How To Bake

The Easy Way to Make Biscuits and Gravy in About 15 Minutes
Dennis WeaverJun 20, 2024
You can make your biscuits from scratch or from a mix. If you use a just-add-water biscuit mix, you don’t have to stop and measure. You don’t have to cut the butter into the flour with a pastry knife. Just add water, form, and bake. You can also make your gravy from scratch although a just-add-water gravy mix makes it super easy; you can do it on the stovetop. Sauté the burger or sausage and maybe a little onion and add it to the gravy.
How to Build Strawberry Shortcakes with Cinnamon Chip Biscuits
Dennis WeaverJun 19, 2024
Cinnamon chip breakfast biscuits are very good. They're sweetened biscuits loaded with cinnamon chips. The cinnamon chips deliver a burst of sweet cinnamon in every bite. Warm from the oven, split open with a dab of butter, these are incredible. It's like Grandma's cinnamon rolls but whole lot easier to make.
For the love of strawberries . . .
Dennis WeaverJun 18, 2024
We love strawberries. But they don't hold up well in the oven. Still, they're an...
How to Build Traditional Strawberry Shortcakes with a Biscuit Mix
Dennis WeaverJun 18, 2024
When strawberries are good, use them every chance you get. Use them on cereal, on cake,...
Favorite Strawberry Salads
Dennis WeaverJun 18, 2024
Last week I was in a restaurant an ordered Strawberry Roasted Red Beet Salad. It was very good. The produce was fresh. The strawberries were halved. the red beats were cut in 3/4-inch cubes, and the chicken was grilled and sliced. The salad was served on arugula, any greens would do, and with a sweet, thick vinaigrette. The oil in the vinaigrette was olive oil.
The Care and Keeping of Strawberries
Dennis WeaverJun 18, 2024
Not much is better than fresh, succulent strawberries. But they are kind of fragile little creatures. When shopping for strawberries, pick only the best, ripe strawberries free from bruises.