School starting

Tomorrow is the first day of school.  Quickly fading are the long lazy days of summer and swimming every day, and fast approaching are crisp days, warm rich tones and delicious smells.

Monkey will be starting 3rd grade, which also means this will be the first year she will have standardized tests, currently called STAAR.

Monster will be starting 1st grade and she is very apprehensive.  She was last year as well but adjusted easily and I have no doubt she will adjust again.

Today I asked them what they would like for breakfast in the morning.  Monster requested biscuits with country gravy but Monkey doesn't like gravy so she wanted a breakfast sandwich.

To save time, I went ahead and made the biscuits tonight.

Cheddar and Chive on the left, regular on the right

These biscuits are so simple and delicious, they have become one of my default recipes.  And look!! It even says it in the recipe name, they are quick!

Quick Drop Biscuits

2 cups of flour
1 Tb of baking powder
2 tsp of sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 cup of butter melted
1 cup of milk

Preheat oven to 450°F.
Mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together.  Dump in milk and melted butter and stir just until mixed.  Do NOT overmix.
Spray your baking sheet with cooking spray and drop batter by the spoonful onto sheet.  Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

The great thing about this recipe is how versatile it is.  You can add herbs and cheese to make savory biscuits, or add fruit to make them sweet.  I made 2 batches tonight.  One regular, and one cheddar and chive.  I added about a cup of shredded cheddar cheese and about 1 Tb of chives to the dry ingredients before adding the wet.

In the morning, I will make country gravy for the regular biscuits and eggs and sausage to go on the cheddar chive biscuits.

I may not look forward to school starting but I am looking forward to breakfast!!