Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Try this one ...

6 tsp shortening
4 C mashed sweet potatoes
2 C flour
3 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt

Mix dry ingrediants. Add sugar, shortening to hot sweets. Combine all and knead. Roll to 3/4" thick. Cut and bake 425 degrees for 12-15 min.


If you're like most families, won't be many people to complain if not great.


Have all these sweets on hand, so I may make a batch for Sun breakfast. Haven't had them in a long time.

Actually I could eat one now -- lunch time and just finished unloading a ton of hay, bales! Leftover roast beef instead

 

[Mini Horses]

No frost. but we have a layer of fog just on ground level...almost looks like steam. Different look, for sure. Mid 60s later -- I'll take it! It's back to normal.

Many of us are contemplating this year's Thanksgiving celebration. Hopefully everyone can figure a way to be connected safely. For me, it will be unchanged but, small family and all right here, no travel beyond a driveway.

Feed run planned. Walk pastures to view dwindling pastures and growth of rye in closed ones. It's growing...wish I had found seed a month earlier but, it is what it is. Farmer I found grows this each yr so 2021 will be wonderful!. We have some rains coming Sun night...and still warm. Won't hurt! Nice that this is my only big concern. . It's my day.

 

[promiseacres]

Slept in.
Coffee is on. Chores, breakfast then....go to the farm.

 

[farmerjan]

Up early, loaded neighbors calves to go to stockyard and on the road at 6:30. Unloaded, got feed, did chickens at the house, hung 2 loads of clothes..... going to go by the dumpster with some junk and then probably spend the afternoon packing and doing stuff at old house. Floor guys are supposed to come this morning and do the final sanding, and the first coat on the floors.

 

[Baymule]

Try this one ...

6 tsp shortening
4 C mashed sweet potatoes
2 C flour
3 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt

Mix dry ingrediants. Add sugar, shortening to hot sweets. Combine all and knead. Roll to 3/4" thick. Cut and bake 425 degrees for 12-15 min.


If you're like most families, won't be many people to complain if not great.


Have all these sweets on hand, so I may make a batch for Sun breakfast. Haven't had them in a long time.

Actually I could eat one now -- lunch time and just finished unloading a ton of hay, bales! Leftover roast beef instead

That looks good and easy too!

 

[Mini Horses]

FOG....dense fog....can barely see 100' out. Glad I don't have to drive anywhere. And they say it will be overcast today, so very slow burn off. I'll do feed chores and head inside for a while. . I really need to do some cleaning chores inside anyway.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee! My husband almost always gets up before I do and makes coffee.

@Mini Horses I have tons of Giant Pink Banana squash, reckon I could use that in place of the sweet potatoes? That seems like a lot of sweet potato and not much flour, but I'll give it a try. What about adding cinnamon or other spices? The sweet potatoes are sweeter than the squash,, I'd have to add more sugar. I'll make it with sweets first, but there is that squash idea in the back of my mind.....

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on. Snow.... just a dusting. Can't say it makes me happy. But it's the season. Mil canceled Thanksgiving I expected it. But it really sucks.

 

[Baymule]

We are going to my sister's for Thanksgiving. It will be a very small gathering, maybe 6 people.

 

[Mini Horses]

@Mini Horses I have tons of Giant Pink Banana squash, reckon I could use that in place of the sweet potatoes? That seems like a lot of sweet potato and not much flour, but I'll give it a try. What about adding cinnamon or other spices? The sweet potatoes are sweeter than the squash,, I'd have to add more sugar. I'll make it with sweets first, but there is that squash idea in the back of my mind.....

Don't know as I've never tried. But is this squash moister? That may require a touch more flour...may need to adjust shortening a touch...remember these are biscuits. Notice with this much sweet potato, no water is in this. It's about taste and texture. Try with sweets, then again with squash. That way you have a comparison. Sure you could add spices but then you get into breads and a different texture. Use honey or flavored butters.....I like them dripping in butter.

You could always add spice to half the batch before rolling out and try them.