God Given Cooking Utencils….

There are thousands of kitchen tools/utensils out there.  In some cases, we can make due with our hands.   Of course we wouldn’t want to dip our hand into a piping hot pot of soup to ladle out a serving or two.  I made homemade biscuits this evening.   I used my hands to blend the flour and butter together and to flatten out the biscuit dough.  I used my fingertips to coat the tops with milk and check for doneness.  There is something playful about getting your hands right in the flour and butter…like making mud pies as a kid.  Next time, I’m enlisting Ryan to help me, he’ll love it!

Tonight I whipped up a batch of whole grain biscuits to go with my Crispy Oven Fried Chicken.  Warm Homemade biscuits with a pat of butter and honey served alongside crispy oven friend chicken…so, so good!

I do not measure when making these, much like when I make pancakes or waffles.   Into a large mixing bowl goes white flour, whole wheat flour, wheat germ, a small amount of sugar, baking powder, and a little salt.  With my hands, I blended about 1/3 cup butter into the flour mixture, it resembles cornmeal when it’s ready for liquid.  I didn’t have buttermilk, so I mixed about 1/2 cup plain yogurt with milk and dumped it into the flour mixture. My favorite mixing tool to mix is a fork.  I mix until most of the flour is moistened, dump onto counter and knead into a ball.  Pat into a circle that’s about 1/2″ thick.  Cut with biscuit cutter.  I coat the tops with a little milk, with my fingers, of course!  Bake at 375′ for about 18 minutes.  Carefully, I touch the tops of the biscuits with my finger to check for doneness.

These go together in five minutes…so easy.  Kind of fun to eat a biscuit in lieu of the typical starches.  The boys go CRAZY for them.  Nice treat for a Tuesday evening.

I think these might make an excellent demo video, don’t you think?

Have a great evening!

Angie