Panty cakes!

Nothing perverse just a play on words! Here is your recipe my darlins: for pancakes using the mix I posted last time!

Remember you need to mix up that MM (master mix) in advance to save you some trouble and time. 

Pancakes/waffles 

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1cup milk

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

1/2 cup fruit (diced banana, diced peaches,diced strawberries) (also optional)

1 teaspoon cinnamon (helps regulate blood sugar)

 

beat together in a bowl

Stir in:

1 1/2 cups MM (master mix from previous post)

Bake on hot griddle or waffle iorn. I use cooking spray to grease (fella uses butter) Increase milk for thinner batter  or to serve suprise breakfast guest ;)

Pancakes are ready to flip when lots of tiny bubbles appear on top and you can slide a flipper all the way under it with out sticking. (spatula turner..what ever you call it) 

If you feel it is necessary you may add up to 2 teaspoons of honey or cane sugar. We are not fans of "ooey gooey" in the AM.....Little one has her pancakes with no sauce, I prefer cream cheese or peanut butter on mine, fella likes my raspberry or black berry syrup and roomy likes hers smothered in syrup the old fashion way. Feel free to get creative. Mess around with flavor..toss some peanut-butter in the mix before you cook them and top them with Jelly. Add crumbled up bacon, dices jalapeños and shredded cheese and serve them with sour cream. This is your kitchen make a mess! Go crazy! Create! Make hubby wash the dishes ;) 

Mommas 1st nomma!

For my 1st recipe entry I wanted to post something great and super useful. I was blessed with a copy of the greatest book for frugal minds (and any body really who needs to save a buck.) The More with Less Cookbook (http://www.worldcommunitycookbook.org/more/index.html).This book has some of the best ideas for feeding your family one nickels and dimes.  My favorite most used out of the book is the So with out further ado..my mutated version of the Master Mix  from the above cook book. I have mutated it by using part  whole wheat flour instead of the standard white flour to add some more nutrition. You can also add wheat germ for an extra boost of protein and folic acid. (ladies you should know how important folic acid is!)
So your gonna need a large canister of some kind I used an empty pretzels tub. And you will need a very large bowl to mix in. I use an ex-large plastic punch bowl I got at the dollar tree.
you'll need:
 10cups all purpose flour ( I use 8cups wheat and 2 cups white)
6tablespoons baking 
salt1.5 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 cup sugar
1cup wheat germ (optional)
now your gonna cut into this dry mix (I use my hands)
2 cups vegetable shortening (if it doesn't say vegetable on it it is made from animal fat..ew..no grease in my pancakes please)
Definition: 'Cut in' means working solid shortening into dry ingredients with two knives or a pastry blender until well mixed. When making pastry, solid shortening, lard, or butter is cut in to a flour mixture until the particles are the size of small peas. This creates a flaky texture by coating the flour proteins with shortening, interrupting the gluten formation.Pronunciation: kutt in • (verb)
once you have turned the mix to the finest consistence possible (cornmeal like, takes about 5 minutes by hand. I like doing it by hand even if its messy because I know I can get it very fine) 
Now add
2cups powdered milk 
once everything is mixed store in a dry place with a tight lid.I use a large spoon and loosely fill my measuring cup with the spoon. 


so go make this and then I will post recipes for what you can use it for! Again be patient with me I am new to this blogging thing still.

**note on milk:The book says tis is optional. But I cant imagine not adding it. The addition of the milk and wheat germ make a pancake or muffin a meal because they add enough protein to supplement when money is tight. You do NOT need meat at every meal, if you supplement. So we are going to ignore the optional label here. Now I recently moved and found that powdered milk is nearly as costly as liquid milk where we live. With that said I STILL buy powdered milk. The obvious reasons why still out weight the reasons not to. (it IS still cheaper, and pennies add up people! it is lower in fats, great for cooking if you dont buy milk on a regular basis,it is shelf stable so you dont waste money because it doesn't go bad (near as fast) and it is great for emergency's)