[recipe] Quick Mix

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Here is something I always have in my pantry.

This mix recipe comes from a cookbook [not a vegetarian one]

that I just love: Make-a-Mix by Karine Eliason, Nevada Howard

and Madeline Westover. So many wonderful recipes that I can

adapt and for making homemade versions of those store brand

convenience mixes; the homemade versions are healthier since

you can control what goes into them [or doesn't go in].

 

 

Quick Mix (to use as you would bisquick)

 

8 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

4 Tbs baking powder

1 Tbs salt

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups instant nonfat dry milk or dry buttermilk powder

2 1/4 cups vegetable shortening

 

In a large bow;, sift together all the dry ingredients.

Blend well. With a pastry cutter, cut in shortening until

mixture resembles cornmeal in texture.

 

Put in an airtight container. Label and date contents.

Store in a cool, dry place. Use within 10 to 12 weeks.

Makes about 13 cups of mix.

 

~ PT ~

 

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the

deepest snow to keep an appointment with a

beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance

among the pines.

~ Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)