_Neat Trick:_ Dazzle the family with different designs on your upside-down cakes.
¼ cup soft butter ¾ cup brown sugar (packed) 1 egg 1½ cups Bisquick ½ cup chopped nuts 6-oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate pieces or one or two candy bars cut in small pieces
Heat oven to 375° (quick mod.). Mix well butter, sugar, egg. Stir in Bisquick, nuts, chocolate pieces. Drop with teaspoon 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake _about 10 min._ until light brown. _Makes 3 doz._
Use granulated sugar in place of brown, omit chocolate pieces, and blend in 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.), melted. Do not overbake.
Omit chocolate; blend in 1 cup shredded coconut and 1 tbsp. grated orange rind. Do not overbake.
_Nice as mother used to make—easier and quicker, too._
¼ cup butter ¾ cup sugar 1 egg 1⅓ Cups Bisquick ½ cup chopped nuts 1 cup cut-up dates
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, egg. Stir in Bisquick, nuts, dates. Bake _25 min._ in greased 8″ square pan. Cool about 1 hr. Cut in bars. Roll in confectioners’ sugar.
1 cup peanut butter ¼ cup shortening 1 cup granulated sugar or brown sugar (packed) ½ cup boiling water 2 cups Bisquick
Heat oven to 400° (mod. hot). Blend peanut butter, shortening, sugar, water with rotary beater or spoon until smooth. Stir in Bisquick. Drop small teaspoonfuls on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in Bisquick or press with fork dipped in Bisquick. Bake _8 to 10 min._ _Makes about 6½ doz._
¾ cup Bisquick 1 pkg. instant pudding mix ¼ cup cooking (salad) oil 1 egg
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Mix ingredients until dough forms a ball. Shape into balls, using 1 teaspoon dough for each ball. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten to about 2” with hand. Bake _8 min._ _Makes 2½ to 3 doz._
2 eggs, beaten 1¼ cups brown sugar (packed) ½ tsp. vanilla 1 cup Bisquick ½ cup chopped nuts ½ cup shredded coconut, if desired 1 cup Wheaties
Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Grease a 9″ square pan. Blend thoroughly eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, Bisquick. Mix in nuts, coconut. Fold in Wheaties. Spread in pan. Bake _30 to 35 min._ Cut in 2″ squares while warm. _Makes 16._
_These are frankly fancy—for just good plain pancakes see p. 2._ _Betty Crocker_