This is my second time making a bread using only my sourdough starter. It worked well and tasted great, although it does take a total of around 3 days from start to finish. This recipe is adapted from Ken Forish’s book Evolutions in Bread: Artisan Pan Breads and Dutch-Oven Loaves at Home. It is a Read More …
This is an idea for an easy and quick special dish for a weekend breakfast. Amounts shown are per person. This same idea could be followed with home-made biscuit dough, other kinds of sausage, and other cheese. This is how I made them this morning. 2 Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk Biscuit Doughs 6 Little Smokies sausages, Read More …
Cheesy Damper is an Australian quick bread which was demonstrated on the Rachel Ray show. It can be ready in about 30 minutes. I have 2 versions below, a larger one suitable for a 12-inch cast iron skillet, and a smaller one suitable for a 9-inch cake pan. Since I had some mini-pepperoni on hand Read More …
This recipe made 9 pancakes made out of ¼ cup each of batter. That is enough for 2-3 people. I used a third whole wheat flour to give the pancakes a fuller flavor. 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup whole wheat flour ½ tsp. baking soda Pinch of salt 1-1/4 cups whole fat buttermilk 1 Read More …
Very good cinnamon rolls can be made for breakfast in about 40 minutes if they are based on biscuit dough rather than yeast dough. Here is how I made them this morning for two people, combining Buttermilk Biscuits for Two with some ideas in Cooks Illustrated’s The Quick Recipe. These could easily be scaled up Read More …
This is half a batch of buttermilk biscuits encasing a browned and split 4 oz. smoked sausage, some grated cheddar, and pickled jalapenos. It was a fairly quick and tasty breakfast
I have been thinking about making savory biscuits by mixing meat, cheese, onions, etc. into the biscuit dough. I have noticed that it is much easier to incorporate such ingredients in low gluten biscuit dough than in high gluten bread dough. This version is Buttermilk Biscuits for Two plus 5 oz. of Taylor pork roll, Read More …
This is a vegetarian version of biscuit bombs, combining Buttermilk Biscuits and Potato and Cheese Filling. ¼ cup of filling per Biscuit Bomb. A full batch of the filling will fill 16 biscuits. I like to add a little SriRacha or other hot sauce to the biscuit bombs.
We recently bought a large quantity of peaches at a roadside stand in eastern North Carolina, and decided to turn many of them into jam. This version is an adaptation of a recipe in Southern Living’s Little Jars, Big Flavors, and it turned out very well. It made a little more than 9 half-pint jars. Read More …
Biscuit bombs with home-made buttermilk biscuits are quite easy to make as explained in my posting on Biscuit Bombs. They can be made even more easily with large store-bought biscuit dough. Each of the doughs should be flattened out to about a 6 inch circle and then a covered by a layer of shredded cheddar Read More …