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Krusteaz

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Consumer food product brand line

Krusteaz is a consumer food product brand line of Tukwila, Washington-based Continental Mills, now The Krusteaz Company. Its original product was "the world's first" just-add-water pie crust mix, followed by a factory-prepared, shelf-stable flour and dried buttermilk mixture, developed in 1946 or 1947 at the home economics department of the University of Washington, for making baked items including biscuits, pancakes, waffles, cobbler and dump cake.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Krusteaz is a consumer food product brand line of Tukwila, Washington-based Continental Mills, now The Krusteaz Company. Its original product was "the world's first" just-add-water pie crust mix, followed by a factory-prepared, shelf-stable flour and dried buttermilk mixture, developed in 1946 or 1947 at the home economics department of the University of Washington, for making baked items including biscuits, pancakes, waffles, cobbler and dump cake.2

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