Chapter 6
Section 6 of 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick by Betty Crocker.
Pancakes and Waffles Pancakes Add 1 2 3 cups milk and 1 egg to 2 cups Bisquick. Beat with rotary beater until smooth. Grease griddle if necessary.
Turn pancakes when bubbles appear. Between bakings, stir to thin out batter. Mix about 18 pancakes. For thinner pancakes, use 2 cups milk. Waffles
Follow pancake recipe except add 2 tablespoons cooking or salad oil or melted shortening. Waffles are baked when they stop steaming. Makes 2 large or 6 small. Note, griddle or waffle iron is right temperature for baking when a few drops of water sprinkle on it jump around. Dress up your pancakes or waffles 8 ways.
For banana, add to recipe 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, 2 medium, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Serve with honey, currant jelly, or confectioners' sugar. For blueberry, add to recipe 2 tablespoons sugar. Then fold in 1 cup fresh or drained canned blueberries. Serve with honey or confectioners' sugar.
For corn, add to recipe 1 cup creamed style or drained whole kernel corn with 1 half a teaspoon of paprika. Serve with syrup, creamed dried beef or ham, or white sauce and bacon. For cheese, add to recipe 1 half to 1 and 1 half cups grated sharp cheese. Serve with syrup, creamed meats, or vegetables. For ham, add to recipe 1 to 1 and 1 half cups chopped cooked ham.
Serve with syrup, cranberry sauce, cheese sauce, creamed vegetables. For nut, add to recipe 3 quarters to 1 cup finely chopped pecans, peanuts, or walnuts. Toasted if desired. Serve with syrup, ice cream, and caramel sauce. For onion, add to recipe 1 to 1 and 1 half cups finely chopped onions sauteed until golden brown in 2 or 3 tablespoons of fat.
Serve with browned ground beef and gravy. For spicy, add to recipe 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 half a teaspoon allspice, 1 half a teaspoon cloves, and 1 half teaspoon nutmeg. Serve with syrup or sweetened apple sauce. Chiffon waffles. Follow recipe for puff pancakes below, but use a waffle baker.
Chocolate waffles. Make waffles, except add 1 half a cup sugar and 2 square unsweetened chocolate, 2 ounces, melted to batter. Rich pancakes. Make pancakes, except use 1 and 1 quarter cup milk, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons cooking or salad oil, or melted shortening. Puff pancakes.
Beat 2 eggs with rotary beater until soft peaks form. Blend in 1 cup milk. Add 2 1 third cups bisquick and 2 tablespoons sugar. Mix just until thoroughly dampened. Fold in 1 quarter cup cooking, salad, oil, or melted shortening.
Spoon onto medium hot, ungreased griddle. When puffed up and bubbles begin to break, cook on other side. Serve with syrup or as dessert with warm fruit, such as strawberries and whipped cream. Makes 15 to 20 pancakes. Main dish pancakes and waffles.
Tuna royal pancakes. Pancakes recipe. 7 ounce canned tuna, drained and broken. 1 quarter cup chopped onion. 1 half cup grated parmesan or processed cheese.
1 half cup chopped celery. 1 quarter cup chopped pimento. About 2 teaspoons lemon juice. 10 and a half ounce canned cream of celery or chicken soup. 2 tablespoons bisquick.
1 quarter teaspoon salt. 1 eighth of a teaspoon pepper. 2 cups of milk. Heat oven to 400 degrees, moderately hot. Make 10 thinner pancakes, 5 inch size.
Keep warm between towels until ready to serve. Mix tuna, onion, 1 quarter cup of the cheese, celery, pimento and lemon juice. Spoon 2 tablespoons of mixture on each pancake. Roll and place folded side down in 11 and a half by 7 and a half by 1 and a half inch oblong baking dish. Heat an oven about 10 minutes.
Mix soup, bisquick, salt, pepper and milk. Heat until thickened. Pour over pancakes and sprinkle with the remaining quarter cup grated cheese. If desired, place under broiler until bubbly. 10 servings.
Waffle supper royal. Serve waffles with creamed chicken or turkey and top with whole cranberry sauce. Wonderful Sunday supper. Waffle club rabbit. Make waffles recipe using 2 cups milk.
Bake until very crisp and brown. Serve waffles whole or sections with a slice or more of fresh tomato arranged on each serving. Spoon cheese sauce recipe below. Over then top with strips of crisp bacon. Cheese sauce.
Mix 1 1⁄2 cups medium white sauce, 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese, 1⁄2 pound. If desired, add ¼ teaspoon dry mustard and few grains of thyme. Heat slowly until cheese melts and blends with sauce. 6 servings. Chicken griddle cakes.
Make 8 large pancake recipe using about ½ cup batter for each. Spoon ¼ cup creamed chicken recipe below onto ½ of each pancake. Fold over other half. Place on baking sheet. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon grated sharp cheese.
Slip under broiler or an oven for a moment to melt cheese. 8 servings. Cream chicken. Melt 2 tablespoons butter. Remove from heat.
Blend in ¼ cup Bisquick and 1 teaspoon salt. Gradually stir in 1 ½ cups milk. Bring to boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute. Stir in 2 cups finely diced cooked chicken.
Season to taste with pepper and poultry seasoning. Heat until chicken is hot. Brunch and dessert pancakes. Sunday in Vermont pancakes. Grate an apple into batter for pancakes recipe.
Make large pancakes 5 inches across. Stack 5 high with warm cranberry sauce between layers. Sprinkle confectioners sugar on top. Cut in wedges. Serve immediately. Spiced cherry sauce for pancakes.
Mix ¾ cup sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, and 1⁄8 teaspoon salt in small saucepan. Add 1 cup chopped cherries, canned or fresh. 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 cup water or juice from canned cherries. Bring to boil over direct heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute.
Serve hot. Makes about 1 ½ cups sauce. Colonial Jelly Stack Make pancakes recipe. Use ½ cup batter for each pancake.
Place one pancake on warm plate and while popping hot spread generously with soft butter and jelly. Top with second pancake. Spread and repeat until they are 6 high. Sprinkle top with confectioners sugar. Cut stack into wedges. Serve hot.
6 servings. Maple Whip Cream ½ cup soft butter. Add 1 cup maple flavored syrup gradually. Beat until smooth and spreading consistency.
Serve on hot pancakes or waffles. This can be refrigerated for future use. Strawberry Blintzes Pancake Recipe 1 cup cottage cheese, small curd, 4 oz. package cream cheese, 1 ½ tablespoon lemon rind, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, ¼ cup sugar, 10 oz. package frozen strawberries, thawed, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon almond extract.
Heat oven to 400 degrees, moderately hot. Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, lemon rind, and 3 tablespoons lemon juice and sugar. Whip until creamy. Place ¼ cup filling on each pancake and roll up. Place rolled side down in 11 x 7 inch baking dish. Heat in oven for 10 minutes, just before serving.
Heat the strawberries, the 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and almond extract. Spoon over pancakes. Serve immediately. 6 servings. Quantity Pancakes For 60 pancakes, serves 15.
10 cups Bisquick, a 40 oz. package or 2 20 oz. packages. 8 1⁄3 cup milk, 5 eggs. For 100 pancakes, serves 25. 15 cups Bisquick, a 60 oz. package. 3 quarts milk, 7 eggs.
Add milk and eggs to Bisquick. Beat with a rotary beater until smooth. Bake as directed as above. End of Section 6. Read by Ellen Corcoran.
