super simple biscuits

I have been making these biscuits for years now; I don’t even remember where I got the recipe from, but they are delicious. You will never want to buy canned biscuits again.

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons baking powder

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons white sugar

2/3 cup shortening

2 cups milk 

preheat oven to 425 degrees, then mix together all dry ingredients and then cut in the shorting with a pastry cutter (or a fork) till it looks like little balls in with the dry ingredients

 Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead 15 to 20 times.

Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. 

 Cut biscuits with a large cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used.

   Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.

They are delicious for biscuits and gravy, or with homemade honey butter, or heck even just plan butter!!!

sweet & sour chicken | fried rice

This too was one of the very first recipe’s I pinned, and omg I love it and so does all my family! It’s always a hit no ma tter who I cook it for! and the best part its baked, and gluten free!!

The chicken coating:

3-4 boneless chicken breasts

salt + pepper

1 cup cornstarch

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup canola oil

The sweet and sour sauce:

3/4 cup sugar

4 tbs ketchup

1/2 cup distilled white vinegar

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp garlic salt

Optional:

half onion 

1-2 bell peppers OR

4-5 mini sweet peppers 

preheat your oven to 325° degrees. Rinse your chicken breasts in water and then cut into cubes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Dip chicken into the cornstarch to coat, then dip into the eggs Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet and pan-fry chicken pieces just until slightly browned but not cooked through. Place chicken on a coockie sheet  

 

Mix all of your sweet and sour sauce ingredients in a bowl with a whisk. Pour evenly over the chicken. Bake chicken for one hour, uncovered. While it bakes you will need to turn the chicken every 15 minutes. If you want to add the peppers and onions, add them 30 minutes into cook time.

  just look at that, delish!!

Now I fail, and didn’t get any photos of the rice while I was making it! but its so easy and way better than any take out! 

  

Ingredients:  

3 cups cooked white rice 

3 Tablespoons sesame oil (or vegetable oil) 

1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed) 

1 small onion, chopped 

2 teaspoons minced garlic 

2 eggs, slightly beaten 

3-4 Tablespoons soy sauce

On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender. Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side, then pour eggs on the other side of skillet. Stir fry until scrambled. Now add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well. Stir fry until thoroughly heated!

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