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Default Make Waffles/Pancake Batter Yourself - Or Use Mixes?

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:59:01 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 10/10/2012 5:53 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 10/10/2012 11:04 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:31:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> My method is cheaper and more nutritious.
>>>
>>> I don't know what that is cheaper or more nutritious than-- but I
>>> gotta say that when I'm eating pancakes or waffles, neither economy
>>> nor nutrition are my goal.<g>
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>

>>
>> I love those giant bags of pancake mix from the warehouse stores. I dump
>> some in a bowl and add some water and mix with a wire whisk. I can mix
>> up a batch in about a minute. It's amazing! For waffles, I add some oil
>> and maybe some vanilla. The mix tastes fine as long as it hasn't been
>> sitting around too long. Making batter from scratch is OK too as long as
>> the flour hasn't been sitting around too long but I don't see much point
>> in taking the time to mix it up.

>
>I like those for biscuits, too, assuming you're talking about Bisquik.
>I keep the mix around to make up a quick batch of cheesy biscuits ala
>Red Lobster. Wow, I want some now and no Bisquik in my cabinet.


Cheryl, here's a great recipe for Bisquick substitute. Now you'll
always have some on hand.

Here's my post about it.
http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...ternative.html

or
http://tinyurl.com/8tkre9a

Remember Mimi? I got it off Mimi's Cyber-Kitchen
http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/

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'bisquick' Substitute

quick breads/biscuts

1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/8 cups flour
2 1/2 tablespoons canola oil

Sift together powder and sugar into flour. Sift together twice into
large mixing bowl. Slowly add oil, cutting in with pastry blender (or
2 knives), until mix is consistency of corn meal. Store in tightly
covered container at room temperature or may be refrigerated.
Spoon lightly into cup and level with spatula. Use for pancakes,
waffles, biscuits, coffee cake.

Notes: Mimi's Cyber-Kitchen


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