Shortbread for Breakfast

This morning, Sunny & I wanted something to warm our hungry bellies up on this rainy, grey morning: Southern Shortcake. My mom (who grew up in Ohio but raised me along with my Dad in Kentucky) used to make this recipe often when I was growing up. It's easy & quickly adaptable to your style (you can add jam, fruit, milk, etc to your liking). Here's the recipe:

(We made a half-batch)
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking flour
2 tsp. sugar (optional)
1/4 c. Crisco
1/3-2/3 c. milk

Quickly sift flour, b.powder, sugar (we added a little cinnamon as well). Cut Crisco in with a large fork. Add milk, stir with fork so it's nice & lumpy. Goop mixture into a small ungreased glass pan. Mess it up some more with the fork (your toddler will love helping). Bake at 450 for 12-15 min. Let sit for 5 min. Place in a bowl & enjoy topped with cold milk, jam, fruit, whatever you like! Enjoy!

Happy Snow Day!

We are enjoying a full-on Snow Day (meaning: it's STILL snowing) here in Upstate NY, hope you are safe & warm wherever home lies for you. I'm so exited to share with you in my next post about Asher's adoptive grandparents & some of the ways we/they helped raise funds for his adoption. But for now, enjoy the weather wherever you are!

Life Through Pictures

Another week captured in the capsules of pictures:

I have to add, just how thankful I have been lately, for the community of people & friends I am surrounded by. I hope that you enjoy such a community wherever you are.