Friday, November 20, 2015

Peanut Butter Cookies

During the holiday season I love eating cookies, and festive treats. Since peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I decided to make some peanut butter cookies. I got the idea one night when I was home alone and was craving some sort of peanut buttery treat. I had the idea to make this recipe. They fulfilled my craving for a peanut butter snack, and were a household hit! I hope you enjoy my recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies!

3/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter, at room temperature
1 egg
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cup flour

Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Mix together the butter and sugar until fully combined. Then, add the egg, vanilla extract, and peanut butter and mix together. 


Next, add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and combine until the mixture is smooth and everything is fully incorporated.




 Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and use a ice cream scoop to scoop the cookies into uniform shape. 


Bake in the oven for about 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.



 Let them cool, and enjoy!



Monday, November 2, 2015

Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and gravy is a Southern staple, that to me is the epitome of comfort food. When I used to go to lunch with my grandma in Monroe, I would get the biscuits and gravy. It tasted so good and I wanted to recreate that dish at home. A few weeks ago, I would have thought that making the gravy would be way harder to make that it actually is. It is simply sausage, meat, flour, heavy cream, and some salt. I am so proud of how this recipe came out, and I hope that you enjoy it just as much as I do!

Ingredients:
1 pound sausage meat (I used Jimmy Dean)
1/3 cup of flour
about 3 cups of whole milk
1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Using your fingers tear the sausage meat into small pieces and add them into the pan. Then, let the meat brown on one side, then stir the meat.


Once the meat is browned, add the flour to the sausage meat, then stir until full incorporated. Let the sausage meat and flower cook for a minute or two.


Next, add about 2 and a half of the milk to the sausage meat and let it cook for a few minutes, then keep adding milk if the gravy is too thick.


Once the gravy is done add some salt and pepper to taste.To make the biscuits here is a link to my biscuit recipe. Finally, put some gravy on top of a biscuit that has been cut in half, and enjoy!