Mama Mangia wrote:JKander - that is why they make erasers! We ALL make mistakes!!
Mama Mangia wrote:Pilsbury all the way, I do NOT bake, I don't care for sweets myself, so perhaps that's why I don't bake. There are a few things that I bake, Cakes & Muffins (pilsbury) But, I do make my own from scratch - Apple Rhubarb Chrunch. Of course probably cause this is very easy, and it's more of cooking than baking to me. Plus, I love it, and my family loves it.
And the only other dessert I can think of that I make, I don't bake it, except the crust.
Hats off to all of you bakers, from a crazy cook.
And the only other dessert I can think of that I make, I don't bake it, except the crust.
Hats off to all of you bakers, from a crazy cook.
I use cake mixes instead of making my own, but i usually doctor it up with ideas from The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook so it tastes more homemade 
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.I make all my cookies and bread from scratch. When it comes to cake mix it comes from a box. I have never been able to make a good cake from scratch. I can make the icing, but the cake never turns out very good.
cinnamon wrote:You are right, the Bisquick does have shortening in it, which I suppose is it's attraction. It's not so hard to use a pastry tool to cut in your own shortening to the flour. That's what I do.
I've always just used a fork to cut in the shortening or butter, whichever the recipe calls for. It usually takes a little longer, but hey that's what my 10-year-old is for.
I tell her if she wants the cake/brownies/cookies/whatever, she has to cut in the shortening or butter.