Hoola in the Kitchen

Hello Blog. So nice to see you.

Hello Finals. I'm afraid I do not share the same sentiment.

Obviously finals are fast approaching. The bad news is finals are approaching. The good news is, once I have dominated them it is officially time to celebrate Christmas. I can't fully enjoy the season with all this hanging over my head.

Now in other news, I have successfully created a craft and successfully made a terrible terrible recipe for rolls. Both of which I will post about.... now.

The craft. If I had a camera to post a picture of it in its almost completed state I would gladly show you. This will have to wait for a rainy day.

The rolls. The biscuits. The baked goop.

Over Thanksgiving break, I found a recipe in a certain Lady's cookbook from Georgia. I will not mention the name of the Lady to protect her identity. It was a recipe for Mayonnaise drop biscuits. I was fascinated because the recipe was SO simple. Mayo, Milk, Flour, Sugar.

I wrote it down and was busting to try it out! I got back to school and realized I didn't have the recipe. No big deal. I go to the old standby allrecipes.com. I find what I'm looking for. The recipe has recieved something like 2,000 reviews and 4 and a half stars. I was so excited thinking "This is it. This is wonderful! A simple, quick bread to serve with dinner!" I immediately whip up a batch since the recipe calls for things I always have on hand. I pop those babies in the oven and in 12 minutes..VOILA! I pull them out and ..

1. They didn't rise. - Okay so that could be my fault. I could have stirred them to long, manipulated them too much.. I can live with that because they should still taste okay.

2. They were glued to the bottom of the pan.- Again, that could be my fault. Perhaps I misread the recipe and should have greased the bottom of the pan. Checked and no. Ungreased.

3. Once I finally pried the cement babies off of the ungreased pan I realized the centers were completely undercooked. The rest of the biscuit was crispy. Too hot of an oven? Perhaps, but I was just following the recipe.

4. Took a bite of one of these little blobs in hopes that at least, if nothing else, it would taste alright. - A big blob of crispy gooey floury mayonnaise that really has no taste. Not to mention, it burned my tongue. (okay, maybe I burned my tongue but I'm going to blame it on these flourmayo moments.)

Being the eternal optimist and strong-willed baker/person that I am, I figure..Okay. Bad recipe. I know it got thousands of rave reviews but maybe I just didn't have any luck the first time. I'll try it again with the Lady's Recipe. So i obtain that. I am measuring out my flour and my mayo and milk again.. this time I add some garlic salt to give it some flavor! I'm humming as I'm mixing and singing as I put this batch in the oven. and 14 minutes later I dance on over to the oven to pull them out...

1. They were a tad bit for full of life than the last batch, but that's the optimist in me. Let's be honest, they were flat. They were dull.

2. I took them out thinking, okay. Looks can be deceiving...They aren't.

3. They also were glued to the cookie sheet.

4. They had slightly better flavor than the last batch but they were still not good. At all. Unless of course you like, garlicy floury mayonnaise flat biscuits.

5. I'm not giving up. I add butter. Butter makes it better. Always. .... Or so I thought.

What this all boils down to is this... I will not attempt mayonnaise biscuits. Ever. Again. The happy pictures of ladies in aprons with a basket of these puffy, piping hot babies is false.