Sunday, November 1, 2009

Utah Ready-Quick Mix


PROVIDENT LIVING
November 2009

Utah Ready-Quick Mix
Ingredients Makes 13 cups
Flour 9 cups
Double acting Baking Powder 1/3 cup
Salt 4 tsp.
Shortening-which does not
1 ¾ cups
Require refrigeration
Non-fat dry milk 1 ¾ cups

Stir baking powder, non fat dry milk, and salt into the flour. Cut fat into flour mixture until all particles of fat are thoroughly coated and mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. This can be done with a pastry blender, fork, or electric mixer. Store in a tightly covered container, at room temperature for up to six weeks.
Pancakes or waffles
Makes 16
Ready-Quick Mix 3 cups
Water 1 1/2 cup
Egg 1 egg (I used powdered egg)
Sugar 2 tsp.
Add sugar to ready-quick mix. Beat egg slightly to combine with water, add ready quick mix and stir about 25 strokes. (Batter will be not be smooth). Pour about 2 Tbsp. Of batter onto a heated griddle. Turn when bubbles appear on surface of pancakes. Increase water if a thinner pancake is desired. (I did!)

Banana Nut Bread
Makes one 8x4x2 loaf
3 cups Ready-Quick Mix
½ cup water
¾ cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
¾ cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 350. Mix first five ingredients together until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into well greased loaf pan. Bake 55 -60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool before slicing.

Variation: fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 350.

Magic Cheeseburger Pie
Makes one deep dish pie (8 slices)
1 lb. Ground beef
½ tsp. salt
1 cup chopped onion
1 to 1 ½ cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup water
2 eggs
½ cup Ready-Quick Mix

Heat oven to 400. Spray 9” pie pan with cooking spray. Cook ground beef and onions until beef is brown; drain. Stir in salt. Spread in pie pan; sprinkle with cheese. Stir remaining ingredients with fork until blended. Pour over mixture in pie pan. Bake 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Magic Pumpkin Pie
15 oz. Can pumpkin
¾ cup brown sugar
1 ½ oz can evaporated milk (1 ½ cups)
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 eggs
½ tsp. ginger
½ cup Ready-Quick Mix
¼ tsp. Cloves

Heat oven to 350. Put all ingredients in a blender or mixer. Blend for 1 min. Bake in a 9” pie pan for 50-60 minutes or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

All of these ingredients should be part of your food storage plan. Even the ground beef. Come to our November Provident Living demo and see how you can bottle meat.

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