healthy baking mix substitute?

delighted.mam · Feb 17th, 2010, 21:35 PM

Hi all! I always make my own baking mix that I use for (American) biscuits, muffins, and scones, and occasionally as a substitute in recipes calling for "Bisquick". It's just white flour, salt, baking powder, and powdered milk.

I found an old cookbook, "Make-a-Mix Cookery," with tons of recipes using their own baking mix. Their recipe:

4.25 c. flour (high altitude: 4.5 c.)
4.25 c. whole wheat flour (high altitude: 4.5 c.)
5 T. baking powder
1 T. salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1.5 c. dry milk powder
2.25 c. vegetable shortening

My question: do you have a healthier baking mix recipe, or could you help me adjust either mine or the cookbooks, in a way that would be more wholesome but also would work for biscuits, muffins, scones, sweet breads, breadsticks, and other baked goods? I notice theirs has fat (shortening) whereas mine doesn't, so I wonder if that would be necessary to use their other recipes?

Rachel_C · Feb 18th, 2010, 09:33 AM

I've never heard of baking mix! Do you use the same mix to make all of the things you mentioned? I've only ever made stuff from scratch using basic ingredients each time.

Feb 17th, 2010, 21:35 PM	#1
delighted.mam Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: China Posts: 19	healthy baking mix substitute? Hi all! I always make my own baking mix that I use for (American) biscuits, muffins, and scones, and occasionally as a substitute in recipes calling for "Bisquick". It's just white flour, salt, baking powder, and powdered milk. I found an old cookbook, "Make-a-Mix Cookery," with tons of recipes using their own baking mix. Their recipe: 4.25 c. flour (high altitude: 4.5 c.) 4.25 c. whole wheat flour (high altitude: 4.5 c.) 5 T. baking powder 1 T. salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. baking soda 1.5 c. dry milk powder 2.25 c. vegetable shortening My question: do you have a healthier baking mix recipe, or could you help me adjust either mine or the cookbooks, in a way that would be more wholesome but also would work for biscuits, muffins, scones, sweet breads, breadsticks, and other baked goods? I notice theirs has fat (shortening) whereas mine doesn't, so I wonder if that would be necessary to use their other recipes?

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Feb 18th, 2010, 09:33 AM	#2
Rachel_C Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6,839	I've never heard of baking mix! Do you use the same mix to make all of the things you mentioned? I've only ever made stuff from scratch using basic ingredients each time.

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