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Homemade Baking Mix

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.

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In an age of convenience foods, I went off to college and was stunned to discover there was such a thing as instant mashed potatoes. As much as mom cooked from scratch though the one thing I did have growing up was Bisquick. From that bright yellow box came a wonder of goodness; pancakes, biscuits, cheese filled dumplings. I can’t recall for certain but we may have even had an Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie. Easy and makes its own crust? Impossible!

Now that I’m called upon to make pancakes at 6:30am on a weekday morning, you bet I use a mix but I make my own homemade baking mix. First of all the ingredients in Bisquick aren’t great.

bleached flour, partially hydrogenated oil, leavening including aluminum,
dextrose (sugar’s too expensive?) and salt

Second, BUTTER. So much buttery goodness! Everything made with this mix tastes fantastic. Like the quickest sticky buns in the whole world:

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.

And it’s still impossibly easy. You’ll whip up pancakes faster than you ever thought possible:

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.

While Bisquick can be stored in the pantry [thanks partially hydrogenated oil!] this homemade baking mix needs to be stored in the refrigerator or freezer. But don’t worry, at a moment’s notice you can still whip up some parmesan herb biscuits:

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.
You can also substitute half whole wheat flour if you like. I leave out sugar because I like my savory foods to be savory, but the box is sweeter so you can add 2 tablespoons of sugar to the mix if you like. Especially if you are more a Krusteaz fan than a Bisquick fan, Krusteaz is definitely sweeter. It also has artificial flavors, modified food starch and other weirdness so definitely try making your own. You may be surprised at how much better everything tastes. Even the kids will appreciate it. Like they appreciate everything you do. Bwahahahaha! I crack myself up. But make them some pigs-in-a-blanket anyway.

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.

If I can’t find it online, I may post the recipe for the dinner we had with the cheese filled dumplings. So bad but sooooo good.

Homemade baking mix makes these Cinnamon Roll Pancakes a breeze!

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes; big fluffy pancakes with all the cinnamon brown sugary goodness of cinnamon rolls. Even the icing! Fast enough to make anytime, or for dinner, I don’t judge.

Tweet, tag, copy, yell out your car window at me what you make with it!

Homemade Baking Mix: Pancakes, biscuits, dumplings, coffee cake, kid lunch, family dinner, the possibilities are endless.

DIY Baking Mix

Chef Shelley
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Prep Time 5 mins
Total Time 5 mins

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ½ cups unbleached all purpose flour
  • 2 ½ tablespoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons table salt
  • 8 tablespoons one stick butter

Instructions
 

  • Blend all in a food processor until butter is fully incorporated. Alternatively you can stir together dry ingredients and cut butter in with a pastry blender.
  • Store in fridge if using within a couple weeks, otherwise store in the freezer.

Notes

Doubles easily.

 

 

 

Filed Under: 15 Minutes or Less, Breakfast & Brunch, Essentials, Fall, How To, Uncategorized

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  1. Sharon Smith says

    September 6, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    Love this post! The mix looks great and I’ll be trying it. But your write up and optics are terrific! Great blog, little dearie. Blevi

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      September 10, 2016 at 5:42 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  2. Sarah says

    September 7, 2016 at 12:01 pm

    What an awesome idea!! I need to do this.. maybe then I’d actually bake more lol. (You make pancakes on weekday mornings?? I’m so impressed!!!)

    Reply
    • Chef Shelley says

      September 12, 2016 at 2:40 pm

      I blame the children LOL!

      Reply
  3. Michelle says

    September 25, 2016 at 12:56 am

    Fantastic!
    I love that every ingredient is known!
    Great recipe!
    Thanks
    Michelle

    Reply

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