Mmmmm Bread...

Buttery, flaky, melt in your mouth, homemade buttermilk biscuits?  Yes, I think I will.  A true southern girl understands the importance of a homemade biscuit.  There are so many recipes out there though; and many of them are a little too complicated to mess with when you're trying to get breakfast ready and a family ready.  I like when someone says, "Hey, I've got this great recipe. It's only got three ingredients and easy to make!"  Sounds great to me!  Well, I've got this great recipe. It's only got three ingredients and it's easy to make! :)
The recipe is actually a "secret" family recipe from my husband's father.  I've never really understood secret recipes because, why wouldn't someone want to share something good with others.  As we all learned in elementary school, secrets don't make friends.  Also, I have permission to share this with you so here goes:

Ingredients
3 Cups of baking mix (your choice of brand)
1 Stick of butter- cut into pieces
Buttermilk (I know, not very exact.  That's what you get with a southern family recipe...just bear with me)

Directions
1. Put the baking mix into a large bowl
2. Cut butter into the mix with a fork.  Mix until pieces of butter are covered.
3. Pour in buttermilk a little at a time and mix until a sticky dough forms (about the consistency of cookie dough).

4. Coat a cutting board and rolling pin with flour or baking mix.  (you can't use too much flour/mix)
5. On the flour coated board, roll dough out with a rolling pin until it's about 3/4 of an inch thick.

6. Cut biscuits out of the dough with a biscuit cutter (or a large drinking glass if you don't have a biscuit cutter).

7. Place biscuits on a non stick pan and bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes.

8. If you enjoy butter, you can brush a little more on the top of the biscuits...just cause :)

9. Enjoy!  And let me know what you think. :)

"Ain't it the Life?"

Ever since I was young, I have enjoyed being creative, crafty, and even a little inventive.
I remember when I was in 5th grade we had to draw a picture of something we wanted to invent. Because I already knew I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up, I decided to invent something that would help me in that job. (Yes, I did become a teacher).  So, I created a chalk board that had robot hands on the sides to write on and erase the board for you!  You didn't have to mess with all that chalk everywhere, and there was no risk of the dreaded fingernail scraping along the board. I know, right?  Awesome. Little did I know, dry erase boards were soon to make their appearance into the 1990's classroom, making my chalkboard invention obsolete.  Also, I'm pretty sure Old Navy owes me something for their most recent back to school themed commercials.  Watch closely (at around the 7 second mark):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJQWSbA0YdI
Anyway, Instead of being a rich inventor while also receiving royalties from Old Navy every time that commercial aired, I am a wife and a mommy and a photographer and a Jr. High girls basketball coach who likes to be creative on the side.  So, why not add a little blogging to that list of fun things in my life?
I live in North Alabama, and you should also know that just because I live in Alabama, that doesn't make me an Alabama fan.  War Eagle!  I do, however, enjoy other stereotypical Southern things such as-  sweet tea, grits, chocolate gravy, and my Nana's Mississippi Mud Cake. (Shout out to the hubby's home state of Mississippi).  We have honeysuckle and lightening bugs in the summer, and days out of school because of snow flurries in winter.  Most importantly, I have the best family in the world, the most loving husband, the cutest 5 month old baby boy, and a Savior who loves me beyond what I can imagine. What a blessed life I have here on this earth!