In a week and a half both of my kids will be in school. My youngest is super excited about starting kindergarten and has been talking about it non-stop for pretty much the last two months. I'm excited, but also nervous. I have stayed home with my kids for 8 years and for the first two years after graduate school I looked for work and found nothing. So basically for the last 10 years I have stayed at home. I'm more than a little nervous about both of my kids being in school. Originally I had planned on going back to work when my youngest started kindergarten. However, my area has absolutely no jobs besides fast food and Wal-mart, and when I factor in the additional amount my student loans would go up and child care I probably would probably only break even. So for now I will be staying at home. It will be a time of transition for both my youngest and I and I'm hoping that the next couple of weeks bring lots of positive changes for my whole family.
My family loves biscuits. They are one of their favorite breakfast foods and my youngest will eat two at a time if I let him. I try to add whole wheat flour into my family's diet whenever I can and this morning I made Whole Wheat Beer Biscuits.
Whole Wheat Beer Biscuits
Recipe Type: Breakfast Summary: An easy biscuit recipe using beer and whole wheat flour. Preparation Time: 0h, 5m Cooking Time: 0h, 20m Total Time: 0h, 25m Yield: Serves 8
Adapted from The Sunset Cookbook.
Whole Wheat Beer Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup beer
- Combine flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- With your fingers or a pastry blender cut in the butter.
- Beat egg and then add to flour mixture.
- Add beer and mix just until dough comes together.
- Pat dough into a 1-inch thickness.
- With a 2-inch biscuit cutter cut out biscuits.
- Place on a greased or parchment papered baking sheet.
- Bake in a pre-heated 425 degree oven for 18-20 minutes.
That's it! They have a beautiful rise in the oven and are great either with butter or jam. Any type of beer would work, I used a wheat beer that I already had in the fridge. Have a great week everyone.