Good & Perfect Gifts: molly & drew Beer Bread Company

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Simple 4th of July Foods To Make From molly & drew, the Beer Bread Company

A lot of people will be starting their 4th of July celebrations this weekend and making them last for an extra-long holiday until Tuesday, July 4. That means parties, picnics, and backyard barbecues. Good & Perfect Gifts in Eldon has some delicious gourmet foods that are quick and easy to make, and everyone will love them!

molly & drew
A product that our Lake of the Ozarks gift shop is thrilled to offer the lake area is the delicious treats from molly & drew, the Beer Bread Company. They started in Iowa with only 100 bags of homemade beer bread mix to sell. Today you can find their products in thousands of retail stores all over the USA. Molly is the brand's fearless leader, and Drew is actually her lovable English Bulldog.

The mixes not only taste amazing, but they are incredibly simple to make. All you need to do is add a 12-oz. beer or other carbonated beverage to the bagged mix and bake it. These mixes come in many wonderful flavors, and the carbonated beverage that you add to them can change the flavor slightly. They have also branched out from just bread mixes and added dip mixes and dessert mixes.

We've shared a couple of simple recipes that you may want to try out this weekend. Our inventory changes from time to time, but this week, while they last, we have the following flavors available.

Beer Bread

American Original
Gluten Free Original
Garlic Parmesan
Taste of Tuscany
Cinnamon Crumble

Sweet & Smokey Spinach Dip Mix

recipe & photo from BeerBreadCompany.com

Garlic Parmesan Stix

1 Garlic Parmesan Beer Bread Mix
12-oz. beer or other carbonated beverage
1 stick real better, melted
1/4 C Parmesan cheese, grated
1 T dried oregano

Prepare the bread mix per instructions on the bag. Spread on a greased 16x12 pan (cookie sheet) and bake for 10-12 minutes. Take out of the oven and brush with remaining butter. Sprinkle with Parmesan and oregano. Bake for 10 minutes. Cut into strips with a pizza cutter. Enjoy with your favorite marinara sauce.

Smokin' Stuffed 'shrooms

recipe & photo from BeerBreadCompany.com

1 Sweet & Smokey Spinach Dip Mix
1-lb. sausage (cooked & crumbled)
2 T real butter
24-oz. fresh mushrooms (separate & chop only the stems)
1 8-oz. block cream cheese
1/2 C Parmesan cheese, shredded

Add butter to chopped stems and microwave 2 minutes. Stir, then add the dip mix, cream cheese, sausage, and Parmesan cheese and stir again. Stuff the mushroom caps with the mix. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

Dessert
If you prefer to whip up something sweet to take to your 4th of July party, molly & drew have you covered there too. Our Lake of the Ozarks gift shop has their delicious "Butter Me Up! Beer Cake Mix"in stock. It combines robust vanilla with creamy butter with a little added beer (or other carbonated beverage) and an egg. Top it with frosting and sprinkle on a few red, white, & blue sprinkles for a patriotic treat.

We also have their incredible Mug Cakes at Good & Perfect Gifts in Ooey-Gooey Chocolate and Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel. These are single serving, moist, scrumptious cakes that can be made in a mug in the microwave in just 90 seconds! Simply add water, stir, and cook. These make great hostess gifts.

All of us at Good & Perfect Gifts want to wish everyone a very happy 4th of July holiday. Have tons of fun, eat lots of good food, and stay safe!

A popular destination gift shop near the

Lake of the Ozarks

1603 Business Hwy 54,

Eldon, Missouri 65026

573-392-7900

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Delicious Football Foods From Our Gourmet Mixes

Football season is upon us, which means tailgating and football parties, and that means preparing food & drinks for lots of hungry people. Our Lake of the Ozarks gift shop has a large variety of mouth-watering gourmet mixes that will allow you to make some very impressive treats to fill up those football lovers. Today we are featuring a few recipe ideas from two of Good & Perfect Gifts' most popular companies: molly & drew-the Beer Bread Company, and Wind & Willow.

MOLLY & DREW
The delicious Beer Bread Company mixes from molly & drew combine two things that are always welcome when football is on: beer & snacks! (Although you can use another carbonated beverage in place of the beer for these recipes if you prefer.) You can bake the beer bread in mini muffin tins for a tray full of bite-size treats for the crowd. A few flavors we carry are: American Original, Gluten Free Original, Garlic Parmesan, and Taste of Tuscany.

These mixes also make amazing pizza crusts! Simply add 12 ounces of beer or another carbonated beverage to the mix and spread the dough onto a greased pizza pan or stone, bake at 350° until lightly browned, add toppings, then return to the oven until toppings are done. For a thicker crust, simply use less liquid. The dip mixes from molly & drew even taste great as a pizza topping.

You can tackle dessert with molly & drew mixes too. A new item that we have at Good & Perfect Gifts is their Mug Cake Kits. They are super simple to make, as the video below demonstrates, and as it states, you can have "cake today and, coffee tomorrow" thanks to the adorable cup that the mix comes in. (It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas stocking stuffers, and these would be perfect!) When they're done, you'll have a single serving of yummy Ooey Gooey Chocolate Brownie Cake Mix to enjoy.

WIND & WILLOW
The incredible mixes from Wind & Willow are extremely versatile, allowing you to use them for much more than dips. The Brick Oven Pizza Cheesball & Appetizer Mix, when baked onto pizza crust, gives your homemade pizza a brick oven taste. Stuffed jalapenos are a popular football food, and many of the dips make an incredible filler for those. The BLT Cheeseball Appetizer Mix is used in these delicious Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos.

You can choose your favorite flavors of Wind & Willow's Cheeseball & Appetizer Mixes to add a tasty kick to steak fries, along with a little olive oil and shredded cheeses. The perfect companion to those burgers & brats on the grill. The Spinach-Artichoke Cheeseball & Appetizer Mix will please your crowd simply used as a dip, but you can also stuff it into a few mushroom caps and really impress their taste buds.

Last but not least, everyone will want something sweet to go along with all of the salty and spicy flavors of the day. The Lemon or Key Lime Pie Cheeseball & Dessert Mixes make a flavorful quick cheesecake. This season is also perfect for the Caramel Apple Cheeseball & Dessert Mix. It tastes amazing spread onto apple slices, or you can make this Caramel Apple Popcorn. Your guests will be eating it in great big handfuls!

Great Food for Hungry Crowds
The best part about these recipes is that they require very little effort to prepare, yet they taste as if you slaved away in the kitchen all day long. The gourmet mixes that we carry often change from season to season, so you will want to stop by our gift shop at the Lake of the Ozarks to see what we have for you this week. Good & Perfect Gifts in Eldon can even help you with creative recipe ideas for the items that we carry. Whip up a few of these treats, and your guests will be the real winners at your next football party.

A popular destination gift shop near the

Lake of the Ozarks

1603 Business Hwy 54,

Eldon, Missouri 65026

573-392-7900

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