My Attempt At Baking Double Cheddar Biscuit Sandwiches with Cajun-Spiced Ham And Why Doesn't MY Food EVER Turn Out Like The Picture In The Magazine???

So I picked up this Better Homes and Garden

Holiday Recipes Magazine


the other day..

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Inside the magazine was this picture and recipe for
Double Cheddar Biscuit Sandwiches.



Looks yummy, yes?

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Lets take a closer look at THEIR picture of this biscuit in the magazine.

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Now,
this was mine.

Now my biscuit looks NOTHING like THEIR picture and I made it exactly, exactly according to the instructions!!!

Theirs.

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Mine.






Seriously, WTHeck????!!

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And what are those red things in the biscuit in THEIR picture??
Cuz the recipe has nothing RED in the ingredients...
NOTHING!!!

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And to top it off, MY biscuits came out thin and not thick like the picture.

I swear I followed the directions perfectly!!!

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I
HATE
BAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!













Maybe I went into it with a bad attitude though.

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But the Cajun-Spiced Ham I made from the same magazine rocked!!!!

Pure deeeeeliciousness is what this ham was.
Here's the recipe for the Cajun-spiced ham.

Here's the fixins for this super tasty Cajun-Spiced Ham.

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Measure up the spices in a bowl here....
brown sugar,
garlic powder,
onion powder,
oregano, thyme,
paprika,
cayenne pepper,
salt, lemon peel,
black pepper.

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Yup,

put that big ol'
5-7 lb. fully cooked ham
on a rack in a roasting pan.

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And rub, rub, rub this delicious Cajun rub on all sides!

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Cook for an hour and a half and remove from oven....LOOK!

YUM!!!

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Slice this cajuny-spiced meat up.

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Plate up that yummy ham between the Cheddar Biscuits of which I need therapy for and eat away!

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Again, this is a delicious way to season up a fully cooked ham!!! Ima definitely use this ham recipe again.




Look at the biscuit recipe though; where is ANYTHING red in it...anything?

These biscuits, even though there were thin, were complimentary with this ham. On their own, not a ton of taste, but with this ham....fantastic!

So these are the fixins for the Cheddar Biscuits....

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Shred up that yummy white cheddar cheese and yellow sharp cheddar cheese...

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....like this!

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Now mix up the dry ingredients...

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Throw the cut up butter into the dry ingredients.





Cut in with a pastry cutter.

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My pastry cutter is actually called
a


"blender."


I hate baking.

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Mix the shredded cheese into the dry ingredients...

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Add the buttermilk and
heavy cream....

So spread the dough out on a flour covered counter or surface.

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And this is about the time this note came into play.

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Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Get out the rolling pin.


Yawn.

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Roll the dough out on the counter.

The dough actually rolled easy,

I thought I was doing well.

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Use your biscuit cutters and cut out biscuits.

Again, this was easy.

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Spread them out on a prepared pan.

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Add the thyme and spread some cream on the tops.

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Bake 16-18 minutes until golden. 
By the way, my biscuits never got golden either.

And this is what you get.

A saucer.



With some thyme on it.

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You know, frankly, these biscuits were good,
not stunning, but good
and we did eat that DEEEELICIOUS AS ALL GET OUT HAM between the "biscuits" as sandwiches. I may have loaded mine up with mustard and drizzled with real maple syrup.

Let me tell you, it didn't matter that the biscuits weren't big and fluffy when I did that;
it was allll good!

Okay, sometime this week I'll share the drama-free wild rice recipe from the same magazine.

Fantastic and so easy to make!!!

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Okay gotta go...
Heading to St. Louis shortly for a concert at this venue tonight...The Fox Theater.
Built in 1929 in all it's opulence,
this is a view from the stage.

A couple VIP tickets (tickets set aside for the promoter and band) came open to this sold out show two days ago and I lucked out and was the first to call in and see if any were available! A few had just opened up just moments before I called!
*insert Angie doing a happy dance*

Billboard.com

This is who we're seeing...
The Avett Brothers...
a rock bluegrass band out of North Carolina.

Our favorite band ever.
Besides AC/DC of course.

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Bluegrasstoday.com

Soooo looking forward to seeing these guys perform live again!

Love it!!

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This is off their new album The Carpenter...

This last video was taken at the Iowa City concert
in March.
This is a gospel "Just A Closer Walk With Thee."
...they'll usually do one gospel a show. It's awesome!

Okay guys, catch ya later...now I really have to go, running late!!
Again!
What's new!

Have a great Saturday!!
Go Hawks!