A homemade Biscuit Mix made with just 4 pantry staple ingredients! This mix will keep for up to 8 months and produce tender, fluffy biscuits – perfect for breakfast, lunch, snacks or dinner.
Better than any store bought version, this biscuit mix trumps all! This recipe requires only 4 simple ingredients that most people have readily available in their pantry already – flour, baking powder, salt and shortening!
In the blink of an eye you can have a homemade biscuit mix readily available for whenever you have a hankering for warm, flaky, tender biscuits! The best part? This mix will store for up to 8 months, meaning you can have them whenever you want, no prep necessary! With it being easy and budget friendly, this is going to be the only mix you ever use.
Ingredients
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We are using only 4 pantry staple ingredients! Simple as pie… well, in this case – biscuits.
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Shortening
How to make biscuit mix
- Combine Ingredients – Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
How to store biscuit mix
This biscuit mix is perfect to have pre-made and on hand when you are in the mood for a tender biscuit. Once you’ve finished making your mix, store it in an airtight container in a cool, dry place or in the freezer for up to 8 months!
How to serve
I absolutely adore making biscuits, they are so versatile for what they can be used for! There’s nothing like a tender, flaky buttered biscuit with jam in the morning for breakfast or serve up some buttermilk parmesan biscuits, fresh and warm out of the oven – to amplify and add a little comfort to your weeknight dinners. Spark your creativity and use your mixture for this sloppy joe casserole or make copycat red lobster cheddar bay biscuits! Possibilities are endless with this biscuit mix recipe!
What can I add to my biscuits?
When the craving hits and you are ready to make the best biscuits you’ve ever had using your new fantastic biscuit mix recipe – there are tons of options you can add into your dough! Try some of these:
- Cheddar Cheese
- Green Onion
- Buttermilk
- Parmesan Cheese
- Fruit
- Thyme
- Bacon
- Chives
- Feta Cheese
- Rosemary
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Biscuit Mix
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Store in an airtight container in a cool and dry place or in the freezer for up to 8 months.
Tips & Notes:
- Yields 6 cups.
- Nutritional information is for 1/4 cup.
how do you use it? nutritional values given for 1/4 cup but no instructions on how to actually use the mix to make biscuits.
There’s actually a couple links included in the post on how you can use the mix for different recipes! You can find my specific buttered biscuits recipe here
By shortening do you mean Crisco?
Crisco is a brand of shortening, so yes you can use that!
How long at what trmp?
It depends what kind of biscuits you are making! This is a recipe just for the mix, but you could try my butter biscuit recipe for further instructions!