Starving Artist Ink.

there is nothing like waking up on a saturday morning, a chill in the air…maybe some light drizzle… and the smell of biscuits and gravy cooking.

my papa makes it the best.

in fact, i haven't had it since my papa made it for me…

but 'the time as come', the walrus said…

this was my very first attempt to make home-made biscuits. the gravy will be later-but i don't have light to share… perhaps another time. but on to the biscuits! laaaaaa

in a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.

(go ahead and put a little flour on your work space)

cut butter up into small pieces and blend into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. (i just used my fingers to do this)

add the milk and beaten egg until just combined.

scoop the dough up and place it on your floured surface and knead it gently until it comes together into a smooth dough.

roll it out until it is about a 1/2 inch thickness…  (i didn't have a rolling pin so i just used my hands. no need to be fancy.)

later, i realised that i could have left them a bit thicker… but this was experimenting. trial and error really. i'll know better next time.

now get a round cookie cutter, biscuit cutter… or, like me- a glass. dip in flour and begin cutting out your biscuits.

place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, i 'brushed' the top with a beaten egg so they'd be nice and golden. and put in my preheated oven at 200C (400F) for around 10 minutes.

serve warm with butter and jam…or sausage gravy… yum yum.

they were super quick and easy to make as well.