Holiday Gingerbread Cheesecake

This is Martha Stewarts Holiday Gingerbread Cheesecake!

It holiday spices smell oh so good.

For my little 6" springform pan I had to cut her recipe in half and then into the Instant pot it went.

I found these perfect little gingerbread cookies at the grocery store. I did want top it with some whipped creme, but forgot to buy it. Nonetheless, it turned out and (hopefully) tasted great! I've passed it out to friends and they all say how delicious it is.

Enjoy :)

Father's Day Breakfast

Our Daddy sure did enjoy his Father's Day Breakfast...

Drop Biscuits & Sausage Gravy

Ree Drummond Recipe

aka The Pioneer Woman

Biscuits and Gravy was a favorite of mine growing up. When my Grandpa lived with us for a few years he frequently made this yummy breakfast. I know he was smiling down on me while I was making it! We were staying with our good friends on this special day and all six boys helped us two moms prepare in one way or another!

Biscuits Ingredients

• 3 cups All-purpose Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1-1/2 stick (3/4 Cup) Cold Butter, Cut Into Pieces
• 1-1/4 cup Buttermilk

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Add flour, baking powder, and salt to the bowl of a food processor (or a large bowl.) Add butter pieces and pulse until butter is completely cut into the flour mixture (or use a pastry cutter if using a bowl.) While pulsing (or stirring) drizzle in the buttermilk until dough just comes together and is no longer crumbly.

Drop in clumps on two baking sheets, then bake for 15-17 minutes, or until golden brown. (Optional: Brush with melted butter when biscuits first come out of the oven.)

SAUSAGE GRAVY

• 1 pound Breakfast Sausage, Hot Or Mild
• 1/3 cup All-purpose Flour
• 4 cups Whole Milk
• 1/2 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
• 2 teaspoons Black Pepper, More To Taste

Preparation Instructions

Brown the sausage over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Sprinkle on half the flour and stir so that the sausage soaks it all up, then add a little more until just before the sausage looks too dry. Stir it around and cook it for another minute or so, then pour in the milk, stirring constantly.

Cook the gravy, stirring frequently, until it thickens. (This may take a good 10-12 minutes.) Sprinkle in the seasoned salt and pepper and continue cooking until very thick and luscious. If it gets too thick too soon, just splash in 1/2 cup of milk or more if needed. Taste and adjust seasonings.

Spoon sausage gravy over warm biscuits and serve immediately!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2013/03/drop-biscuits-and-sausage-gravy/

We also made her Best Breakfast Potatoes Ever and some scrambled eggs.

Enjoy because our dad's sure did!!!

Christmas Fruit

We were assigned to bring some fruit to a Christmas party and you know those neat fancy fruit trees?

I wanted to make one of those, but it failed because I didn't have enough fruit!

Being that the one grocery store in our area never has a good selection and worse since it's winter the pickings were slim, oh so very slim.

I have these cute little mini cookie cutters and so I used them for the pineapple and made this fun fruit salad.

It was worth the $6 I paid for the 1lb of strawberries, I guess :)