Tonight I made this bread loaf and stuffed yummy goodness items such as chicken, blue cheese, mozzarella cheese, and buffalo sauce. Mmmm how could you possibly go wrong with these items? You can’t.

I’ve made this previously but always add whatever is on hand which helps switch it up a bit. :) I think I get bored of recipes and get to “lazy” to drive a half mile down the road and pack my son with me while we traipse through the store for a couple random ingredients. In fact I know I become to lazy for this. Taking Cooper in and out of the car seat and driving 200 feet from door to door while needing bananas is beyond frustrating. Not my thing. The contemplation process of wishing I could lock him in the car for a super quick minute has passed my mind. With my luck something would happen, so I would never attempt this. With that said, I will avoid the store as much as possible. Every two weeks I do my bulk shopping with only a couple random trips for produce items or “run-outs;” items I hadn’t known I was low on.

tonight’s meal turned out fabulously and allowed for me to play with Cooper outside for a bit and even take a walk. This recipe allows for flexibility to prepare this meal when you want.

Ingredients:

Filling:

• 1 cup chicken, diced (any kind any style* see notes below)
• ½ cup Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce
• ½ cup Ken’s blue cheese dressing (any dressing works)
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese
• Chopped brussel sprouts (sub any vegetable)
• Chopped onion
• 4 slices bacon, cooked and chopped

For the bread: (can use store bought croissants**)

• ½ cup warm water
• 2 tsp instant active dry yeast
• 3 tsp sugar
• ½ cup melted butter
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 4 ½ cups flour

Directions:

If you aren’t using croissants, begin bread recipe first. In a mixer add water and yeast and let sit for 3-4 minutes. Then proceed to add remainder of ingredients mixing slowly, except the flour. Once well mixed add flour 1/2 cup at a time until thoroughly mixed.

Cover with tea towel and let rest for an hour. Cook chicken now and set aside. If adding bacon, now is a good time to cook bacon and let cool.

After an hour, the dough will still be sticky and this is good. On a well floured surface begin to knead the dough for a couple turns to get rid of the sticky texture. Roll dough into a large rectangle.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Meanwhile chop chicken, Brussels sprouts, onion, and bacon.

Atop the dough spread buffalo sauce…

dressing…

and cheese….

Top with veggies and chicken
Fold the short edges in…

Roll the log up and place on a large cookie sheet and bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

Serve with salad and a vegetable side, we had corn.

*Note: For the chicken you can use rotisserie chicken, cooked chicken breasts, or already cooked chicken strips. I use all three depending on what’s on hand and how much time I have.

**Note: You can use croissants from the store or make the bread recipe I gave. Personally I love the bread recipe better but in a pinch the croissants work well too. If using croissants, when you unroll from the package they come precut in triangles. Just leave them in one piece once you unroll and push together on the dotted lines to help make one big rectangle.