Sunday, July 10, 2011

Baking Biscuits

Guhguh taught us how to make biscuits during "Laura" Camp. She showed us how to level the flour, and she told us about the difference between liquid and dry measuring cups.

In the interest of being authentic, we used a Mason jar to cut out our biscuits.


I told the girls about how I (along with my sister and cousins) used to help my grandmama bake biscuits, and my favorite part was when grandmama let us have the tiny pieces of leftover dough to make miniature biscuits. The girls got right to work making miniature biscuits. Then we all tasted the raw biscuit dough. This brought back many wonderful memories of time spent with my grandmama and created new memories for the girls with their grandmama :)



While the biscuits baked, we made butter! We poured heavy cream into baby food jars, dropped in a marble, and shook and shook. I learned the hard way that you CAN shake too hard! I was showing the girls how to shake vigorously and the marble broke my jar!

Eventually, we had butter, and it tasted wonderful on the fresh, homemade biscuits! We ate them all within minutes :)
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5 comments:

  1. *Jess*July 10, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    I'm horrible at making biscuits! I think I need Guhguh's help, too!

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  2. MamaWestWindJuly 10, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    We'll have to do this! We love all things Laura!

    Becca

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  3. AnonymousJuly 10, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    HI Melissa would you mind sharing your recipe?

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  4. Ludicrous MamaJuly 11, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    When I made butter with my MOMS Club, one of the jars broke then too! But that kid wasn't interested in participating, so it busted all over his dad instead :)

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  5. AmberJuly 11, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    I LOVE you idea of doing "Laura Camp"! I've loved the Little House on the Prairie series since I was a little girl, and now am enjoying reading the books with my own two girls. We are definitely going to have to try some "Laura" things. :)

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