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4 cups unsifted, all purpose white flour (spoon lightly into cup and level off)
1 cup butter flavor or solid white shortening
1/3 cup double-acting baking powder
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
4 cups whole wheat flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1. Into a large bowl, sift together 4 cups white flour, the baking powder, sugar
and salt. This removes lumps and helps mix ingredients.
2. Cut in shortening with 2 knives, pastry blender, or fingers until it looks like
coarse oatmeal.
3. Stir in the dry milk.
4. Stir in the 4 cups of whole wheat flour; mix well.
5. Store in covered container at room temperature.
Yield: 11 cups. Keeps about 2 months. For longer storage refrigerate or freeze.
Notes:
To measure Master Mix: stir lightly and pile into cup (do not shake) and level off.
You may use less whole wheat flour and more white flour if you wish. Just be sure
the total flour used is 8 cups.
Variations
Margarine or Butter Master Mix. Reduce salt to 1 1/2 teaspoons. Use 1 1/4 cups
margarine in place of shortening. Choose a margarine which lists a liquid vegetable
oil as first ingredient for more polyunsaturates. Keep refrigerated. The Master Mix
can be used to make many dishes easily. Unlike a purchased mix, this homemade mix
allows you to choose your own combination of ingredients. The recipe may be doubled
if desired.
The Master Mix is lower in fat than some but gives very good results. Sugar has
been reduced in some of the recipes, but other ingredients have been used to
enhance flavor. Thus in banana bread only 1/4 cup of sugar is used but more banana
is called for than in traditional recipes.
Simple meals and leftovers can be sparked up by adding a homemade hotbread or other
food made from the Master Mix.
How to Use Dried Eggs in the Master Mix recipes If you have dried eggs on hand you
can use them in the Master Mix recipes instead of fresh ones. The table below shows
how to reconstitute the dried eggs. If you prefer, you may add the dried eggs to
the dry ingredients and the water to the liquid in the recipe.
Dried Egg Substitutions
Dried Eggs +Water=Eggs
1/4 cup + 1/4 =cup1
1/2 cup + 1/2 =cup2
Note: Use the dried eggs only in recipes requiring thorough cooking.