What a versatile recipe. I used refrigerated pizza dough instead of the french bread and it turned out great. Experiment with what you know you like--ham & swiss with ranch dressing makes a terrific breakfast bread for an easy brunch dish. The kids and my husband liked this.

Reviewed On: Nov. 16, 2007

I had high hopes for this dessert and am a little disappointed. After the first time through I experimented with different ingredients and techniques. They were tastier with a pineapple cake mix, if you can find one. I used normal muffin tins, so used only a bit more than a half a pineapple ring in each cup--but they weren't super pretty--the pineapple looked awkward, not pretty & round. I tried a batch in mini-muffin cups with teeny pieces of pineapple, but they didn't come out quite right--the cake part wasn't substanial enough, and the the pinapple pieces just looked weird. In one batch I was a little too generous in spooning the sugar & butter mixture into the cups, and it bubbled out onto the pan and onto the oven. I wanted to serve these for dessert at a formal shower, but I have decided against it--they're cute and yummy, but not quite as pretty as I had hoped.

Reviewed On: Jul. 7, 2007

yum, yum, yum! These were great--no one believed that I made them in the microwave! I highly recommend!

Reviewed On: Aug. 5, 2006