Merry Happy

*coughcoughcough* Smoke alarm's almost going off. Some cabbage Ukrainian thing my dad made dripped and burned...so the house smells great. Just awesome. Christmas snuck up on me this year. It's different in college, at least it was for me. I was so focused on finals and my impending doom (just kidding...I think...) that I lost some of that Christmas anticipation I had when I was younger. Pretty much this year I got home, slept off the finals fatigue for a couple days, and hey, would you look at that, it's Christmas. 

 

So maybe some traditions and feelings will be changing in the coming years. But I think there are some things that probably won't change, at least as long as my brother the ham-monger is in the house. I thought some biscuits would be a nice accompaniment to the meal. 

I found this recipe while casually riffling through this massive Better Homes and Gardens cookbook my sister had. I needed some bread in a hurry, and so the biscuits were made. And they were...way better than anyone was expecting I think. They're good with butter or honey or jelly...so you can basically eat them whenever you want. Hooray! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for reading :) Hopefully this new year will be filled with more cooking adventures. 

 

My lovely sister!

 Biscuits Supreme 

from Better Homes and Gardens

Ingredients

• 3  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1  tablespoon  baking powder
• 1  tablespoon  sugar
• 1  teaspoon  salt
• 3/4  teaspoon  cream of tartar
• 3/4  cup  butter
• 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup heavy cream    

  Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add milks all at once. Using a fork, stir just until moistened. Using a large spoon, drop dough into 12 mounds (I uh, made 25 smaller biscuits) onto a greased baking sheet.