I got this biscuit mix recipe from another mom almost 15 years ago. I have been using it ever since. My husband will buy pancake mix in a box on occasion, but I normally just make this.
I have used a variety of flour combinations, and can up to 1/2 whole wheat with great success. Success means my family won’t complain about the whole wheat biscuits, pancakes, cobbler topping, and waffles, etc.
DIY Biscuit Mix
9 c flour (I like 1 c oat flour, 4 c whole wheat, and 4 c unbleached white flour. Feel free to experiment!)
1/3 c baking powder
1 T salt
1 t cream of tartar
1/4 c sugar
2 c shortening ( I like to use coconut oil too. It works great! Unless you want to refrigerate, use something that will keep in the pantry.)
Mix by hand, with a food processor, hand mixer, or stand mixer until it resembles coarse crumbs. Use this for any biscuit mix recipe!
Every time I make this, I feel thankful for my stand mixer and my mother in law. I hear so many negative mother in law stories, I feel like I should sneak in a good one! My super amazing mother in law got me my stand mixer for my first birthday after marrying her son. She is gone now, too young, but what a humongous blessing it was to have had a mother in law that not only would buy me a gift like that, but was so loving and supportive of our family!
DIY Biscuit Mix and Waffle Maker Cinnamon Rolls
To make the waffle maker cinnamon rolls, just mix up a batch of biscuit dough. I just dump in a couple of cups of the mix and add enough milk (or milk substitute/water) to make biscuit dough consistency. Then roll the dough out in a large rectangle just under 1/2 inch thick. Brush the dough rectangle with melted butter or coconut oil, sprinkle with
enough brown sugar just to cover and then dust it with cinnamon. You can add raisins at this point if you like!
Roll the dough into a log and cut into slices. Put slices into the waffle maker at the same temperature as waffles and cook as per your waffle maker directions. Mine cooked in the same amount of time and the same temperature as waffles, despite the fact that they were much more dense than waffle batter.
I dusted them with powdered sugar, and some ate them like that while others added syrup. You could make an icing or glaze if desired.
Overall, they were super easy and tasted like cinnamon rolls without the wait time for proofing and rising with traditional cinnamon rolls.
