Biscuit Baking Babes

At age five they probably know their measurements better than some adults I know. They wanted to make biscuits for breakfast so they could try out grandpa's strawberry jam.

Two cups of flour. They each get to put a cup into the bowl.

And this is the way we cut the biscuits - with great, great grandma's biscuit cutter.  "Oh, grandma, it is so hard to stay close to the edge and close together. I want to cut right out of the middle. "

Don't pay any attention to the wine glass in the background. I wasn't drinking it for breakfast!

Yummmm! May I have more after this one?

Strawberry Jam

It was a stormy day yesterday - a perfect day for making jam except for the heat. (My house has no air conditioning). My husband and I picked strawberries the day before. We have had an excellent crop this year. Maybe that "vacation" I took last year to weed the strawberries and asparagus, etc. last year paid off.

After several hours of simmering and stirring, the jam is ready for canning. I usually make jam the old fashioned way - without adding pectin- and stirring and simmering until it is the consistency I want.

I filled all my jam jars for Christmas gift giving and also filled a couple of pint jars I will keep for myself. I was going to make fresh biscuits for breakfast this morning but decided to wait for next weekend when the granddaughters are here to help make and eat them with strawberry jam.