Bisquick is pretty amazing stuff. I use it all the time; but you can make your own at about half the price.
Biscuit Mix
INGREDIENTS – Use these amounts for about 12 biscuits
- 340 gm – 12 oz – AP flour (sifted)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 20 gm – 4 tsp – baking powder
- 1/4 tsp – baking soda
- SIFT TOGETHER ABOVE INGREDIENTS
- 60 gm – 1/4 C – John Morrell Lard (or other lard)
- Crisco if you must
- 30 gm – – 2 TBL – COLD butter
- Cut fat into the flour mixture
INGREDIENTS – Similar to Bisquick – Makes 10 C Mix
- 8 C or 1000 gm AP flour (sifted)
- 1 TBL salt
- 1/4 C sugar
- 1/4 C baking powder
- 2 TBL baking soda
- SIFT TOGETHER ABOVE INGREDIENTS
- 1 C COLD shortening or John Morrell Lard (or other lard)
- 1 stick COLD butter
STEP BY STEP
- Combine sifted flour, sugar, baking powder, salt.
- Sift into a large bowl.
- Add shortening and butter.
- Cut in shortening until it resembles coarse cornmeal.
- Now your mix is ready to store in a closed canister for no longer than a month… OK then, maybe two months.
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