Nope, bread is so easy to make, why use a mix.

Yes-- I was in Big Lots picking up cheap Muir Glen tomatoes and picked up a couple boxes of some crazy brand scone mixes-- marked down to 25 cents apiece-- figuring they'd be great to have in the pantry for "emergencies"-- & few months later decided to try one-- used directions on the box-- and they were melt in your mouth tender & tasty !

But darn , have never found that particular brand again & can't remember the name but would recognise the box !

Diane

The only mixes I buy are Jiffy corn muffin and Ghirardelli chocolate brownie mix. Since we've been living in the Netherlands where those products are unavailable I've been making cornbread from scratch but for occasional convenience (there's just the 2 of us) will likley return to the Jiffy corn muffin mixes when we move back to the States next year. The brownie mix, however...it's quite good and gets rave reviews so I think it will proabably continue to be one of my pantry staples.

That said, I am not a baker LOL!

seagrass

Yes Tastefully Simple has a Beer Bread mix that I love!

Krusteaz used to have a Southwest Cheese Bread mix that I loved. Haven't seen it for years and haven't been able to locate it on the internet.

Not really a mix ,but Clive's elderly cousin, who is quite the cook and baker, brought a lemon loaf to the cottage this summer. It was to die for!

We all gobbled it up. I asked Betty for the recipe and she was quite embarrassed to say it was all made from mixes, a dessert she used when time was short.

Well honestly this was a great dessert, I could have eaten the whole loaf myself...oh wait maybe I did! LOL

Lemon Loaf

1 pkg lemon cake mix
1 pkg lemon instant pudding
1/4 cup Crisco oil (or Canola oil)
4 eggs
grated peel of one lemon
Juice from the lemon plus enough water to make 1 cup

In a large bowl combine the mixes. Add oil, eggs, peel and juice.

Pour into loaf pans and bake at 350 for 50-60 mins. Cool on wire racks. Freezes well.

Note: Can top with a lemon / icing sugar glaze

I have a few Cake Doctor book cakes that I make - they are essentially Duncan Hines cake mixes doctored up. People love them. I love them too! I also love the Pillsbury pumpkin bread mix to make muffins (add buttermilk, eggs, oil). My daughter loves them. I also use the Ghiradelli brownie mix. I use an Arrowhead buttermilk pancake mix from Whole Foods that is great. Nothing wrong with a shortcut if it yields a quality product!

Rarely do I find a mix that I like with the exception of some cake mixes which I doctor and brownie mixes. I've bought all manner of soup and sauce mixes and I'm always sorry. The dollar store did have a good pasta and sauce mix which was excellent. Wouldn't you know, they discontinued it!

Beverly

I always make brownies from a mix now. I use to make them from scratch, it took a lot longer to make and cost a good $10 a batch for the recipe I used. One time I needed something quick for a party because I was not going to be home all day. So I grabbed a box of Pillsbury brownies, the one with the chocolate sauce packet. I whipped them up and had them in the oven in 5 minutes, changed, pulled them out, and headed to the party. Everyone who had one wanted the recipe, they thought they were wonderful! I usually put some add-ins like nuts or chocolate chips. Yum!

I use egg beaters when I make them so I don't have to worry about under cooking them, I like my brownies really gooey. I also cut the oil in half, no one even notices.

I've thought about using one of those bread maching mixes but haven't yet...I'll have to look for this one and give it a try. I let the machine do the work and bake in the oven.

As far as mixes go.....I like the Jiffy Corn Muffin mix and I always have a box of brownie mix in the cabinet. Love Ann's, Sherry's, and Marilyn's recipes but sometimes the box mix works just fine and they are really pretty good. Great when the kids want to make something on the fly. I'll say the same for cake mixes too. The one I've yet to duplicate with homemade is the Vanilla White Cake from a box. I just love it...the same goes for the white wedding cake that is served at most weddings I've been too.

If you have a good recipe for that, please share it with me!

I'm not sure if Bisquick is considered a mix or not??? It is a staple in my pantry supplies. Hey, if it is a baked item...sweet to boot... I'm there!!

David

I don't use very many pkg mixes, but I'm not saying some aren't good, I'm sure they are. Years ago, it was the price of the mix compared to cost of making something from scratch that kept me from buying them. One pantry staple for me is a yellow cake mix, we love to make the old dump cake...the one with a can of cherry pie filling (I make that part from frozen cherries) a can of crushed pineapple, and a dry yellow cake mix sprinkled over the top and drizzled with butter. I make it a few times a year...love it.
Like David mentioned... I also like, no, I LOVE white wedding cake with white butter cream and I use a white cake mix for that.

Linda, glad the bread turned out, better that expected...that's fun. I'll have to watch for that kind of mix.

Nancy

For a quick dessert, I make a 1-2-3 Cake with cake mix, pie filling and 1 egg.

I actually prefer the canned frosting to most homemade frostings (too sweet for me), with the exception of cream cheese frosting.

I like to bake from scratch but I will use sauce mixes often, especially for things like the pasta salads I take for my lunch.

Sometimes, when it's not a holiday, I feel like eating stuffing but not like working for it, so I'll use the boxed stuff. It's inferior but satisfies my craving.

~Amanda

I had brownies at a friends from the Ghirardelli mix and they were lovely! I think brownies are easy but the chocolate is expensive and I bought the mix at Costco several times for fund raisers, it was cheaper than making from scratch. However, Costco stopped carrying the Ghirardelli brand and the one they carry now is NOT as good so it's back to scratch even for huge batches.

I've used Duncan Hines cake mixes a couple times for kids birthday cakes. They aren't bad and kids can't really tell as long as the frosting is good. (Canned frosting is AWEFUL.) Using a mix gives me more time for the decorating, and since I'm not a real pro at decorating I need the time.

Well...I hate mixes...never ever use a sauce mix....don't ever use Jiffy cornbread...you see I am a corn meal snob as well as a flour snob and like stone ground corn meal...never have used a brownis mix, but I do keep Bisquick in the house for a quick pot pie crust or to add brown sugar and butter to for a streusel, or for the grands to make pancakes when they are here...I prefer mine from scratch. And I have been known to buy canned frosting for crafts projects! No Joke!! Graham crackers and canned frosting can make a house in a jiffy....and all mistakes are edible!
But.....since this bread turned out to be so good, I will try it again....it's very easy...but I will toss the yeast and use my own!
So now I guess I need to look for ghiardelli brownie mix...uh?
Linda C

I like Duncan Hines white cake mix, and certainly don't always have time for one of my homemade white cakes. But most things are never from a mix, and brownies are never, ever from a mix. It would be sacrilege to my chocolate snobbery, lol.

Even ghiardelli brownie mix? I have never tried it.
I almost never make a cake, most celebratory desserts are something like a pie or flan or cheese cake or angelfood cake ( well I guess that IS a cake but not a layered and frosted masterpiece)...but if I do need to make a cake for a church social or something, you will bet it's a mix...lazy me!
Linda C

Gosh, I haven't made a cake from a mix in umpteen years. However, I did recently try King Arthur cranberry-orange scone mix (crafty/Diane, is that the brand you used?) and liked it very much. Many recipes for scones use cream, but this mix calls for milk, so I can use lactose-free milk. (Of course, the directions also call for butter, so it's not really lower in calories.)

Sue