Bisquick Every Night, Josephine

Betty Crocker likes Bisquick. She likes it a lot – so much, in fact, that she will attempt to wrestle it into every recipe she can think of. And when Betty gives a party, she makes a party dessert. Makes sense. Quickly, put Bisquick in every one of those party desserts! It’s biscuity, and it’s quick – why, there’s a whole fridgeful of meaning in just that one word. Never mind what happens when you start adding layers of ingredients! For example, you might find yourself face to face with this party dessert chez Crocker - the natural partner of the faux Napoleon – the ersatz Josephine:

Josephines

Make Short Pie Dough (1 cup Bisquick mixed with 1/2 stick soft butter and 3 Tb boiling water), also adding 1/2 tsp almond or vanilla extract. Pat dough into twelve 3″x2″ oblongs with Easy Creamy Icing (i cup sifted confectioner’s sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp vanilla or almond extract, 1 1/2 Tb cream). Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Put oblongs in pairs with chilled vanilla pudding between. Makes 6 tarts.

Oh, that Betty – her subtexts are  something else. Why no one’s written a dissertation about this is beyond me (believe me, they will – I remember being a bit desperate about thesis topics!)

For example: is a Josephine technically a tart. or is Betty being – well,  a little catty?

Depends on how you interpret the subliminal whatever-it-is, I guess.