bisquick en · NOUN
Etymology
From the brand name Bisquick. Blend of biscuit + quick, because the mix was originally sold as a way of making biscuits in "90 seconds from package to oven".
Meanings
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(uncountable) Pre-mixed baking mix, generally consisting of flour, a shortening and a leavening agent (for quickly making fresh biscuits, pancakes, dumplings, etc).
In the kitchen I found some bisquick and thought maybe I could make some pancakes[.]
2010, James Simpson, This Other Simpson, page 121:Squash can be cut up and frozen but what I do is cut it up, let it dry a little and then grind it up combined with some bisquick and an egg and form patties.
2013, Joel Goodwin, Auctions ,and Finding Silver, Gold and Gems and how to Sell Them:Seven at night in Tucson, get some bisquick for the dumplings. Have some bacon. Go to Hadley's in the kitchen right beside the frying steak —Diana on the phone—get a little plastic bag from Drum— Fill it up with tarragon and chili.
1997, Wake up and Cook: Kitchen Buddhism in Words and Recipes:He stopped at the store on the way home and bought two whole chickens, and some bisquick and found a farm stand that had sweet corn.
2015, Charles Denros, Sick Puppy, page 216:We were limited in money to purchase supplies, so we took a 100 pound sack of potatoes and several sacks of flour and some bisquick, and of course a case of beer.
2006, Reginald Gould, Gold Miner 49er, page 25: