Desserts: Cheesecake Sopapilla

Kelly is all about desserts this week.  Check out Kelly's Korner for more great desserts!

Last weekend was my friend, Kathleen's, wedding shower.  It was lots of fun, and I must say, we hostesses outdid ourselves on the food.  Everything tasted delicious.  For my dessert I made Cheesecake Sopapillas.  I use igoogle as my home page, and I have a how-to section.  This recipe popped up one day, looked yummy, so I tried it, and it exceeded my expectation.  They were a hit at the party, and I was sending people home with baggies full!

Things You'll Need

(3) 8oz. packages cream cheese
1 cup & 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cans crescent roll dough
1 stick butter (melted)
1 tsp. cinnamon


Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x13 in. baking dish.

2 In a large bowl, mix together all 3 packages of cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, & 1 tsp. vanilla.
Set aside--this is the filling.

3 Roll out 1 can of the crescent roll dough as a sheet into the bottom of your 9x13 in greased baking dish. Press together any gaps so that dough does not come apart at the seams.

4 Spread filling out evenly on top of the bottom layer of dough.

5 Roll out 2nd can of crescent roll dough as a sheet and carefully lay on top of the filling. Again, press together any gaps at the seams so that the filling does not ooze out.

6 Pour 1 stick of melted butter over the top. Spread with pastry brush if you wish.

7 Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon together with fork. Sprinkle this mixture evenly across the top.

8 Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.


I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.  Head on over to Alissa's Alissa's 33 Shades of Green to check out more great recipes.

Running and Pasta

I'm starting to see how this running stuff consumes people.  I did my Sunday run, but wasn't able to run Monday or Tuesday, so tonight I was back at it.  I went to the gym earlier than normal tonight to do a run before I had my late night workout.  Well, as soon as I walk in, late night workout buddy says, you need to go run 2 miles before the gym closes.  When I look at the clock, that's 17 minutes away!!  I run up the stairs and start running, and while I didn't quite meet that deadline, I did get two miles in in less than 23 minutes.  I know, no lightning speed, but good for me...last Monday I ran one mile in 11:44, tonight was 2 miles in a little less than 11:30/mile average.  It's funny, because I'm boderline miserable while doing it.  Tonight after I finished the first mile, I thought, I can't believe marathon runners do 26 of these, I can't imagine having to go another 25 miles, but now that I'm sitting on my couch a couple of hours later, I'm so glad I did it, and want to do it again.
Pasta... I was so hungry when I left work last night, but I had come across this recipe for pasta yesterday and I wanted to try it.  I am a pasta lover, any way you cook it with whatever you put in it.  I made a quick run to Publix for the tomatos and spinich and then home to start cooking.  I did add in some portobello mushrooms I had in the fridge.  It was super easy, and so yummy.  I took some leftovers to my mom today for lunch and she was loving it.  Hope you enjoy, too!