Our Perfect Buttermilk Biscuits are soft, buttery, light, and tender – in a word: heavenly. Serve them up with butter, homemade jam, sausage gravy and eggs, or (if you want some real South in your mouth) chocolate gravy! When we were first married, Mr. B wasn't very big on bread at meals, and biscuits in particular were a head-shaker for him. He explained once that almost every biscuit he'd ever eaten was "too hard or too soft, too dry, too bland, too salty, too sweet, too floury, too, too... … [Read more...]
Mom’s Sourdough Hotcakes (Sourdough Pancakes)
This is my Mom's recipe for Sourdough Hotcakes. Crisp, light, and slightly tangy, these delicious Sourdough Pancakes make an easy breakfast or brunch. (They're also a great way to use your leftover sourdough starter!) This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. I guess I was around four the first time I remember having sourdough pancakes. We were staying up at Mister and Missus Houston’s vacation place up on the mountain between Rhododendron and … [Read more...]
Kaylen’s Bread (Easy Sourdough Bread Recipe)
This Easy Sourdough Bread recipe is perfect for beginning bakers and old sourdoughs alike! (Recipe makes a long-rise dough, and requires only sourdough starter: no added yeast.) This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. Some years ago, when I first embarked my own sourdough baking journey, I took a deep-dive into the science of sourdough. I studied as much as I could, and got a feel for the process by testing out all the best beginner bread recipes I … [Read more...]
Homemade Flour Tortillas
Homemade flour tortillas are surprisingly easy to make! With just a simple list of ingredients and a few turns of the rolling pin, you can have warm, fresh, delicious homemade tortillas ready to serve in about a half an hour! This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. It's been more than twenty years since I had first ate a warm, homemade flour tortilla. The memory is as fresh as if it had happened yesterday. I remember watching in fascination as our cousin … [Read more...]
Sweet Skillet Cornbread {with Pan-fried Maple Corn}
Sweet Skillet Cornbread perfectly straddles the border between Southern savory and Northern honey-sweet, and gets an extra pop from pan-fried maple corn. This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. My mother was raised in Missouri (which she adamantly pronounces "Missour-rah," in case you're wondering), and most of the food she cooked for us when I was a child reflected her Show Me State roots. Her cornbread was no exception, with a texture and flavor that … [Read more...]
How to Make Homemade Hamburger Buns
Making beautiful Homemade Hamburger Buns is just about as simple as it gets. Simply mix up your favorite bread dough recipe (or use mine), form buns, and bake! This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. Every two weeks, Mr. B gathers with four or five of his buddies to play poker, catch up on life, and talk fish or sports or work or whatever. They've been doing this for over a decade now, rotating houses and taking turns hosting. It is their custom that … [Read more...]
Easy Authentic Irish Soda Bread
Perfected and approved by real Irish persons, for your pleasure, this Irish Soda Bread is amazingly easy to make. This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. As you may know, St Patrick's Day is my favorite holiday. In fact, I love all things Celtic – even my wedding ring has emeralds and Celtic knots on it – and I've always had a thing for Ireland and the Irish people. I can literally take on a light brogue just thinking about it. (In fact, as I write this, I’m … [Read more...]
Easy Basic Sweet Vanilla Crepes
Thin, delicate, and buttery, our easy Basic Vanilla Crepes are perfect for your sweet fillings and toppings. This tried and true basic crepe recipe can be made in a regular skillet, and requires just seven simple ingredients. This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. If you can make a pancakes, you can make this basic crêpes recipe. Before you get started though, here are a few tips that will make the process even easier: Crêpe Batter Crêpe batter … [Read more...]
Nana’s Old-fashioned Pumpkin Gingerbread
Perfect for the autumn holidays, this Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Gingerbread will fill your home with the scent of the season, and your tummy with delicious goodness. This post may contain affiliate links, but don't worry - they won't bite. By the time Thanksgiving rolled around last year, I swore I'd never read, make, post, or eat another "Pumpkin+anything" recipe as long as I lived! And yet, here we are. Why? Because a year has passed, and like bad breakups and childbirth, time has a way of … [Read more...]
Zucchini-Banana Bread: The Best of Both Worlds!
This hybrid Zucchini-Banana Bread recipe combines the best qualities of two classic quick breads into one delicious loaf. Perfect whenever you need a little something sweet. Try as I might, I've never been able to replicate mom's banana bread. Something's always missing. Maybe it's the smell of our turquoise kitchen, or the slick yellow and chrome kitchen table I sat at to eat. Maybe it's just my mom in her brown flour-covered apron. Her recipe is likely long lost, along with her … [Read more...]
