, each bite popped wtih juicy bursts of sweetness from the fresh corn kernels suspended throughout the fluffy Cornbread.  Such a perfect balance to the spicy peppers!

Give this unique Cornbread switch-up a try the next time you’d like to jazz up an otherwise ordinary side dish.  It totally turns plain old cornbread into a fun, two-bite Jalapeno Cornbread Popper experience!  🙂

What you’ll need for approx. 24 Jalapeno Cornbread Poppers:

12  Med/Large fresh Jalapenos

1 Box of Cornbread Mix (I used the Honey variety for the sweetness)

1 1/2 Cup Shredded Cheddar (1 cup for the batter..1/2 cup for sprinkiling)

1 Cup Corn..fresh OR canned is just fine

Directions:

Slice each jalapeno down the center and carefully remove all the seeds and veins..set aside

In a medium bowl, mix up the Cornbread batter according to the box instructions, add in the Corn and 1 cup of the Cheddar.

Fill each Jalapeno half with some batter!  Eh-hem, don’t over fill them!  😉

Sprinkle them all with the remaining 1/2 cup of Cheddar.

Place them on a baking rack & sheet pan, bake them at 350 for about 15-20 minutes, or until the Cornbread is firm and cooked through.  They will be puffed and cheesy too!

Let them cool cuz they’re HOT!

Umm, hello..manners!!  Make sure you share them with your friends & family..first!  😉

Then you can lose control and dig in!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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