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Show 50 Years of Good Eating fi Fifty years ago aboard a westbound train the idea for the first convenience baking mix, Bisquick, was born. Ordering biscuits in the dining car well past the usual dinner hour, Carl Smith, a young General Mills executive, was surprised to be served fresh biscuits. The secret, he discovered from the chef, was that the dough had been mixed ahead of time and stored in the icebox. Impressed with the convenience of having a premixed biscuit dough on hand, he asked the chemists at General Mills to develop such a mix for consumers. Among the challenges to be met were how to keep the ' shortening fresh so it could be kept on the shelf, how to retain the power of the leavening agent and what blend of ingredients would make biscuits as good as, or better than, homemade. And so, Bisquick was created. Soon after its introduction, it was discovered that Bisquick could be used to make more than biscuits. Good cooks began using it to make everything from breakfast pancakes to the evening's upside-down cake. To celebrate its golden anniversary, the Bisquick Recipe Club has been formed. Club members will receive a quarterly newsletter with recipes and meal-planning ideas, special recipe cards, an acrylic recipe card holder and special offers on kitchen utensils and accessories. As a bonus for joining the club, members will receive the new, 96-page Bisquick cookbook, Betty Crocker's Creative Recipes with Bisquick. Illustrated with four-color photographs, the cookbook includes favorite Bisquick recipes of the past 50 years plus many new recipes. To join the Bisquick Recipe Club for one year, send $3.00 in check or money order payable to General Mills, Inc., to: The Bisquick Recipe Club, General Mills, Inc., P.O. Box 1137, Minneapolis, MN 55460. Impossible Pumpkin Pie is one of the delicious dessert recipes found in the book. IMPOSSIBLE PUMPKIN PIE 34 cup sugar 2 eggs 12 cup Bisquick3 baking 1 can (16 ounces) pumpkin mix 2 12 teaspoons pumpkin 2 tablespoons margarine or pie spice butter 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 can (13 ounces) evaporated evapo-rated milk Heat oven to 350. Lightly grease pie plate, 10x1 12 or 9x1 14 inches. Beat all ingredients until smooth, 1 minute in blender on high speed or 2 minutes with hand beater. Pour into pie plate. Bake until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Refrigerate any remaining pie. High Altitude Directions (3500 to 6500 feet): Heat oven to 375. Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Reg. T.M. of General Mills, Inc. |