- 1/3 cup soft shortening
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 ½ cup sifted flour
- ½ cup more sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. salt
Heat oven to 350°. Mix shortening, ½ cup sugar, egg. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir in alternately with milk. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 20-25 min. until golden brown. Immediately roll in melted butter then in mixture of ½ cup sugar and cinnamon. Serve hot.
Makes 12 puffs.
My mom made these for my brothers and I years ago (35-40yrs ago). Her mom made them when she was young also. I'd always known them as Glorified Doughnuts, and people had no clue what I was talking about! Way to funny to me!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for posting one of our family's favorite breakfast treat.