Pecan Pullaparts

Pecan Pullaparts

1 (8 ounce) can crescent rolls
3 tablespoons melted butter, divided
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Cover a cutting board with parchment paper.  Unroll crescent rolls on the parchment paper, do not separate into triangles.

Press the seams together.  Brush 2 tablespoons of butter over dough.

Sprinkle cinnamon over top.

Sprinkle sugar over top of dough.

Top with chopped pecans.  

Cut into 3/4 inch strips.

Cut each strip in half.

Spray 4 muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray.  Criss cross 4 dough pieces in the four cooking sprayed muffin cups, cinnamon side up.

Fold the edges of the dough strip into the muffin cup.

Roll up remaining pieces of dough, so they look like mini cinnamon rolls.

Arrange 3 rolled dough pieces on top of dough in each muffin cup. 

Brush the top with remaining butter.

 Bake 17 minutes or until golden brown.  Makes 4 Pullaparts.

I carry a small notebook with me everywhere I go.  I jot down ideas for cookbooks and recipes in it.  Whenever I try a dish I really like at a restaurant, I pull out my trusty notebook and try to decipher what ingredients are in it and the steps necessary to recreate it.  I have done this so often, that I now have my husband and son doing it too.  It has become a family game for us.

This recipe is another one I tasted and deciphered while I was in Las Vegas.  It is delicious!  It tastes like a pecan cinnamon roll, but is lighter and fluffier than traditional cinnamon rolls.  If you have visited my blog before and only looked at the pictures, today is the day to take action.  You can make this and you will be so glad you did!

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The Stan-wich

Are you an adventurous foodie, or do you tend to play it safe?  My husband Stan, comes from a long line of adventurous foodies.  The creation of the "Stan-wich" actually began when his father and uncle were faced with a culinary disaster.

Like any great adventure, this one begins long ago and far away, Des Moines, Iowa  in the late 1960's to be exact; you know a lot of strange things happened at that time. A Lactose Jedi and his young apprentice, (some people just call them Milk Men) were out for a long day of dairy deliveries.

They had stowed their survival provisions on ice, which consisted of  bread, cotto salami,  and brown spicy mustard. Stacked top of their hearty lunch was a meager breakfast of store bought cinnamon rolls.  Little did they know, as they set out to satisfy the thirsty masses, tragedy was about to ensue.

Out in the middle of nowhere, hungry from a grueling morning of heavy lifting, our two hero's pulled over only to discover that the bread for their sandwiches had become soggy.  Without a grocery store in site, necessity became the mother of invention.  In place of the soggy bread, the cinnamon roll became the foundation for a new and exciting culinary creation.

This sweet and savory sandwich has been a guarded family secret for nearly four generations,  so secret in fact, that it didn't have a name until my husband made it part of an on air fundraiser for the Passion Radio Network.

 My husband, Stan.

Our guest host Bill Scott, broke out his man card, stepped up to the plate and consumed this gastronomic delight.  It was love at first bite for Bill.  Almost without thinking the name "Stan-wich" rolled off of his lips, and the vision for making this marvelous morsel a household staple was born. 

 

Our friend Bill Scott.  Christian author of the soon to be released book,

The Day Satan Called

We promised the listeners of the Passion Radio Network, that we would post the recipe on my blog, so here it is!

The "Stan-wich"

 1 package Hostess cinnamon rolls

6 teaspoons spicy brown mustard

6 slices cotto salami

Place 1 Hostess cinnamon roll on a plate.  

Spread 1 teaspoon of spicy brown mustard over the frosting.

Top with a slice of cotto salami.
Repeat process with remaining ingredients.

I know it is a strange combination, but I hope you will give it a try.  You never know, you may come to love the "Stan-wich" too!

In loving memory of Bob and Dave Burgett, 

co-creators of the "Stan-wich".

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