CHEESE SNACKS
Nippy tidbits to nibble on.
- 1 cup Bisquick
- ½ cup grated sharp yellow cheese
- 2 tbsp. mayonnaise
- about ⅓ cup milk
- ½ cup chopped parsley or chives
- 1 tbsp. grated onion
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Blend thoroughly with fork Bisquick, cheese, mayonnaise, and milk. Shape into ½″ balls. Roll in mixture of parsley and onion. Bake on greased baking sheet 8 to 10 min. Makes about 30.
CINNAMON BISCUIT BALLS
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Make Biscuit dough (p. 3). Shape into small balls and roll in mixture of 2 tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Bake on lightly greased baking sheet 8 to 10 min. Makes about 2 doz. biscuits.
FLAVORTOPS
Serve them hot and tasty, sitting pretty on the salad plate.
- 1 tbsp. chopped pimiento
- 1 tbsp. chopped parsley
- 2 tsp. minced onion
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 3-oz. pkg. cream cheese
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Blend ingredients and spread over top of unbaked Biscuits (p. 3). Bake 10 to 15 min. Makes 16 small or 8 large biscuits.
DEVILED HAM TURNOVERS
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Make Biscuit or Fruit Shortcake dough (p. 3). Roll into 15″ square on surface lightly dusted with Bisquick. Cut into twenty-five 3″ squares. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Spoon a little Ham Filling onto center of each square. Make triangle by folding one half over the other so top edge slightly overlaps. Press edges together with a fork dipped in cold water. Bake 8 to 10 min.
Ham Filling: Blend two 2¼-oz. cans deviled ham and 2 tbsp. cream.
MAIN DISHES
For Lunch or Supper
ROLL-UPS
Leftovers are “loved-overs” when you have your Bisquick.
Heat oven to 425° (hot). Mix 2 cups chopped cooked chicken, ham, veal, beef, lamb, or sea food with about ½ cup gravy or White Sauce (p. 16). Make Biscuit dough (p. 3). Roll into 18x9″ rectangle. Spread with meat. Roll up beginning at wide side. Seal edges. Slice 1½″ thick. Place slices in well greased pan (close together for soft sides, apart for crusty sides). Bake 15 to 20 min. Serve with gravy or sauce. Makes 12.
HAMBURGER ROLL-UPS
Follow recipe above—except spread dough with Hamburger Filling (sauté 1 med. onion, chopped, in 1 tbsp. hot fat; stir in 1 lb. ground round steak and cook until well browned; mix in 3 tbsp. Bisquick, ½ tsp. salt, dash of pepper; gradually add ½ cup milk, stirring constantly; boil 1 min., cool). Serve with mushroom sauce.
SEA FOOD ROLL
Follow recipe above—except use any sea food and do not cut roll in slices. Put sealed edge down on greased baking sheet or pan. Cut slits in top. Bake. Cut into thick slices. Serve with White Sauce (p. 16) to which cut-up hard-cooked eggs, sliced olives, or sautéed mushrooms have been added. Or use condensed cream of mushroom soup diluted with ½ cup milk, heated, for sauce.
BAKED MEAT SANDWICH
Known in Italy as cavatzone, a treat by either name. (Pictured on inside of back cover.)
- 1 lb. ground lean pork
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup grated Swiss cheese
- 1 large egg, beaten
- ¼ tsp. Tabasco sauce
- 1½ tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. minced parsley
Heat oven to 400° (mod. hot). Cook pork and onion over low heat until no longer pink. (Do not brown. Stir with fork to break up as it cooks.) Cool. Mix rest of ingredients. Add ¼ cup mayonnaise to Biscuit dough (p. 3). Spread half of dough in well greased 8″ square pan. Spread with meat mixture. With fingers, spread rest of dough over mixture. (The top will even out during baking.) Brush with beaten egg yolk for crusty glaze. Bake 25 to 30 min. Cut in squares or in ½” slices and serve hot or cold.
TV SUPPER
Baked Meat Sandwich, Tossed Green Salad, Orange Sherbet.
MEAT SHORT PIES
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Make your favorite cooked chicken or meat pie filling. Spoon into oblong casserole or individual baking dishes. Make Short Pie dough (p. 8). Divide into 6 parts. With palm of hand flatten each part into 3 to 4″ rounds on baking sheet. Prick with fork. Bake about 8 min. When serving, set baked rounds on hot filling. 6 servings.
WAFFLES AND PANCAKES
A good (and easy!) way to stir up excitement at lunch or supper. Betty Crocker
CHICKEN GRIDDLECAKES
Mighty special for your favorite friends, too.
Make Pancakes (p. 2), using about ½ cup batter for each pancake. Spoon ¼ cup Creamed Chicken (recipe below) onto half of each pancake. Fold over. Place on baking sheet. Sprinkle with grated sharp yellow cheese ... about 1 tbsp. for each cake. Place under broiler or in oven to melt cheese. 8 servings.
WHITE SAUCE
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup Bisquick
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 2 cups milk
Melt butter over low heat. Blend in Bisquick, seasonings. Cook over low heat, stirring until smooth and bubbly. Take from heat. Stir in milk. Bring to boil; boil 1 min., stirring constantly.
CHEESE SAUCE
Stir in 2 cups grated sharp cheese.
CREAMED CHICKEN
Carefully stir in 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 2 cups cut-up cooked chicken, ½ cup sliced mushrooms sautéed in butter, and 2 tbsp. chopped pimiento.
ONION PANCAKES WITH BEEF CRUMBLE
Don’t spare the onion, and make lots of Beef Crumble.
Make Pancakes (p. 2)—except add 1 cup minced onion sautéed in 2 tbsp. hot fat. Serve piping hot with
Beef Crumble and Gravy: Brown ½ lb. ground beef and ¼ cup minced onion in 2 tbsp. hot fat. Add 1 tsp. salt, ½ tsp. pepper, ¼ cup Bisquick. Continue browning. Slowly stir in ½ cup milk and 2 cups water.
WAFFLE CLUB RABBIT
Make Waffles (p. 2). Top each one with a slice or more of fresh tomato. Spoon Cheese Sauce (above) over, then garnish with strips of crisp bacon.
WAFFLE SUPPER ROYAL
Heat 1½ cups whole-berry cranberry sauce until warm. Make Waffles (p. 2). Serve 2 sections of waffle sandwich-style with Creamed Chicken (above) between. Top with warm cranberry sauce. 6 to 8 servings.
Are you a Twosome? Most of the recipes in this book can be cut in half for 3 servings.
For Lunch or Supper
BREADS
The biscuit’s the thing—so choose your flavor and make them in just minutes. Betty Crocker
CHEESE BISCUITS
Just this little touch makes lunch an event.
Make Biscuits (p. 3)—except mix ½ cup grated sharp yellow American cheese with the Bisquick.
BACON BISCUITS
Make Biscuits (p. 3)—except mix ⅓ cup drained crisply cooked bacon bits (about 4 strips) with the Bisquick.
BACON WHIRLS
Heat oven to 425° (hot). Make Biscuit dough (p. 3). Roll into 16x7″ rectangle. Brush with bacon fat. Spread with ⅓ cup diced crisply cooked bacon. Roll up tightly, beginning at wide side. Seal edge. Slice 1″ thick. Place on ungreased baking sheet or in muffin cups. Brush tops with bacon fat. Bake 10 min. Makes 16.
Neat Trick: How does your family like biscuits:
Crusty Sides? Place biscuits on baking sheet with spaces between.
Soft Sides? Place biscuits close together on baking sheet or in pan.
DROP BISCUITS
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Make Biscuit dough (p. 3). Drop with spoon on greased baking sheet. Bake 10 to 15 min.
WHUFFINS
Make richer Muffins (p. 2)—except fold 1½ cups Wheaties carefully into batter.
LONDON BUNS
Fruity little muffins for lunch or tea.
Make richer Muffins (p. 2)—except add 1 cup raisins or currants and ½ cup candied fruit (3 oz.) to batter.
CELERY CRESCENTS
Heat oven to 450° (hot). Make Biscuits (p. 3). Roll into 12 to 13″ circle. Brush lightly with melted butter. Cut into 16 pie-shaped wedges. Roll up tightly beginning at wide end. Place on baking sheet, point underneath. Shape into crescents. Brush tops with melted butter. Sprinkle with celery seeds and a little salt. Bake 10 to 12 min. Makes 16.
HOT PIMIENTO CHEESE BISCUITS
Make Biscuits (p. 3). Lay sliced pimiento cheese on top of hot baked biscuits and return to oven for cheese to melt, about 5 min.
FAVORITE LUNCH
Hot Vegetable Soup
Cheese Biscuits
Applesauce
1-2-3 Peanut Butter Cookies (p. 19)
DESSERTS
RANCH PUDDING
Makes its own butterscotch sauce as it bakes.
- 2 cups brown sugar (packed)
- 2½ cups water
- 2 tbsp. butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1¼ cups Bisquick
- 1 cup raisins or chopped dates
- ½ to 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Mix in saucepan 1 cup brown sugar, water, butter. Boil 5 min. Pour into 8″ square pan. Mix in bowl, 1 cup brown sugar, milk, Bisquick, raisins or dates, nuts, vanilla. Spoon batter on top of sugar mixture. It will sink into the liquid and spread out as it bakes. Bake 45 min. Serve warm with plain or whipped cream. 9 servings.
APPLE OR PEACH CRISP
- 4 cups sliced peeled apples or peaches or no. 2½ can peaches, drained
- 2 tbsp. water
- ¼ to ⅓ cup sugar (depending on tartness of fruit)
- 1¼ cups Bisquick
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 1 egg, beaten
Heat oven to 400° (mod. hot). Place fruit in greased 10x6″ baking dish. Sprinkle with water and sugar. Mix Bisquick, sugar, cinnamon and pour egg on slowly, stirring constantly until crumbly. Sprinkle over fruit. Dot with butter. Bake about 25 min. until brown. Serve hot or cold with milk or cream. 6 to 8 servings.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING
- ½ cup Bisquick
- ¾ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Mix Bisquick, sugar, cocoa. Gradually stir in water and milk. Bring to boil over medium heat; boil 1 min. Add vanilla. Pour into sherbet glasses. Sprinkle with sugar. Cool. Top with whipped cream. 6 servings.
UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
Velvet Crumb is a favorite right side up and a double favorite upside down.
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Melt 2 tbsp. butter in 8″ square pan or 9″ round layer pan. Sprinkle with ¼ cup brown sugar. Arrange over sugar mixture fresh or well drained canned fruit (peach slices, pineapple slices or chunks, or apricot halves). Make Velvet Crumb Cake batter (p. 12). Pour over fruit. Bake 35 to 40 min., until toothpick stuck in center comes out clean. Invert at once on serving plate. Leave pan over cake a minute. Serve warm with plain or whipped cream.
Neat Trick: Dazzle the family with different designs on your upside-down cakes.
EASY COOKIES
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
All-time favorites for the cooky jar.
- ¼ cup soft butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 egg
- 1½ cups Bisquick
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- 6-oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate pieces or one or two candy bars cut in small pieces
Heat oven to 375° (quick mod.). Mix well butter, sugar, egg. Stir in Bisquick, nuts, chocolate pieces. Drop with teaspoon 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake about 10 min. until light brown. Makes 3 doz.
CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES
Use granulated sugar in place of brown, omit chocolate pieces, and blend in 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.), melted. Do not overbake.
COCONUT ORANGE DROPS
Omit chocolate; blend in 1 cup shredded coconut and 1 tbsp. grated orange rind. Do not overbake.
DATE BARS
Nice as mother used to make—easier and quicker, too.
- ¼ cup butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1⅓ Cups Bisquick
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup cut-up dates
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, egg. Stir in Bisquick, nuts, dates. Bake 25 min. in greased 8″ square pan. Cool about 1 hr. Cut in bars. Roll in confectioners’ sugar.
1-2-3 PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
- 1 cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar or brown
- sugar (packed)
- ½ cup boiling water
- 2 cups Bisquick
Heat oven to 400° (mod. hot). Blend peanut butter, shortening, sugar, water with rotary beater or spoon until smooth. Stir in Bisquick. Drop small teaspoonfuls on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in Bisquick or press with fork dipped in Bisquick. Bake 8 to 10 min. Makes about 6½ doz.
“PUDDING COOKIES”
- ¾ cup Bisquick
- 1 pkg. instant pudding mix
- ¼ cup cooking (salad) oil
- 1 egg
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Mix ingredients until dough forms a ball. Shape into balls, using 1 teaspoon dough for each ball. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten to about 2” with hand. Bake 8 min. Makes 2½ to 3 doz.
BISQUICK-WHEATIES SQUARES
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1¼ cups brown sugar (packed)
- ½ tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup Bisquick
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- ½ cup shredded coconut, if desired
- 1 cup Wheaties
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Grease a 9″ square pan. Blend thoroughly eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, Bisquick. Mix in nuts, coconut. Fold in Wheaties. Spread in pan. Bake 30 to 35 min. Cut in 2″ squares while warm. Makes 16.
For Breakfast
PANCAKES & WAFFLES
These are frankly fancy—for just good plain pancakes see p. 2. Betty Crocker
PUFF PANCAKES
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2⅓ cups Bisquick
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- ¼ cup cooking (salad) oil or melted shortening
Beat eggs until soft peaks form. Blend in milk. Add Bisquick and sugar. Mix just until thoroughly dampened. Fold in oil. Spoon onto medium-hot griddle. Grease griddle, if necessary. When puffed up, and bubbles begin to break, cook on other side. Makes 15 to 20.
PUFF WAFFLES
Follow recipe above—except bake in preheated waffle baker.
Neat Trick: Serve Puff Pancakes or Waffles for dessert topped with fruit and whipped cream.
WAFFLES WITH PINEAPPLE
Perfect match for smoked ham.
- 2 cups crushed pineapple (#2 can)
- ¼ cup brown sugar (packed)
- 2 tbsp. butter
Mix pineapple, sugar, butter. Bring to boil, then simmer 3 min. Add a little water if too thick. Spoon warm over crisp baked Waffles (p. 2).
P.S. Griddle is right temperature for baking when a few drops of water sprinkled on it jump around.
BLUEBERRY PANCAKES OR WAFFLES
Topped with honey or hard sauce they double for dessert.
Make Pancakes or Waffles (p. 2)—except add 2 tbsp. sugar to the batter; then gently fold in 1 cup fresh, or drained frozen or canned blueberries. Dust with confectioners’ sugar.
SILVER DOLLAR PANCAKES
How to be special to the children.
Make Pancake batter (p. 2). Thin with a little milk. Then spoon out a tablespoon at a time to fill your griddle with tiny mouthfuls of “silver dollar” pancakes. Serve several on each plate.
BACON WAFFLES
Lay short strips of bacon over grids of heated waffle iron. Close and bake about 1 min. Make Waffle batter (p. 2)—except omit shortening. Spoon batter over bacon. Bake.
PECAN PANCAKES AND WAFFLES
Add ¾ to 1 cup finely chopped pecans to Pancake or Waffle batter (p. 2). Bake. Serve with syrup or ice cream.
SAUSAGE ROLLS WITH MAPLE GLAZE
Make Pancakes (p. 2). Roll a fried pork sausage link in each pancake. Top with
MAPLE GLAZE
- 1 cup maple or maple-flavored syrup
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 2 tbsp. cream
Mix and cook gently without stirring until slightly thickened (about 5 min.).
SPICY PANCAKES
Keep these in mind for dessert, too.
Add 1 tsp. cinnamon, ½ tsp. each allspice, cloves, and nutmeg to Pancake batter (p. 2). Bake. Serve with Spiced Cherry Sauce.
SPICED CHERRY SAUCE
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 tbsp. cornstarch
- ¼ tsp. cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 1 cup chopped fresh cherries (or #2 can)
- 1 tbsp. strained lemon juice
- 1 cup juice from cherries or water
Mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt in saucepan. Add rest of ingredients. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Boil 1 min. Serve hot over plain or Spicy Pancakes (above).
APPLE PANCAKES
Add 2 cups grated unpeeled apple, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, and 2 tbsp. sugar to Pancake batter (p. 2). Bake. Serve with syrup.
TROPICAL PANCAKES
Make Pancakes (p. 2). Top each stack with a pineapple slice. Serve with fresh orange syrup made by boiling together until slightly thickened 1 cup orange juice, ⅓ cup sugar, and ¼ cup water.
SOUR CREAM PANCAKES
Make Pancakes (p. 2)—except use 1 cup water and ⅔ cup sour cream in place of milk.
CORN MEAL PANCAKES OR WAFFLES
Make Pancakes or Waffles (p. 2)—except use ½ cup corn meal in place of ½ cup of the Bisquick.
Neat Trick: To use up Leftover Pancake Batter:
French Toast: Dip slices of day-old or stale bread in leftover batter. Sauté in hot shallow fat until brown, turn and brown on other side. Serve with syrup or jelly and confectioners’ sugar.
Meat Mates: Dip apple rings, pineapple slices, cooked baby carrots, or cooked parsnips in leftover batter. Sauté as above.
HOT FROM THE OVEN
BUTTONS AND BOWKNOTS
Like doughnuts but you twist them and bake them—the holes, too.
- 2 cups Bisquick
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp. cinnamon
- ⅔ cup cream or top milk or ½ cup milk
- 1 egg
Heat oven to 400° (mod. hot). Mix Bisquick, sugar, spices. Add cream, egg. Mix well. Dust hands and board lightly with Bisquick. Knead 2 or 3 times. Keep dough soft.
Roll out ½″ thick. Cut with doughnut cutter dipped in Bisquick. Save “holes” to bake. Hold opposite sides of ring with fingers, twist to make figure 8. Pat scraps together, reroll and cut. Place on baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 min., until golden brown. Melt ¼ cup butter. Measure ½ cup sugar into small bowl. Immediately after baking, dip each quickly in butter, then in sugar, coating all sides. Serve warm. Makes about 10.
SUGAR BUNS
Spoon above dough into greased muffin cups, filling each ½ full. Bake about 15 min. Dip in butter and sugar.
BUTTERSCOTCH-DATE-PECAN MUFFINS
(Pictured on cover.)
Drop into each of 12 greased medium muffin cups ½ tbsp. butter, ½ tbsp. brown sugar, 2 or 3 pecan halves. Fold 1 cup cut-up dates into Muffin batter (p. 2). Spoon into prepared muffin cups. Bake.
BACON-CHEESE MUFFINS
Make Muffin batter (p. 2)—except fold in 2 tbsp. crisp, cooked diced bacon and ½ cup grated, sharp, yellow cheese. Bake.
PRUNE, APRICOT, OR PINEAPPLE COFFEE CAKE
Make Coffee Cake batter (p. 2)—except sprinkle 2 tbsp. melted butter and ¼ cup white or brown sugar over batter (for prune topping, use ¾ tsp. cinnamon). Arrange over top 1 cup chopped, drained cooked prunes or apricots or 1 cup drained crushed pineapple. Bake. Serve hot.
BANANA COFFEE CAKE
Make Coffee Cake batter (p. 2)—except add 1 cup mashed, fully ripe bananas in place of milk. Bake.
LEMON COFFEE CAKE
Make Coffee Cake batter (p. 2). Melt 1 tbsp. butter. Mix in ½ cup sugar and 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind. Sprinkle over batter. Bake 25 min.
COOKING FOR A CROWD
Big things to do easily and quickly when you’re helping at church suppers, school banquets, club meetings, weddings, or summer camp. Betty Crocker
BISCUITS
- FOR 60 MEDIUM. Serves 30.
- 10 cups Bisquick (40-oz. pkg. or 2 20-oz. pkg.)
- 3⅓ cups milk
- FOR 100 MEDIUM. Serves 50.
- 17 cups Bisquick
- 5⅔ cups milk
Follow directions for Biscuits (p. 3).
Neat Trick: In a hurry? Simply pat out biscuit dough on baking sheet. Cut in squares with sharp knife. Quick! No scraps!
FRUIT COBBLER
Heat oven to 400° (mod. hot). Make biscuit dough, adding 1 tbsp. sugar for each cup of Bisquick. Drop by spoonfuls on hot prepared fruit. Bake 20 min.
PANCAKES
- FOR 60 PANCAKES. Serves 15.
- 10 cups Bisquick (40-oz. pkg. or 2 20-oz. pkg.)
- 8⅓ cups milk
- 5 eggs
- FOR 100 PANCAKES. Serves 25.
- 17 cups Bisquick
- 3 qt. + 2 cups milk
- 8 eggs
Add milk and eggs to Bisquick. Beat with rotary beater until smooth. Follow baking directions on p. 2.
VELVET CRUMB CAKE
- 2⅔ cups Bisquick
- 1½ cups sugar
- 6 tbsp. soft shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cups milk[2]
- 2 tsp. vanilla
Follow mixing directions on p. 12. Bake in 13x9½x2″ oblong baking pan 35 to 40 min. Cover with Broiled Topping while warm. Makes 24 2″ squares.
Broiled Topping: Mix ⅓ cup soft butter, ⅔ cup brown sugar (packed), ¼ cup cream, 1 cup Wheaties or coconut, ½ cup chopped nuts. Spread on warm cake. Place about 3″ under broiler (low heat) until mixture bubbles and browns (3 to 5 min.). Do not burn!
BACON AND SAUSAGE THE EASY WAY
Bake bacon or pork sausages in 400° (mod. hot) oven. More can be done at one time, there’s no need to watch, and the top of the range is free for other things. Bacon takes 10 min., pork sausages 20 to 30 min., turning once.
Outdoor Cooking
OVER THE FIRE
Everybody’s cooking outdoors, and these ideas will work perfectly, whether you’re camping out or cooking in the backyard. Betty Crocker
STICK BISCUITS
An age-old way to make hot biscuits.
Pour several cups of Bisquick into plastic bag. Roll down sides to make cuff. Take end of long, peeled stick (thickness of little finger) and push away Bisquick in center to make a well. Pour in about 1 tbsp. milk or water. Stir gently with stick until liquid picks up enough Bisquick to form soft ball around end of stick (about 1″ across). Secure ball on stick by pressing gently with hand. Hold stick over coals, turning slowly to bake ball through and brown evenly (about 7 min.). Eat piping hot with butter, jam, or jelly.
STICK TWISTS
Make ball of dough as above. Dust hands generously with Bisquick. Slip ball from stick. Roll between palms into a 4 or 5″ strip. Wind strip spirally around end of stick, pinching tightly at ends to secure. Bake as above (about 5 min.). Slip off stick. Fill center with strip of cheese or cooked meat or spoon in jelly, jam, or honey. Eat piping hot.
CHEESE TOPPERS
Follow directions for Stick Biscuits—except secure a ¾″ cube of cheese on end of stick. Finish as directed. Also good with canned meat.
FLAPJACKS
Big-size version Pancakes (p. 2). Fit them into out-door appetites with exciting flavors.
1. Follow suggestions for Apple or Corn Meal Pancakes (p. 21) or Blueberry Pancakes (p. 20).
2. Layer a stack of Flapjacks with jelly or jam, cut into quarters to serve 4.
3. Add 1 cup drained whole kernel or fresh corn to batter.
HUSH PUPPIES
An old-time favorite in the Deep South now brought up to date.
Mix 1 cup corn meal, 1 cup Bisquick, 1 tsp. salt, 1 egg, and 1 cup milk. Drop with spoon into hot fat, fry until golden brown on both sides, turning only once. Serve hot. Makes 15 to 20.
DOG-IN-A-BISCUIT
Form Stick Twists as directed at left. Wind strip of dough around roasted frankfurter or fried pork sausage, stretching to cover completely. Finish same as for Stick Twists.
Neat Trick: For the crispiest coating you ever tasted, roll fresh fish, sea food, chicken, or meat generously in Bisquick. Fry in a small amount of fat until golden brown on both sides. Turn only once.
BAKED IN THE OVEN
Carry these good things from the kitchen into your own back yard or try them at camp. (Never go on a camping trip without your box of Bisquick!) Betty Crocker
MEAT TURNOVERS
Mix thoroughly 2 cups Bisquick, ½ cup milk or water, ¼ cup melted shortening or drippings. If batter is too soft, add Bisquick. Divide into 8 pieces. Pat out to make 5” square. Place slice of cooked or canned meat on half of square. Spread with chili sauce or pickle relish. Fold dough over meat and seal edges with fork. Slit top. Bake 15 to 20 min. in hot oven.
Neat Trick: Put 1 piece of dough at a time in plastic bag dusted generously with Bisquick. Pat between hands to make a 5” square. To remove, gradually turn bag inside out, loosening dough from sides with dull knife.
CRISPY CORN BREAD
Make Muffin batter (p. 2)—except add ¾ cup corn meal and use only 1¼ cups Bisquick. Turn batter into sizzling hot pan. Bake about 15 min. in hot oven until brown and crusty.
BLUEBERRY TRAIL BISCUITS
Make Drop Biscuits (p. 17)—except add 1 cup blueberries and 2 tbsp. sugar to dough.
CAMPFIRE STEW WITH DUMPLINGS
Use canned or homemade stew. Make Dumplings (p. 2).
SWEET CINNAMON ROLLS
Make Biscuit dough (p. 3). Drop small spoonfuls into mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Roll to coat surface. Bake 8 to 10 min. in hot oven. Makes 24.
FRUIT DUMPLINGS
Heat no. 2 can canned berries or fruit (2½ cups) to boiling. Sweeten fruit, if necessary. Then make half recipe for Dumplings (p. 2) and cook on fruit.
NEIGHBORHOOD BARBECUE
Meat Turnovers
Baked Beans
Sliced Bermuda Onions, Tomatoes
Velvet Crumb Cake (p. 12)
Coffee
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
When you use our Bisquick recipes you can be sure each baking will be easy to do and good to eat. That’s because after careful testing in our kitchens hundreds of homemakers have tried them in their own home kitchens and served them to their families.
Only the recipes rated tops by homemakers are passed along to you. That’s why I know you’ll be happy with every one!
Betty Crocker
INDEX
- *Basic Bakings 2-3
- (Also on your Bisquick box)
- Dinner 4-8
- Company’s Coming 9-14
- Lunch or Supper 15-19
- Breakfast 20-22
- Cooking for a Crowd 23
- Outdoor Cooking 24-25
- BREADS
- Bacon Whirls 17
- *Biscuits 3, 23
- Bacon 17
- Blueberry Trail 25
- Broccoli 6
- Buttermilk 4
- Cheese 17
- Dinner 4
- Drop 17
- Herb 4
- Hot Pimiento Cheese 17
- Stick 24
- Breakfast Ring 10
- Butter Sticks 4
- Buttons and Bow Knots 22
- Celery Crescents 17
- Cheese Bread 4
- Cheese Snacks 14
- Cheese Toppers 24
- Cinnamon Biscuit Balls 14
- *Coffee Cake 2
- Banana 22
- Cherry-Raisin 11
- Lemon 22
- Orange 11
- Prune, Apricot, or Pineapple 22
- Streusel Ribbon 11
- Corn Sticks 4
- Crispy Corn Bread 25
- Doughnuts 10
- *Dumplings 2
- Flavortops 14
- French Toast 21
- Hush Puppies 24
- Jam Twists 11
- London Buns 17
- *Muffins 2
- Bacon-Cheese 22
- Butterscotch-Date-Pecan 22
- Corn 4
- Cranberry 4
- Herb 4
- Whuffins 17
- Nut Bread 12
- Banana 12
- Fruit 12
- Orange 12
- *Pancakes 2, 23
- Apple 21
- Blueberry 20
- Colonial Jelly Stack 10
- Corn 24
- Corn Meal 21
- Flapjacks 24
- Jelly 24
- Onion 16
- Pecan 20
- Puff 20
- Sausage Rolls with Maple Glaze 21
- Silver Dollar 20
- Sour Cream 21
- Spicy 21
- Swedish 10
- Tropical 21
- Pineapple Sticky Buns 12
- Rolls
- Butterscotch Pecan 11
- Cinnamon 11
- Quick Parkerhouse 4
- Sweet Cinnamon Rolls 25
- Stick Twists 24
- Sugar Buns 22
- *Waffles 2
- Bacon 20
- Blueberry 20
- Brownie Nut 13
- Corn Meal 21
- Pecan 20
- Puff 20
- Waffle Club Rabbit 16
- Waffle Supper Royal 16
- Waffles with Pineapple 20
- CAKES
- Date Velvet Crumb Cake 9
- Upside-down Cake 18
- Velvet Crumb Cake 12, 23
- Velvet Fudge Cake 13
- COOKIES
- Bisquick-Wheaties Squares 19
- Chocolate Chip Cookies 19
- Chocolate Drop Cookies 19
- Coconut Orange Drops 19
- Date Bars 19
- 1-2-3 Peanut Butter Cookies 19
- “Pudding” Cookies 19
- DESSERTS
- Apple or Peach Crisp 18
- Chocolate Pudding 18
- Fruit Cobbler 23
- Fruit Dumplings 25
- Fruit Short Pie Cobbler 8
- *Fruit Shortcake 3
- Hot Fudge Pudding 8
- Peach Pinwheels 8
- Ranch Pudding 18
- Short Pie 8
- Strawberry Glacé 9
- Sundae 8
- MAIN DISHES
- Baked Bacon or Sausage 23
- Baked Hamburger or Sausage Sandwich 13
- Baked Meat Sandwich 15
- Batter Franks 13
- Bisquick Noodles 7
- Breaded Meat, Chicken or Fish 7
- Campfire Stew with Dumplings 25
- Chicken and Biscuits, Oven-crisp 6
- Chicken Griddlecakes 16
- Chicken Pie 6
- Chicken Pot Pie 5
- Double 5
- Coating Fish or Meat 24
- Corn and Shrimp Casserole 5
- Crispy Fried Fish 6
- Deviled Ham Turnovers 14
- Dog-in-a-Biscuit 24
- Fritters 7
- Hamburger Roll-ups 15
- Meat Pie 6
- Meat Short Pies 15
- Meat Turnovers 25
- Mexican Dinner 7
- Pizza Boats 13
- Pizza Pie 14
- Pork and Dumplings, Favorite 5
- Roll-ups 15
- Salmon Rabbit Pie 5
- Sea Food Roll 15
- Shortcakes
- Asparagus 9
- Ring-topped Chicken 9
- Tomato 9
- Shrimp, Batter Fried 7
- Soufflés
- Cheese 9
- Chicken 9
- Salmon 9
- Tuna 9
- Tuna Broccoli Casserole 6
- SAUCES AND GRAVIES
- Beef Crumble and Gravy 16
- Cheese Sauce 16
- Creamed Chicken 16
- Spiced Cherry Sauce 21
- White Sauce 16
- MENUS
- Dinner 4, 6
- Favorite Lunch 17
- Neighborhood Barbecue 25
- Sunday Brunch 10
- TV Supper 15