1/2 stick butter .46 1 jar dried beef 3.86 3-4 C of milk 1.02 2 T cornstarch .15 1/4 C flour .06 salt and pepper to taste Cost $5.55 in 2025 Melt 1/2 stick butter in a large skillet. Add dried beef and cook well. Remove meat from pan. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch, flour, and salt and pepper. Mix well. Add milk, mix well. Use a strainer to remove any lumps and add to butter in skillet and make the gravy. Add meat and heat. Serve of homemade biscuits. Baking Powder Biscuits Laura Lane 4 c all-purpose flour .96 3 T baking powder .37 2 t salt 4 T canola oil .17 1 ½ – 1 ¾ c milk .45 Total 2025 cost $1.95 Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Begin with a large bowl. Sift all the dry ingredients into the bowl and then mix it all together well with a big fork. Combine 1 ½ cups of milk with the oil. Pour it all into the dry ingredients at once. Stir until it’s all mixed in and all the flour is moistened. Add the extra ¼ cup of milk if the dough is too dry. Now, take all the dough in your hands and put it on a baking sheet. Pat the dough into a large rectangle, keeping in mind that you want the dough about an inch thick and you’ll be cutting it into 12 equal pieces. If you prefer, you can drop by rounded spoonfuls. After you cut the dough into equal pieces, separate the biscuits by about ¼ inch. Then put them into the oven for 15 minutes. Brush the tops of the biscuits with melted butter and put them back into the oven to bake until they’re golden brown on top. Makes 12 big biscuits. This is the biscuit recipe that I used while my children were growing up. Number Of Servings: 6 Total 2025 cost for both recipes is $7.50 = 1.25 per serving Preparation Time: 30 minutes

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This is my favorite. Good for sweet or savory. Recipe: This recipe makes 1- 9 inch crust NOTE: in the video I was making a bigger batch, so ignor the amounts on the video. This is a really old video. I will update it soon. Ingredients: All purpose flour 1Cup + 2 Tablespoon Salt ½ teaspoon Canola oil 1/3 Cup Ice water 2 Tablspoon Rember in most recipes: C = cup, T = Tablespoon, t= teaspoon Mix flour and salt Optional- add ¼ cup sugar for sweeter crust or spices for savory crust. Add oil and water Mix with rubber spatula till flour is no longer dry. Should look wet. Using 2 pieces of wax paper roll out crust between and roll to 1/8 inch thick. Pull top wax paper off gently and then flip bottom crust into pie pan. Gently remove edges and pull wax paper off. Trim edges leaving ½ to make your fluted edges. NOTE; THIS PIE CRUST IS TO BE USED IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT REFRIGERATE. To precook crust bake at 425 degrees for 5-15 minutes until crust is golden. Place on wire wrack to cool. For filling pies bake to your pies directions. Different stoves and different climates can make a difference in how much water you will need to use and in how long it will take to bake. I hope you enjoy! Please share if you make this or if you have a favorite pie crust recipe.