Homemade Mixes Save Money -
By villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
United States
February 10, 2008 2:12am CST
Homemade mixes can and will save your family money. Lets face it, the economy is not getting better. In fact it is getting worse. So I am going to be posting many of my homemade Mix Recipes. I will also be posting recipes that will require the homemade mixes. For example the following recipe is for an all purpose convience mix. It can be used for various kinds of biscuits, among other things. So I will first post the mix then I will post a few recipes to use with the mix. I will add the link to the mix in the recipes. Hope you enjoy this series of homemade mixes.
9cups flour
3/4 cup canola oil
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup baking powder
2 cups nonfat dry milk
Combine flour, dry milk, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Stir together. Mix in oil until the mixture is smooth. Store in airtight container. Refrigerate and use within
a month or put into containers suitable for freezing and freeze.
Makes 12 cups of mix
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7 responses
@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
11 Feb 08
Thank you. How big are the containers you store this in? I freeze a lot of things for my family but we are running low of storage. It is time to decide if we need to get another freezer or not. We have our house fridge freezer combo and one stand alone in the garage. I dont know if I wnat to spend the money on a new freezer but I could see us filling a whole shelf of this mix. Thanks.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
12 Feb 08
You can easily freeze them in Freezer bags. They are easier to find a place to freeze them that way. Just be sure to label them.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
10 Feb 08
Oh yes making your own mixes can save plenty, and lets face it today we all could do some saving where we can, I know I have had to pull the strings in a bit and making a few things myself can only help, thank you
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
10 Feb 08
I have already posted several recipes to use with this mix. Hope you enjoy them.
@GardenGerty (157907)
• United States
10 Feb 08
I certainly will be putting this one on my list. I have saved several mix recipes from varying places. I especially like the fact that I know exactly what is in them. Is it possible or suitable to substitute some whole wheat flour in it, or add flax seed meal or wheat germ to it? I guess I could add those at a later time. I have certainly enjoyed my Holiday Muffin mix I got from you. I put fruit in them and they are especially good. Hubby does not often eat breakfast, it does not sit well with his stomach. He does like the muffins and they do stay well with him even early in the morning.
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@GardenGerty (157907)
• United States
11 Feb 08
After reading all of the things I can make with this mix, I will probably make the larger batch and freeze it, just as I have frozen the Holiday Muffin Mix that I made up for myself, after giving it as gifts. I am really impressed with the freshness and flexibility.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
11 Feb 08
I know what you mean. Homemade is wonderful though if you know how to use it. I mean, there are just so many recipes that you can use with just the basic mix. i will be sharing more later. I am getting disappointed with mylot though. I may quit posting on here soon.
@mimatexas (1818)
• United States
26 Feb 08
I made a copy of the homemade mix so I can do the biscuits myself. Thanks for posting the recipe.
