Master Baking Mix

I bake bread for my family every week. Home baking is not that hard, not that time consuming, and certainly cheap! You don't need a bread machine or a lot of fancy equipment. This blog features a tutorial on home bread baking, tips on equipment and ingredients, and recipes for real home cooking.

Published Sunday, December 23, 2007 by Susan Och | E-mail this post

Use this master mix to make biscuits, pancakes, coffee cake, or muffins

Sift together 3 times:

10 cups flour
6 Tablespoons baking powder
1 1/2 Tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 cup sugar

Cut in to the consistency of cornmeal:

2 cups vegetable shortening

Stir in:

2 cups dry milk powder

Store in a covered container at room temperature.To measure baking mix, pile lightly into a cup and level off with a spatula.

from the More With Less Cookbook

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I'm Susan Och
From Lake Leelanau, Michigan

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There's more to food than just nutrition, otherwise we would all be eating custom-formulated kibble. I didn't exactly learn to bake from my grandmother, but my ancestors, even the ones I never met, have informed and influenced my lifelong exploration of cooking and food. Want to read more? Check out this entry from my home blog, French Road Connections