Frugal All-Purpose Baking Mix
January 6th, 2008 | 
Author: Pre-packaged store-bought box mixes are expensive. Have you considered homemade alternatives? Made-from-scratch mixes are healthy, cost beneficial, store well, and taste great. Often times, you’re paying for the packaging of commercial “convenience” foods and you don’t have any control over the additives and preservatives they contain. When making your own mixes, you tailor the ingredients, so have control over the quality and quantity.
Making your own bulk mixes is a great way to stock your pantry. Creative containers make homemade mixes a terrific frugal gift idea too. There’s something deeply satisfying when cooking from scratch. It takes some minimal preparation, but many of the ingredients are already a staple in your pantry. It’s not as time consuming as you may think.
Supplies
Plastic baggies
Glass containers with tight fitted lids
Prep area
Labels
Appropriate ingredients
Storage area
Basic kitchen tools
Plastic containers
Decorative items for gifts. (Ribbons, printable recipe cards, labels)
Master Baking Mix
9 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking powder
1 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups nonfat dry milk solids
2 cups shortening (which does not require refrigeration)
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cream of tartar and sugar three times. Add dry milk. Mix well. Cut in shortening until mixture looks like cornmeal. Store in covered container at room temperature.
Below is a Banana Bread recipe you can make quickly and easily with the above basic baking mix.Â
Banana Bread
Beat 2 eggs and 1/4 cup sugar together in a bowl until well blended. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/4 cups (about 3) mashed bananas. Stir in 2 1/2 cups Master Baking Mix. Pour into a greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 55 minutes or until brown
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It really is a great idea I’d say, saves a lot. It’s hard to say sometimes what kind of stuff they put into the ready to bake packets, so I always prefer to make my own mixes. Thanks for sharing the recipe btw!
And mixes you prepare can be great gifts for the holidays, birthdays, or as hostess gifts. Include a precious family recipe in with the mix and those who have the benefit of getting your gift will have a ready made meal, desert, or snack and remember you when they prepare it!
My son doesn’t usually eat bread, but when I baked this banana bread using your recipe, he ate half of eat – and I made a lot! There is a very big issue with the ingredients they put into the baking mix you buy at the supermarket. Half of those ingredients shouldn’t even be there! Especially when you use it to bake stuff for children. So thanks for your great recipe.
Sounds great and so much healthier without all the Food Additives and Preservatives, that those readymade mix’s have. Have you ever read the box on those things, they are really not good for you.
Being frugal in life makes you more practical and cost efficient in terms of business.It makes your life easy to plan .
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