One of our favorite childhood recipes was our Mama's homemade biscuits with tomato gravy. It was a warm and delicious way to start our Sunday mornings before heading out to Church. So, we thought we would share the love with you and get you to share some back. Even if you don't have a recipe, just share something that brings back a special memory for you. It doesn't even have to be food - that's just what makes us smile! We will draw a name from the comments to receive this cookbook from Pampered Chef. Sorry the picture is so small, but it really is a good cookbook.
Here's our recipes.
Homemade buttermilk biscuits:
2 cups self-rising flour
1/4 cup Crisco shortening
3/4 cup buttermilk (give or take a little)
Heat oven to 450. In large bowl, cut shortening into flour until mixture resembles course crumbs. With a fork, stir in enough buttermilk to form a soft dough or until dough pulls away from sides of bowl (do not over mix). On lightly floured surface, knead just until smooth. Pull apart dough a handful at a time and pat into biscuit shape, then place in greased iron skillet and bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Tomato gravy:
Fry enough bacon to make about 3 T of oil, (or you can use vegetable oil if you don't have bacon). Mix enough flour into the oil to make it the consistency of paste. Mix together and brown flour. Add enough milk to thin flour mixture, then add 1 can of whole tomatoes with juice. After tomatoes are in pan, cut them with the spoon to release juice. Mix and cook on low. If too thick, add a little water.
ENJOY!
Yum! Homemade biscuits and mater gravy! That is what I like for mom to make for my birthday! You may not think it sounds that good but it is Yummy just try it!
ReplyDeletei will just stick to regular homemade gravy thank you.
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Girl, you don't know what you are missing! My mom just made some last week with fresh tomatoes from her garden. If it didn't make the babies spit up (from the milk) I could eat it EVERY day. Another thing I could eat every day is peach cobbler. I'll get the recipe later today. Edi
ReplyDeleteJust thinking about my Grandmother's lasagna and stuffed shells makes me smile. That was our traditional Christmas Eve dinner every year. Makes me sad think think it will be the holidays soon, and we will go through it without her for the first time.
ReplyDeleteOh I can remember my Granny fixing mater gravy when I was a little thing and oh how I wish I had her around to fix it again. Thanks for sharing this recipe - I WILL be trying it out!
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