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.Homemade Biscuit Mix

Source of Recipe

From "Biscuit Bliss" by James Villas


Recipe Introduction

"Long before various baking mixes were packaged and placed on supermarket shelves, our ancestors concocted their own convenience mixtures of flour, baking powder, salt, and fat, which were stored for long periods and used to make biscuits every day, as well as muffins, pancakes, coffee cakes, and virtually any other quick bread product that today might call for a commercial mix. I've taken up this habit and suggest you do the same in preparation for having to make biscuits at the last minute and not wanting to fool with measuring ingredients. As a safeguard against bugs and rancid shortening, be sure to store the mixture in an airtight canister in the refrigerator, where it keeps for weeks and weeks. When the time comes to make quick biscuits, all you have to do is add liquid to the measured mixture, pat out the dough, form or cut the biscuits, and bake away."

List of Ingredients

◦ 12 cups all-purpose flour
◦ 6 tablespoons baking powder
◦ 6 teaspoons salt
◦ 3 cups chilled vegetable shortening


Recipe

In a very large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the shortening and cut with a pastry cutter till the mixture is mealy, almost granular. Transfer to an airtight canister and store in the refrigerator till you're ready to make biscuits.

Makes about 4 quarts of mix