Betty Crocker pre-mixed baking mix
For the
Fargo
episode, see
Bisquik
.
Bisquick
is a pre-mixed
baking mix
sold by
General Mills
under its
Betty Crocker
brand, consisting of
flour
,
shortening
,
salt
,
sugar
and
baking powder
(a leavening agent).
History
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According to General Mills, Bisquick was invented in 1930 after one of their top sales executives met an innovative train
dining car
chef,
[1]
on a business trip. After the sales executive complimented the chef on his deliciously fresh
biscuits
, the dining car chef shared that he used a pre-mixed biscuit batter he created consisting of lard, flour, baking powder and salt. The chef then stored this pre-mixed biscuit batter on ice in his kitchen, enabling him to bake fresh biscuits quickly on the train every day. As soon as the sales executive returned from that business trip, he “created” Bisquick.
The recipe was adapted, using
hydrogenated oil
, thus eliminating the need for refrigeration. Bisquick was officially introduced on grocers' shelves in 1931.
Though first promoted for only baking biscuits ("90 seconds from package to oven", the slogan read), Bisquick was soon used to prepare a wide variety of baked goods from
pizza
dough
to
pancakes
to
dumplings
to
snickerdoodle
cookies.
Substitution
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One cup of Bisquick can be substituted by a mixture of one cup of flour,
1
+
1
⁄
2
teaspoons of baking powder,
1
⁄
2
teaspoon of salt, and
2
+
1
⁄
2
tablespoons of oil or melted butter (or by cutting in
2
+
1
⁄
2
tbsp
Crisco
or lard).
Ingredients
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The ingredients in Bisquick Original consist of
bleached
wheat flour
(enriched with
niacin
,
iron
,
thiamine mononitrate
,
riboflavin
and
folic acid
),
corn starch
,
dextrose
,
palm oil
, leavening (
baking soda
,
sodium aluminum phosphate
,
monocalcium phosphate
),
canola oil
, salt, sugar,
DATEM
, and distilled
monoglycerides
.
[2]
Bisquick Heart Smart is formulated with canola oil resulting in less
saturated fat
and 0g
trans fat
.
[3]
Bisquick also comes in a gluten-free variety, which uses
rice flour
instead of regular flour.
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