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According to General Mills, Bisquick was invented in 1930 after one of their top sales executives met an innovative train dining car chef, [1] on a business trip. After the sales executive complimented the chef on his deliciously fresh biscuits, the dining car chef shared that he used a pre-mixed biscuit batter he created consisting of lard, flour, baking powder and salt.
Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products. The idea of shortening dates back to at least the 18th century, well before the invention of modern, shelf-stable vegetable shortening. [1] In the earlier centuries, lard was the primary ingredient used to shorten dough. [2]
Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by Lever Brothers starting in 1936. It was a competitor for Procter & Gamble's Crisco, and through aggressive marketing through its mascot Aunt Jenny had reached 75 percent of Crisco's market share.
Self-rising flour is just finely milled flour with added leavener—specifically, baking powder and salt. It’s milled from soft wheat and has a protein content of approximately 9 percent.
Crisco is an American brand of shortening that is produced by B&G Foods.Introduced in June 1911 [1] by Procter & Gamble, it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil, originally cottonseed oil.
2. Grease Your Baking Sheet or Pan. Some recipes call for ungreased pans or cookie sheets because there's enough fat in the crust or batter to keep the cookies or bars from sticking.
Made from butter, milk, flour, sugar, eggs and sometimes honey, [68] recipes call for pan frying (traditionally in lard), re-frying and then baking, or baking straight away. [69] [70] Nunt: Jewish: A pastry originating from Jewish cuisine and vaguely resembles nougat.
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