A Recipe for Your Easter Brunch

had to add a picture.  I'm making progress on my squares!

Want to know what we're making for Easter with the family tomorrow?

Dill Horseradish Biscuits.  (You're welcome.)

1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup cake flour 2-3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into bits 1 cup scant buttermilk (I usually don't have buttermilk on hand, so I just add lemon juice or Apple Cider Vinegar to milk) 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish Heat oven to 425 degrees. Mix dry ingredients. Cut in butter until pieces are size of sunflower seeds. Combine buttermilk and horseradish; briefly stir into flour mixture until sticky ball forms. Using floured hands, lightly roll dough into 10 balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Brush with additional buttermilk; bake 14 minutes. Makes 10 biscuits. This recipe was from our Asparagus to Zucchini cookbook.

Grain Mills and Daily Bread

Grain mills.
That is what has been viciously circling in my head the past week or so.
Aside from the novel that I'm about to begin writing in less than a week.
I've been thinking about grain mills for about four years.  Maybe longer.  Can't remember for certain.

To buy a grain mill would be a serious commitment.
I don't think I'd be motivated enough to use a manual one.
Too much upper body strength and sweat required.
I know exactly which electric one I would want, should we ever get one. 
But...I just can't force myself to pay upwards of two hundred dollars for a grain mill.
I know the nutritional benefits.  I know the quality of bread is better.
It's just a commitment thing.

Million and I did a little experiment today as part of school.  We made up some brown rice flour in my "spice grinder" ($10 coffee grinder that I only use for spices).  It worked.  

 I then made up some whole-wheat/brown rice/flaxmeal dough in my breadmaker and baked it in the oven (my preferred method, because the bake function on my bread machine almost always over bakes or rises too high.) 

I couldn't get a picture of the loaf in one piece...

 Because the Bonnie Prince was up from a nap and obviously Needed Nourishment.

 Two pieces later, and I can safely say that a grain mill would be B.P.A. (Bonnie Prince Approved.)