BBQ Farmhouses

Some dear friends made us a bunch of homemade frozen dinners when Abigail was born. One of our favorites was their Farmhouse BBQ Muffins. Having made it several times since, I was looking for a heartier and healthier version. This is what I came up with-

BBQ Farmhouses

Pardon the cell phone picture I had to text to my husband and have him e-mail me from his smart phone.

They are no longer muffins, so that word had to go. And since I made little roofs out of the extra homemade dough on these little mini-loaf sized wonders, I just went straight to what they were- little farmhouses filled with homemade BBQ goodness.


Dough-


1 1/4 C. cake flour
3/4 C. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder 
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1/4 C.. butter, cut into small chunks
3/4 C. buttermilk (Milk + 1 Tablespoon vinegar)


The variation of flours makes it less dense, otherwise I typically do 50/50 all-purpose and whole wheat.


Fluff the dry ingredients together. 
Cut butter into tiny pieces and 'kneed' it into the flour mixture. Of if you are fancy and have a pastry blender that works. Work in the milk until the dough is thick. Use lots of flour for your rolling pin and surface. Cut out the shape and size needed for whatever type of pan you desire. I had extra dough, so it became little roof tops. 


BBQ filling-
1 small onion, chopped.
1 lb ground beef
1/2 C. ketchup 
1 t. chili powder
3 T. brown sugar


Combine ketchup, chili powder and brown sugar for homemade BBQ sauce. (YES it was THAT simple to make it from scratch! And it's delish!) Cook the onion in the the homemade BBQ sauce for a few minutes then add the ground beef. Typically I cook beef then drain/ rinse it before adding sauces, however cooking it IN the sauce makes it more flavorful. Once it is cooked, Drain the excess fat/ liquid from the top. 


Fill up your little muffins/ mini loaves with this mixture, put your roof on it and pop it in the oven at 375 for 18 mins. SO yummy. 


*To add a little veggie to your meal, sprinkle some baby spinach in your pastry lined tins before topping with the BBQ mixture. 


**You can use packaged biscuits but they are expensive and full of ingredients we try to avoid. 

ENJOY!