"bisquick"

i have so many new recipes im excited to blog about. i have to take it one week at a time. this week im highlighting my homemade "bisquick". it is so simple and the ingrediants are things that are usually on hand. im kicking myself for not making it sooner. i found the recipe on cooks.com. there are many different recipes for the homemade bisquick. some have 1 or 2 more ingrediants than others. the one i went with is super simple. i like simple.
8 cups flour
1/2 c baking powder
8 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup shortening
i mixed it up in a big ice cream tub and store in the pantry. and i treat it just like bisquick. if i add an egg and some milk i can whip up pancakes. if i just add some milk i can whip up buscuits. you can use it for casserole toppings, like a pot pie also. some of the recipes call for dry milk. then you only have to add water to make it cookable. i can now cross bisquick off of my grocery list and add this to my list of homemade items!