Buttermilk Biscuits

I've mentioned these biscuits before so I figured it was time I posted the recipe. Homemade biscuits are pure heaven. I don't know how else to describe them. They are comfort food to the extreme. You can do so much with them - covered them with strawberries and cream, fill them with ham and cheese, smother them with gravy, or just eat them butter and jelly. Biscuits make my heart sing.

I found this recipe from Alton Brown about a year ago and I've been using it ever since to make biscuits. As Alton is from Georgia, I knew these would be pretty good. However, I need to get my Nana's recipe because I bet it's even better than this one. This recipe uses half butter and half shortening for the fat. I remember watching Alton Brown make biscuits on his show Good Eats on Food Network once and he said this is because butter gives them a better flavor but shortening gives them a better texture. So half and half is the best of both worlds.

Give them a try! You won't be disappointed. The work is totally worth it.

Sausage Breakfast Rolls

These sausage rolls are one of the things I can eat until I'm sick, which is a very bad thing considering how super easy they are to make.  I'm not much of a breakfast eater and certainly not much of a breakfast maker.  Usually Andrew is the one to make breakfast.  However, these sausage rolls are easy enough for me to want to make in the morning.  I got the recipe from Andrew's sister-in-law Laura (hiiiii!) who fed them to us when we visited a year or so ago.  Mine aren't nearly as pretty as hers (Laura - what's wrong?  Do I fill them up too much?  Do you buy large crescent rolls and I've just been in the dark all this time using original size?) because as you can see I often have to use the edges to hold in the filling.  Do not be deceived by the amount that this recipe makes.  If you are cooking for more than 2 people (and if any of them are boys), you'll be fine.  If you really are just cooking for 2, you can half the recipe.  The filling stays good in the fridge for about a week.

 

By the way.  Yoohoo!  Down here.  Someone told me the other day that they thought my posts were really short and cut off.  Yeah.  You have to click this little 'read more' link to get to the rest of the longer recipe posts.  I just didn't want to clutter things up!  So click!