It’s a Good Friday!
No, not that one, but it’s still a good day nonetheless. I have just a few more portfolios to read, and I should be able to finish them all today and turn in my grades. Once I do that, I’m officially done with my responsibilities until August! Yippee!!
Edit (11:20) ONE CLASS DOWN…ONE TO GO!!!
Edit (3:45) I’M DONE!!!!!! HAPPY SUMMER VACATION TO ME!
Last night, I graded in my office until 4:00 and headed home. I got 12 portfolios graded yesterday (which surprised even me!), so I felt very productive. I cleaned up the kitchen and made dinner while Eric mowed, and after dinner, we went to the grocery and then made more pasties for him to have as breakfast sandwiches. He had a couple of breakfast ones this week and very much enjoyed them. So we made an entire batch of them for him. Of course, after they went in the over, I had to clean up the kitchen again.
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Pasties Recipe
Dough
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. shortening
3/4 c. milk.
Mix the dry ingredients and blend in the shortening. Stir in the milk. Knead 10-20 times and roll out thickly. Cut out circles (I use my largest biscuit cutter), keeping the dough thick. Roll each circle out into a thin circle (probably about 5 inches around, thickness is up to you). To fill: brush egg wash around the outside of the circle, place filling in the center (don’t use too much or the dough will burst when baking), fold one side of the dough over to create a half-moon and crimp the edges to seal. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Fillings
Alton Brown (Food Network chef) calls pasties the leftover magnet, and he’s right. Eric usually makes the filling, but he generally creates a cheesy gravy (butter, milk, cheese, flour) and then we throw in whatever we have. We’ve done ham/corn, ham/broccoli, steak/eggs, ham/eggs, pizza. Also a beef stew would go well in a pasty. Get creative!
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We watched The Office and 30 Rock (I don’t like that one as much) while the sandwiches baked, and then we headed to bed.
Today, it’s back to CU, and I don’t know what the evening or weekend plans are yet. I know Eric wants to see Iron Man (the new comic book movie), so maybe we’ll see that. I also have to help my mom with graduation stuff tomorrow morning. But other than that, I think we’re pretty open.
Anyway, Happy Friday to you all!
They sound like homemade Hot Pockets. Even better, I’m sure. But it makes me want to go watch that comedian’s hot pocket sketch again. Did you watch that one when Bethelaine put a link to it several months ago? very funny.
I’m going to try making them, too. Yum.
@ch1pch0p – They’re pretty filling, so the ham/broccoli ones from earlier this week went with cottage cheese and applesauce. But we basically treat them like sandwiches. So whatever you would put with sandwiches will work with these!
Interesting. Maybe I’ll have to try these.
What do you eat with them for a meal?
Thanks, Shannah! They sound yummy!
Thanks for putting in the pasties recipe. I always like to try new things!
Please post your pasties recipe! Congrats on being thisclose to the end of the year!!
finished until august…. wow!!! i had forgotten how exhilarating that was! HOORAY for you!!!!
enjoy your weekend and let me know what you think of that movie if you end up going to see it!