Recipe: Big Daddy Biscuits :)

Big Daddy Biscuits :) 

recipe adapted by ~ JaeRachelle 

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour & 1 cup whole wheat flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar (I don't always use the sugar)

1/3 cup palm shortening (or butter)

1 cup milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.

Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead a few times. Pat out dough on a floured surface to about 1 - 1 1/2 inches thick. Cut biscuits with a large biscuit cutter. Repeat until all dough is used. Place biscuits onto an ungreased (the flour on the bottom of the biscuit makes it so that it won’t stick) baking sheet.  Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.  Serves 6. Enjoy :) 

Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies

It seems like most everyone loves chocolate chip cookies.... :) This recipe turned out really well, I actually got it off of a chocolate chip bag that we recently got. My family loved them, and I have been trying different recipes to get one that was good. The great thing was they didn't completely flatten out like our usual recipe does, they stayed pretty puffy!! They did get a little harder though the next day.... But over all it's pretty good!

 

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2/3 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup granulated cane sugar
½ cup butter
½ cup palm shortening
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 ½ - 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease two baking sheets.  In a large bowl, beat together both sugars, butter, shortening, salt, vanilla, vinegar, and baking soda until smooth and creamy.  Add in the egg and beat until smooth and all ingredients are thoroughly combined.  Mix in the flour and then the chocolate chips, just until combined.  Spoon 1 1/4” balls of dough onto prepared cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.  Bake for 11-12 minutes, or until browned just right! Cool before removing from cookie sheets. Enjoy :)

 

God Bless You!!

Recipe: Blueberry Muffins

Blueberry Muffins

Recipe adapted by JaeRachelle :)

 

Makes 24-30 muffins

Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 large eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease or line with paper muffin cups, the muffin tins.

In a large bowl, blend together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, milk, honey, and butter until smooth.  Add the wet ingredients to the dry, blending until just moistened.  Stir in the blueberries.

Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each one about 3/4 full.  Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.  Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5-7 minutes.  Serve warm, or invert onto the rack and cool completely before storing in an airtight container. Enjoy :) 

 

I made these muffins for breakfast this morning and they were really yummy!! They were very moist, and the best thing was they had no sugar!! I love finding recipes with no sugar...! I do think that it might be kind of good to add some lemon zest maybe, it'd add a little more flavor I think...but I don't know, so if you make this - play around with the recipe and let me know what you think : )

Oh yeah, this is so off the topic of baking (people who know me well though, know that I like to do and say things off topic quite often!! So be prepared in the future of random off topic thoughts...), but to get back on the topic! ;) It snowed/hailed at our place on Monday!!! Here's a picture, sorry it's a blurry iPod picture though...but hey, better than nothing, right?:)  

We usually don't expect this cold of weather till around the middle of November, so this was a surprise! It was pretty though and is making me get all excited about Winter....

 

Recipe: Honey 'N' Oat Cinnamon Pancakes

 

Honey 'N' Oat Cinnamon Pancakes

recipe adapted by Jaeleen  

Ingredients:

3 cups whole wheat flour

4 tablespoons baking powder

2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

4 cups whole milk

¾ cup honey

4 eggs

1 cup rolled oats

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, mix together the flours, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

2. In a measuring cup or bowl, measure out the milk. Add the honey and egg and beat for 1 minute, or until the honey has completely dissolved into the milk.

3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. The batter should have some small to medium lumps. Gently fold in the rolled oats.

4. Preheat your skillet over a medium heat and brush with butter. Using a 1/4-cup measure scoop the batter onto the warm skillet. Cook for 2-3 minutes until small bubbles form on the surface of the pancake, and then flip. Cook until golden brown.

5. Put them on a plate, add some syrup, and enjoy them with family or friends :)

 

 

These are yummy, filling, and simple! I really like the cinnamon with the oats...

 

Recipe: Pizza Sticks!

Hello! I am hoping to be posting my favorite recipes as I have time, so hope you enjoy :) The first recipe is Pizza Sticks, yummy! They are so simple and good and take little time to make, perfect match, right?! So...here you go :)

Don't they look pretty too?!! I know it sounds funny to call it "pretty" but I think it is... Okay, here's the recipe :p

Pizza Sticks

recipe adapted by Jaeleen Leever – photography by Jaeleen Leever

 

Ingredients:

 

2 ½ cups flour, part whole wheat and part unbleached all-purpose  

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

 

1 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons oil

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon honey

fresh rosemary, several sprigs of all the fresh herbs

fresh oregano

fresh basil

fresh thyme

1 stick melted butter

about 2 cups cheese

parmesan cheese, if desired

pizza sauce

 

Directions:

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix together the flour, yeast, and salt.  Then add the oil, honey and warm water.  Briskly stir together all of the ingredients.  Turn onto a floured work surface and knead for about five minutes, then let rest for five minutes. 

 

Roll out the dough on parchment paper, into a 7 ½ by 11 ½ inch rectangle.  Brush with the melted butter. 

 

Then chop up all the fresh herbs, the amount is completely up to your taste, so chop up as much as you desire.  Sprinkle the herbs all over the dough. 

 

Next, sprinkle the cheese all over the dough, lightly press the cheese down, then take one end of the dough and quickly flip it over top of the other half of dough.  Seal the edges and then lift it on a cookie sheet.  Peel off the parchment paper on the top. 

 

Bake for 24-30 minutes.  In the last few minutes lightly brush with some butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese if desired.  Dip in warm pizza sauce, and enjoy!!

 

 

 

 Go make it for lunch now!:)

 

 

In Christ,

Jaeleen :)