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Cooking used to be time consuming because most dishes were prepared from scratch, so it's no wonder consumers embraced the convenience of Bisquick when it was introduced it back in 1931.

HISTORY

It's said that the inspiration for the first packaged dry baking mix was the result of an encounter between a General Mills sales executive and a railway dining car chef. The chef traveled the country by train with a pre-mixed batch of biscuit batter made of lard, flour, baking powder and salt that he stored on ice in his kitchen, thus enabling him to be able to produce hot, fresh biscuits very quickly.

Although first promoted for making biscuits ("90 seconds from package to oven," the slogan read), Bisquick could be used to prepare a variety of other foods. This simple idea and the production technologies that resulted from the early development of Bisquick were used in cake mixes and other convenience mixes of this type that we are familiar with today.

BISQUICK ADVERTISING COOKBOOKS AND RECIPE BOOKLETS

You can find vintage and new Bisquick cookbooks and recipe booklets here.

Betty Crocker's 101 Delicious Bisquick Creations, 1933, 32 pages

Let the Stars Show You How to Take a Trick a Day with Bisquick, 1935, 41 pages

Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cook Book, 1956, 26 pages

Betty Crocker's Bisquick Party Book, 1957, 25 pages

133 Quicker Ways to Homemade...with Bisquick from Betty Crocker, 1959, 28 pages

The Bisquick Cookbook, 1964, 112 pages

So Quick with New Bisquick, 1967, 120 pages

Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cookbook, 1971, 124 pages, 7-in-1 (Holiday Hospitality, Strictly Thrifty Meals, Mobile Meals, Be-My-Guest Best, Love & Friendship Foods, American Favorites, Foreign Flair)

3-Step Baking with Bisquick, undated, 16 pages

Bisquick Fresh Summertime Recipes, 1977

Bisquick Holiday Bakeshop, 1977

Bisquick No Time To Cook Summer Recipe Book, Vol. 1, 1978

Bisquick No Time to Cook, Vol. 2, 1979

Bisquick Home for the Holidays, 1979

Bisquick No Time to Cook, Vol. 3, 1980

Betty Crocker's Creative Recipes with Bisquick, 1980, 96 pages

Pancakes-A-Plenty Made from Bisquick, undated, leaflet

Bisquick No Time to Cook, Vol. 4, 1981

You've Got it Made with Bisquick, undated

Bisquick No Time to Cook featuring Impossible Pies, 1982

The Best of Bisquick, 1983, 96 pages

Easy Do-Ahead Recipes, 1984, 24 pages

Cookin' Up Summer Fun with Bisquick, 1985, 12 pages

Cool and Easy Cooking for Today with Bisquick, 1985, 23 pages

You've Got it Made in the Microwave, 1986, 23 pages

Creative Recipes with Bisquick Vol. II, 1986, 96 pages

Prizewinning Recipes by You, circa 1986, 24 pages

Bisquick Classic Collection, 1988, 96 pages

Bisquick:  Cooking for Today's Lifestyles, 1989, 27 pages

Make it Easy with Bisquick, 1989, 94 pages

Bisquick Family Favorites: 60 Years, 1991

Eating Smart with Bisquick - Reduced Fat, 1992, 23 pages

Bisquick Classics & New Favorites, 1993

Bisquick, Make It Easy, 1995

New Bisquick Family Favorites, 1996, 87 pages

Bisquick Best Recipes, 1996, 96 pages

Easy Bisquick Suppers, 1997, 90 pages

Bisquick Breakfasts and Brunches, 1999, 96 pages

Reduced Fat Bisquick, 2000, 80 pages

Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cookbook, 2000, 296 pages

Bisquick, 2000

Bisquick Family Favorites, 2001, 32 pages

Bisquick Breakfast & Brunch, 2002

Bisquick Easy & Delicious, 2003, 16 pages

Betty Crocker Bisquick Impossibly Easy Pies, 2004, 160 pages

Betty Crocker Bisquick II Cookbook, 2004, 256 pages

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