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FROSTED BANANA BARS

It seems I always have bananas in my kitchen. I like to peel & eat this funny yellow fruit, as long as they are still green. Speckled Yellow bananas . . . yuck! My sweet half much prefers his favorite Banana Bread. I  prefer CAKE. It’s moist & delish! My sweet half even ate it!

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Jo and Sue - January 26, 2012 - 6:32 am

These look sooooooo tasty! Cream Cheese Frosting is my favorite :)

Erin - January 26, 2012 - 8:35 am

Cream cheese frosting for the win! I almost always opt for that frosting

Gayle - January 26, 2012 - 6:44 pm

Somewhere, sometime in my life, someone made cakes like this. And I forgot that I miss that. I’m banana breaded out, I can’t wait to try this!

RHODES ROLL ROUND-UP

It’s roundup time. My girls & I used to cringe when we heard the word “round-up.” Yes . . . like the Pioneer Woman, we also had to round-up cattle and help with the branding. It’s not as easy as it looks or sounds, as they can be a royal pain in the _ _…

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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar - January 19, 2012 - 12:06 pm

Mmm I don’t know where to start!

Ashley - January 19, 2012 - 5:39 pm

yummy these all look amazing I will be trying out many of them I am sure. I love how you can make everything with rhodes. Thanks for all the amazing ideas.

Yvonne - January 19, 2012 - 10:47 pm

Love your post. LOVE. You go girl! These all look AWESOME. The cinnamon and sugar glazed knots are how I found you, and when I fell in LOVE with your site! What a great collection of recipes. I have a few on your list that I need to try for certain, I have dough in the freezer that’s begging to be used!

Ellie - January 20, 2012 - 1:19 am

I made your crescent rolls on Tuesday…AND my daughter said “Oh mom, these are EVIL!!” (She ate the whole bag herself) I agreed! Your whole site is EVIL! I’m sooo glad I found it! Can’t wait to try many, many more recipes of your yummy food! My hubby thinks your pies look delish and wants to see one on his table! Baking is my favorie thing…but I don’t have a treadmill!! And it’s like -46 degrees here (Alberta, Canada) so no walking outside!
Love your blog Grama…I’m also a Nama!!

Carol - January 20, 2012 - 7:07 am

Oh boy….so many goodies, where to begin? I love making bread from scratch, but I also love the convenience of Rhodes bread dough on super busy days….I always keep a package handy in the freezer.

Thanks for your wonderful creations, Jonna.

Ashley - January 20, 2012 - 11:05 am

I LOVE all of your Rhodes rolls recipes! I have officially converted to Rhodes rolls and now I don’t know what I would do without them.
Your Italian Waffles might just be my most requested recipe from my husband. He can not get enough.
Thanks for rounding up all of your Rhodes rolls recipes!

Tracy - January 20, 2012 - 4:39 pm

I wanted to ask you about the petal pull aparts. When I made them, granted it was my first time in about 10 years using Rhodes, I made the indentation but when I bakes it,the indentation rose back up anf the jam was all over the cookie sheet and off the dough. Do you have any suggestions. My sweet husband would rather me not make that again until I get feed back…he is my personal pan scraper.

Jonna - January 21, 2012 - 10:57 am

Hi Tracy,

Oh gee, I didn’t have this problem. Make sure that after the flower has risen, that you firmly depress the center of the petals again, before adding the jam or jelly. Make sure that the preserves you use isn’t runny. My jam was quite thick. Don’t over fill the centers, you can always add more after baking, and before you glaze it.
I hope this helps…it’s so pretty and perfect to take to someone.
jonna

Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts - January 25, 2012 - 2:41 pm

Oh my, everything looks so good! Who knew you could do some many great thinks with frozen dough. I am personally drooling over the parmesan pretzel bites!

PETAL PULL-APARTS

You’re going to be happy that you dropped by today. Really you are. It’s very difficult to choose a recipe from Rhodes new fabulous Cookbook. Home Baked Family Favorites is jam packed full of scrumptious recipes & beautiful pictures. I finally  narrowed it down, and made PETAL PULL-APARTS. Trust me, they are darn good! They…

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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar - January 19, 2012 - 10:53 am

This sounds so yummy! And it’s so pretty too!

Amberly Lambertsen - January 19, 2012 - 11:16 am

This looks delicious! I’ll have to take it to dinner sometime!

Lenette - January 19, 2012 - 11:18 am

Beautiful tutorial! It looks so delish!

Erin @ Texanerin Baking - January 19, 2012 - 12:27 pm

Wow, that looks amazing! I wish we had frozen rolls like that in Germany. We don’t have rolls like that here, period. Oh well. Your creation is absolutely beautiful. I imagine they taste perfect. :)

Jonna - January 19, 2012 - 12:41 pm

Hi Erin,
You could make the same thing, only use homemade bread or roll dough.
It wouldn’t be as easy or convenient, but it would work just as well.
Possibly you have another brand available to you there….in the freezer section.
Jonna

Barbara @ Barbara Bakes - January 19, 2012 - 2:31 pm

This looks fabulous! What a fun idea. Although I do feel a little sad for the person who doesn’t get any jam in the middle.

Jonna - January 19, 2012 - 3:35 pm

Me too!
I don’t know what I was thinking.
Jonna

Claire @ Claire K Creations - January 20, 2012 - 11:20 am

How pretty! I can’t get frozen rolls in Australia but I’m sure I could use this idea for other doughs and even just for regular bread.

colleen - January 20, 2012 - 1:31 pm

I made these and they were so good! I alternated the petal with raspberry jam and lemon pie filling. They taste like the danish I get at the bakery. Thanks again!

Brianna - January 21, 2012 - 7:54 am

I want these ASAP
they look perfect

CHERRY CRUNCH DESSERT

Decadently Delicious. Prepared in a snap. That pretty much describes this Cherry Crunch Dessert. I thought it might be fun, to highlight some of my very favorite recipes. Cherry Crunch has to be one of my top 5 desserts! You could make this with Blueberry, Peach or use any pie filling you choose. The crumble…

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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar - January 16, 2012 - 6:00 pm

This sounds so yummy!

ChiTown Girl - January 16, 2012 - 6:18 pm

My mom has been making this recipe (we call them Cherry Squares) for over 40 years. Aren’t they delish!? I, personally, haven’t made them in probably 20 years, so I think I know what I’m going to be doing this week… ;-)

jennica - January 16, 2012 - 10:41 pm

Jonna I just love your blog. I made your fudge recipe yesterday! I remember eating your reject ends last christmas :) hope we can come visit soon!

Jonna - January 17, 2012 - 8:11 am

Thanks Jennica…Love you!

Janet Hawkes - January 17, 2012 - 8:17 am

Sounds yummy!!!! Looking forward to more ideas.

christina - January 17, 2012 - 4:32 pm

Just started following your blog and got this in my email yesterday. I left out the nuts and used blueberry instead of cherry. My guy is a blueberry hound. Long story short…Yum!!! Such a great short cut recipe. Minutes in stead of hours and such fantastic results. Hits all the senses! Thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to trying many more!

Jonna - January 17, 2012 - 4:40 pm

Thanks Christina,
When my girls were all home, we always used Blueberry, and left out the nuts!
Good minds think alike. Now that the girls are all married, I decided Cherry was my favorite.
Jonna

Kim B. - January 17, 2012 - 7:54 pm

Yum!! Cannot believe how EASY this recipe is!! YEAH!! Will be making this for my family :)

Yvonne - January 17, 2012 - 11:23 pm

Well hellooooo there Cherry Crunch!!! That looks so good – I made it with the apple pie filling: http://triedandtasty.com/2011/12/apple-crunch-cake/. It didn’t even cross my mind to use cherry pie filling. I think I have cherry pie filling on hand. Heck yes I will be making this: SOON!!! Thanks Jonna!

Slow Cooker – CHICKEN CORDON BLEU

  Do you need an easy, delicious meal . . . fit for a king? It’s very good, but quite difficult to take a picture of. You’ll get the picture! This slow cooker version creates very tender chicken and scrumptious golden sauce. If you don’t have a slow cooker, that’s o.k. You can just bake…

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April - January 13, 2012 - 5:09 pm

This is *exactly* what I was wanting to make this weekend! Thank you so much for the recipe!

Shawn Ann @ Shawn Ann's World - January 14, 2012 - 7:35 am

OHHH that looks so good! I want to print the recipe, however your print button doesn’t work. :( Time for manually printing what I want.

Whatever DeeDee Wants - January 14, 2012 - 9:17 am

My mouth is watering! These look delicious.

Jonna - January 14, 2012 - 10:34 am

I’m sorry Shawn…I’m trying to figure out what went wrong with the print plugin. grrrrr
Jonna

Kristi - January 14, 2012 - 8:02 pm

I made this salad twice during the holidays and it was a hit both times. It is very very good and easy. Everyone wanted the recipe before they left!!! Thanks Jonna

Wendy - January 14, 2012 - 9:27 pm

this sounds delicious…and I think your photos are great!

Jo and Sue - January 15, 2012 - 6:06 pm

I thought I would leave a quick note for you to let you know my sister and I are hosting a giveaway on our blog (for cookbooks!) that we thought you might like to enter. I hope this is okay.
Here is the link – http://joandsue.blogspot.com/2012/01/joandsueblogspotcoms-first-giveaway.html?showComment=1326675055509#c8089753632776105678

You blog is awesome, by the way, we just recently “discovered” you and have loved everything so far. Thank you!

Erin - January 16, 2012 - 1:28 pm

Holy crap that looks good.

Yvonne - January 17, 2012 - 11:32 pm

It’s nearly midnight and I’m ready to head to the kitchen to make this… YUMMY!!!!

Barb - January 19, 2012 - 9:17 pm

Do you have the recipe for the sauce that goes over the Chicken Cordon Bleu

Jonna - January 19, 2012 - 10:18 pm

Sorry Barb…it’s back up!

Jamye - January 20, 2012 - 8:04 pm

Wondering..do you think you could pan fry the chicken and make the sauce at night then combine in slow cooker in AM? Wanting to try this for Sunday lunch but can’t get it all done in the AM. How do you think the chicken would hold up over night? I wonder about it getting soggy. Also, would it help to add a little cornstarch to flour mixture?

Jonna - January 21, 2012 - 10:50 am

Hi Jamye,
Sure….you could fry the chicken and make the sauce at night and cook it the next day.
The flour should be enough of a thickening agent. If the sauce needs to be thicker at the end of cooking time,
you could do cornstarch and cold water, but since it already has flour as thew thickening agent, I would probably mix
a bit of milk with a tablespoon of flour (shake it up really well, so that there aren’t any lumps), then slowly stir it into
the sauce.
Hope this helps,
jonna

Mary - January 23, 2012 - 3:23 pm

Just wondering about a point in the directions. I never says when to add the milk, cream or chicken broth. I am assuming after you cook the roux a bit but you might want to check that since the directions are missing that point.
Thanks.

Jonna - January 23, 2012 - 3:57 pm

Hi Mary,

I’m sorry…it’s added.
jonna