Dinner Biscuits

Gotta love biscuits, they are so quick and easy to make. I've really come to like them since I don't really have to plan in advance when making them.

I've combined two different recipes and decided that I can finally post this after getting it down pretty good.

Make sure you don't over work the mixture. I toss it around only a couple of times until it's all combined and then dust the counter with flour. The dough should be super sticky, just dust it with some flour, too before cutting them out.

I plop it down so it's about 1/2- 2/3 inch high and cut with a medium biscuit cutter, still barely moving it unecessarily.

Biscuits:

2 C. Flour

1 T. baking powder

1. T sugar

1 tsp. Salt

1/2 C. butter & shortening mix

*Whisk together

1 C. Milk mixed with 1 beaten egg

*Stir into dry ingredients and move around with a spatula.

**Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden.

Pork Loin Roast

I was looking for a great pork loin recipe online and found one at about.com. The ingredients in this are surprisingly delicious. It calls for cinnamon, cumin, paprika, chili powder and a few others and with the glaze it is amazing. The original recipe used bacon strips cut in half on the roast but I didn't have any defrosted and didn't want to bother with it, but I can imagine it being super fabulous with bacon.

It's a pretty simple recipe and definitely worth a go!

(Don't start this until about 30 minutes left for the roast to cook. Should register at 160 degrees when done, I put half the glaze on and then again after 15 minutes. It seemed to slide off pretty quickly.)

Glaze:

1 cup. brown sugar

2T. flour

2T Cider vinegar

1/2 tsp. dry mustard

* Mix the dry ingredients together in a saucepot and then add the vinegar. Bring to a simmer for about a minute.

(I forgot to take a picture until this evening. This is a cold roast out of the fridge...so it doesn't look as good as it did when it was straight out of the oven!)

Pork Rub:

1 tsp. Chili powder

1/2 tsp. Paprika

1 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt

1/2 tsp. Pepper

1/2 tsp. Cumin

1 tsp. Cinnamon

* Mix it all together and rub generously all over the defrosted pork in a roasting pan.

** Pre-heat @ 350 for 60- 90 minutes