Biscuit Mix

Measure your biscuit mix goodness by how the biscuits appease your belly and you'll find that on a scale of one to ten, a ten indicates time to wear looser fitting clothes. One is for the calorie conscious, low-fat minded cookie eater. As far as taste goes however, all biscuit mixes have got to be tens!

You'll find biscuit mix fits into the bread category of foods and recipes can be found of almost any ethnic origin. Most are deliciously simple to make. In today's market, the consumer favorite is the just-add-water, ready-to-make variety of biscuit mix. Add water plus your own choice of berry or seeds and stir well until you arrive at a soft dough. Pour into a well-greased muffin tin or shape or roll the dough into the desired cookie shape and bake on a cookie sheet in a pre-heated oven until perfection. What could be easier?

Toppings can be added prior to baking or after, depending on your preference. The only thing comparable to a still hot, oven fresh biscuit is licking the bowl of leftover biscuit mix while you wait. But you won't have to wait long. A steaming, flaky biscuit can be ready to eat in a matter of minutes. Add honey or butter to your biscuits and enjoy with coffee, milk or hot chocolate. They go great with breakfast, with lunch or as a snack all onto its own.

Some biscuit lovers will go so far as to mix up their own biscuit mix by the gallon and freeze the ready to bake dough for future baking. Pre-made biscuit mix will last up to a month in the freezer or if stored in an airtight container for up to two weeks at room temperature. The dough from biscuit mix can be cut into any number of simple shapes and will rise when baking so in order to retain the pattern its best to cut the dough in very simple shapes.