Biscuits and Bucket Lists

Nothing remedies waking up at 6:30 a.m. on a rainy saturday morning quite like trying and perfecting the art of biscuit making. I never shy away from trying a new recipe. I have a stack of “to-try” recipes, a recipe bucket list if you will, and it is a mile high so I need to seize every opportunity to get into the kitchen and whittle it down! Plus, cooking for others is so much more fun than cooking for just myself. I can skimp on butter, calories and general fun when I am cooking for myself; but when I am feeding my friends there will be no short of butter, full fat cheese and taste.

You all surely remember those epic, massive chocolate chip cookies with the mysterious “heath bar” component. I found that recipe on my favorite baking blog, Visions of Sugar Plum. And we all have the author to thank for the extra somethin’ somethin’ on the back of our thighs and bringing browned butter into my life. Browning the butter is the key to the health bar taste. They really were the best chocolate chip cookies ever. Here is another great recipe from my girl in Springfield. These Beer and Sharp Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits are AH-mazing. Not only were they perfectly flakey and delicious but they filled my apartment with the smells of butter and cheese that had my roommate crawling out of bed looking for one. Besides learning how easy it is to make biscuits, I found that you must use really cold butter and you must knead the butter into the dough with your fingertips. This will ensure flakey delight every time.

In addition to my culinary adventures, I actually documented my Bucket List. I have hundreds of post-its and pieces of scratch paper floating around in my many purses, crumpled up with scribbles of things to do and places to see, so expect that this list will grow significantly in the near future.