As we try to adjust to the new normal of keeping our distance and staying at home, the kitchen has become even more my happy place. Since we are trying to limit our time away from home, visits to the grocery store are less frequent. There’s no running out for an ingredient and when the occasional necessary trip is in order, it is list specific and quickly completed. My grocery browsing days are over, for the time being. So, when Papa D had a craving for something sweet and baked the pantry was my only option.
I don’t bake a lot. Oh, I do bake at the holidays and for birthdays, but other than that my baking ingredients are somewhat limited the rest of the year. My pantry search yielded a box of Bisquick. Waffles or pancakes were not going to satisfy Papa’s craving. What else is there to do with Bisquick? Actually quite a bit. I remembered a Bisquick recipe book that I’ve had for years and surprisingly easily found it in my recipe stacks. Published in 1980, it had recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts and everything in between.
Paging through the book I found many tasty sounding recipes. Based on ingredients I had available, the Streusel Pudding Coffee Cake looked like the best choice,though the Chocolate Swirl Coffeecake was a strong runner up. That lost out for lack of chocolate chips
As with all Bisquick recipes it was quick and easy to make. My pudding of choice was Lemon mainly because it was the only one I had. It did add a little zest to the cake which came out of the oven with the typical bisquick color and crumb.
I don’t want to step on anybody’s copyright toes so I am sharing a link to the recipe, sort of. When I searched for the recipe, it didn’t come up. Not anywhere. Not even on the Betty Crocker site. The link below is for Bisquick Coffeecakes and there are lots of them. Betty has been busy. Look through the choices, I know you will find something that sounds quick, easy, and tasty.
Happy Staying In.
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