That's when the thought struck me: why don't I just make my own? They can't be that hard. C'mon, they're biscuits! After some quick Googling confirming this assumption I went to my fridge and pantry to collect my ingredients. If I can make cookies and hollandaise sauce I certainly can make a batch of biscuits from scratch.

They are the easiest ingredients ever, by the way. You don't even need eggs or a mixer! Fabulous. Pretend that my salt is in the picture though, you kinda need it. Unless you enjoy bland tasting biscuits.

Mix the dry ingredients together (1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt) and then cut in six tablespoons of butter. You're going for something that resembles coarse crumbs at this stage.

Add your 3/4 cup of milk and mix together until the it's just combined. I ended up needing a bit more milk (maybe a few tablespoons) to get all the dry ingredients mixed properly. Be careful not to over mix the dough, or you'll be serving flat depressing biscuits. And no one likes a depressing biscuit.

Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut out the biscuits. I don't have a biscuit cutter-thingy, so I improvised with one of Kael's kiddie cups. Worked pretty well, although there was some trial-and-error involved in transferring them to the baking sheet without a gigantic mess being made. Two biscuits lost their lives before I got the technique down to a science.

After you bake these fellas for 10-15 minutes and 450 degrees they will look like this. Light, flaky, and delicious. Notice the practice biscuits in the background. They were still yummy, if a bit malformed. Most definitely the perfect accompaniment to my breakfast. And my lunch. I think I might have grabbed one to go along with dinner too...

Now that I think of it maybe I should make another batch before bed so I can take some to work with me in the morning.

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