Photo Credit: Betty Crocker
Last
week, I told you that I was recommitting to maintaining a frugal kitchen. For my first week of January, I was successful at creating a meal
plan and sticking to it. And, somehow, I was able to make sure that all
leftovers were eaten instead of tossed. Plus, I even used four aging bananas to
make Chocolate Banana Bread for our breakfast this morning. I am feeling truly victorious!
Homemade
convenience mixes are another way that can help to save money in the kitchen,
so this past week I made up a batch of Baking Mix. This mix can be used just
like boxed Bisquick and is perfect for quickly throwing together pancakes,
biscuits, or muffins. However, I made up this Baking Mix specifically for my
Ham and Cheese Pie recipe, which I will tell you more about tomorrow.
Homemade Baking Mix
5
cups flour (white, wheat, or white whole wheat)
¼
cup baking powder
2 Tbsp. sugar (white or raw)
1
tsp. salt
1
cup butter, softened (or shortening)
Add
first 4 ingredients to large bowl. Slice butter and add to bowl. Using a pastry
blender, cut butter into dry ingredients until it looks like coarse crumbs.
Store
baking mix in the refrigerator for 7-10 days. Or, store in the freezer for up
to one month. Baking mix can be used directly from the freezer without thawing
it first.
This
baking mix can be used in place of commercial baking mixes.
I found a recipe for ham and cheddar muffins in a new cookbook I got for Christmas. I'm trying to get more protein in the kids in the morning, so I figured I'd try it. It calls for Bisquick. Thanks for posting this! I remembered making this mix at your house last year. I need to find more ideas to use it up. Hopefully we'll find some winners and I'll have to start keeping this in the freezer.
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