Grandma Paula's Recipes

Kathy,

I just watched your videos on the Hot Chocolate and the Waffle Maker. I had to share these recipes.

The first one is for hot chocolate mix. It is a lot less expensive than the store bought and keeps, tightly closed, practically forever. I am afraid I do not recall the source, but I got the recipe in the 70s, probably from the Colorado University extension. The ingredients have improved a lot in flavor and "healthyness" since then.

Hot Cocoa Mix

2 pound box of Nestles Quik mix (or Hershey equivalent if you prefer that flavor.)
1 pound powdered sugar
8 quart box of powdered milk
11 ounce jar powdered coffee creamer

Mix ingredients well. Fill cup about 1/2 full (more or less as desired) of mix. Add boiling water. Stir, garnish as desired, and serve.

NOTE: Coffee creamer is the biggest improvement in the last 35 years. Be careful of unique flavors, such as "CoffeeMate" as the plain milk/cream flavor is best. You can also buy powdered whole milk and powdered real cream now, if you prefer. Also, note it is Nestles Quik mix, not plain cocoa. Don't you know the powdered real cream would make a wonderful froth... yum. This just sounded wonderful in your machine.

The second one is for a camp mix that is used exactly as Bisquick. Again, it is less expensive and, kept dry, lasts as long as the baking powder that is in it. I thought of it because, watching you make those beautiful waffles, I had to chuckle at my "die hard" friends who think there is no other waffle except Bisquick waffles. (Personally I think your sour cream recipe would put those to shame. Sounds luscious.)

This Camp Mix Recipe came from a 1975 Ortho Book called: A guide to preserving food for a "12 Months Harvest". There were many contributors, but the family who actually wrote it and practiced it was George and Mariel Dewey and their teen son (then), Alan. By the time I had read it, I felt I knew them. The book covered everything; gardening, harvesting, canning, drying, freezing, cheese making, bread making, recipes, and much more. A small magazine style book that became one of my favorites.

All-purpose Camp Mix

9 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup baking powder
2 cups shortening (I use one cup white and 1 cup butter flavor, my daughter uses 2 cups butter flavor.)

Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Add shortening and cut in with pastry blender (Here I use my big mixer.) until mixture resembles coarse meal. Double bag in heavy duty plastic bag. (Nowadays, I use a huge plastic container with a tight fitting lid. I keep the recipe's quantity and ingredients handy right on the Camp Mix label on the container so I don't have to search when I need more.)

Use all your favorite Bisquick recipes and feel really good about the $aving$... it's Convenience we can afford.

I hope you or Desi have a chance to try these and share them if you enjoy them as much as my kids and grandkids have.

Grandma Paula

Hello Grandma Paula,

Thank you for sharing these recipes! I really look forward to trying them and sharing them in the HomeCook’n Newsletter (if that’s OK with you!).

Merry Christmas!

Thanks so much Grandma Paula!!!

Dan

Absolutely, it's OK to share. I know nothing of copyrights, so that is why I gave you the information that I had on the Camp Mix. It's been over 30 years, I would sure think it was OK by now. I get very excited for you and your family at the success you are having. It has been a long road, but I think you have made it in your business. I send as much business your way as I can and give your Cookin' CDs as gifts whenever I can. Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Merry Christmas to you and your family, also.

Grandma Paula