Homemade Baking Mix

It’s super easy to make your own homemade baking mix with ingredients that you already have in your kitchen!

This Homemade Baking Mix can be used in place of any recipe that calls for a boxed baking mix such as Bisquick.

It’s a mix of flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt – plus butter. Vegetable shortening can be used instead of the butter if you prefer.

Simply mix all of the ingredients together, first cutting the butter into small pea-size pieces so they mix easily with the dry ingredients – and you’re done!  

This homemade baking mix can be stored tightly-covered in the refrigerator for up to a month.

• It’s made with common ingredients you probably have on hand in your pantry and refrigerator, so you can mix up a batch anytime you need baking mix in a recipe.
• You’ll know exactly what ingredients are in the baking mix – no preservatives, artificial colors, or artificial flavors.
• You can make as much or as little as you need for your recipes. Try our delicious Crustless Ham and Cheddar Quiche – it’s made with this baking mix.

• Unsalted Butter – You can swap in vegetable shortening if you prefer.
• All-Purpose Flour
• Granulated Sugar – Don’t worry, adding sugar doesn’t add an overly sweet taste to savory recipes you might make with this recipe. You can leave it out if you prefer.
• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Table Salt – Finely-textured table salt will blend evenly in this baking mix. We don’t recommend using a coarse salt in this recipe.

1. Cut butter into pea-sized pieces. Lay them lay out on a plate in a single layer and freeze while you measure out and mix up the rest of the ingredients.
2. Whisk dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
3. Sprinkle the frozen butter pieces evenly over the top of the dry ingredients.
4. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients (a pastry cutter works the best, but two forks can also be used) until the butter is rice sized and evenly incorporated into the dry ingredients.
5. Use in any recipe that calls for a boxed baking mix such as our Cheddar Cheese Drop Biscuits or our Crustless Ham and Cheddar Quiche.

• Can I make this Homemade Baking Mix ahead of time? Yes – you’ll just need to store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to use it.
• How do I store it? You can use any air-tight container or a zipper seal bag. Just be sure to squeeze out as much of the air as possible. If using a container, choose one that is close in size to the amount of leftover baking mix you have.
• How long can I store this baking mix in the refrigerator? We recommend no longer than a month. Anything longer than that, we worry that the leavening will start to lose its effectiveness.
• Can I freeze this baking mix? We’ve never tried freezing this homemade baking mix ourselves, so we can’t say for sure how it would turn out. As mentioned above, we worry that the leaveners will lose their effectiveness after freezing and thawing so we’ve never tested it.

This Homemade Baking Mix recipe originally appeared on A Family Feast in October 2014. We’ve updated the post and photos, but the delicious recipe remains the same.

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