Awww... AUTUMN!

Okay, so it's been quite a long time since I posted anything here.  As it turns out, blogging is not my strong suit.  Anyway, I have made several things from Pinterest in the past couple of months but just haven't posted them here.

Today I decided that, even though the temperature here in Solvang has climbed into the 80s again, it's time to embrace Autumn.  For goodness sakes, we're more than halfway through October!  We're seeing Halloween decorations everywhere and enjoying the fall colors.  In actuality, the trees here are simply turning brown - perhaps it's this awful drought.  We need rain!!!  But, I digress...

I came across this yummy looking recipe for Cheddar Biscuits that was originally posted on the "Sweet Paul Magazine" website.  Mark and I have been invited to our wonderful ex-neighbor's home for dinner tonight and even though she said we didn't need to bring anything, I didn't want to show up empty-handed.

Here is a picture of the biscuits from the webpage.

They are called Cheddar Biscuits with Dill & Pumpkin Seeds

Don't they look delicious!?!

I bought all of the ingredients called for in the recipe except the raw pumpkin seeds.  The grocery store only had roasted and salted pumpkin seeds in the shells.  I bought those but soon realized that they just weren't going to work.  The only way I could think to open them was with my teeth - and that just wasn't an option!  Then I realized that there is a health food store within blocks of my house and, lo and behold, they had raw shelled pumpkin seeds in the bulk bins. I only needed 2 tablespoons, but unfortunately I was a little heavy-handed with the lever that dispenses the seeds and I ended up with almost a pound of seeds ~ oh well!

The recipe was very easy to make and the biscuits smell amazing.  Here is the link to the recipe:

Cheddar Biscuits with Dill & Pumpkin Seeds at Sweet Paul Magazine

And here are a few photos of my finished biscuits...

I think they look pretty similar :-)  The test will be in the tasting but if the smell of these biscuits is any indication, they will be great!  This might be a good addition to Thanksgiving dinner - or maybe even Halloween.  My plan is to make Pampered Chef's "Hearty Chicken Quesadilla Soup" for Halloween dinner.  I had it at a Pampered Chef party last weekend and it was very good ~ just the thing to have before venturing out for an evening of tricks and treats!

Happy Autumn, Everyone!