Bread Braid

Broccoli, Ham and Cheese Bread Braid:

Ingredients:

1 dough loaf Rhodes bread dough or homemade bread
¼ cup butter or margarine
½ envelope hidden valley ranch mix ( not generic):
3/4 lb. thinly sliced ham
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 cup broccoli
1 tsp poppy seeds


TO PREPARE BEFORE FREEZING:
Roll bread dough out into a rectangular shape so its approx. 1/2 inch
thick. Combine margarine and ranch mix. Spread about 5 TBS of mixture on the rectangle. Layer ham and cheese down the center of the rectangle. Use a pizza cutter to cut strips along each side of the dough (even numbers on each side). Starting at the bottom, take each piece, cross and twist. Continue cris-crossing until your pizza is braided. Brush remaining butter/ranch mixture over top. Sprinkle with poppy seeds. Wrap loaf with plastic wrap and then foil.

TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:  Open and remove plastic wrap before thawing/ baking.  Thaw overnight. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. A couple of hours before you are ready to bake place it on the counter to continue to thaw and begin to rise. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

chicken roll ups

chicken roll ups and sauce

I made this a few months back for an exchange and never got around to posting so here it is.

Chicken Roll Ups
1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
1, 8oz. pkg of cream cheese
couple green onions, sliced
1 c carrots, shredded
1c zucchini, shredded
2 pkgs of Pillsbury crescent rolls
1c bread crumbs

Sauce:
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 c milk
Heat in sauce pan until heated through. Spoon over roll ups before serving.

Mix first 5 ingredients together. Separate out crescent rolls and fill with mixture. Fold corners of crescent rolls up and over to enclose filling. Roll in bread crumbs.  Bake at 350' for 15-20 minutes. Enjoy