Chestnut Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 qt. of chestnuts
• 1 level teaspoon of salt
• the yolks of 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Boil chestnuts, remove shells, and press through a colander.

2. 2

   Mix with salt, yolks, milk, flour, and baking powder.

3. 3

   Fold in beaten egg whites.

4. 4

   Bake in hot greased gem pans.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHESTNUT MUFFINS.— Boil 1 qt. of chestnuts; open the shells and take out the well cooked kernel; press them at once through a colander, add a level teaspoon of salt, the yolks of 2 eggs, (beaten with ^ cup milk, and Yz cup flour, sifted with a tea- spoon baking powder. Fold in the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in 12 hot greased gem pans. — Mrs. C. F. Adams, Franklin, 111. CRUMB MUFFINS. — Brown the bread in the oven and pound to Ij^ cups crumbs. Add 1 qt. milk, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of sugar, Yi cup white flour, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Beat well. — Mrs. Conklin, 914 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111. DROP MUFFINS.— To 2 cups sifted flour add 2 cups milk, 1 tablespoon baking powder, Y^ teaspoon salt; mix together till quite stiff and foamy, drop in hot greased mufiin rings and cook quickly. Easily made, requires no eggs, and are light and delicious and a boon to a busy houscewife. Can be stirred up at the last minute. — Mrs. Mary Carpenter, Des Plaines, 111. , DATE MUFFINS.— Mix together Ya cup butter, creamed, 1 egg well beaten, Y2 pound dates, stoned and chopped; 1 cup sweet milk, 1 pt. flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder. Add milk and flour alternately. Bake in gem. pans. Will make 12. — Mrs, Julius Cas- per, Wheeling, 111. 98 ^ BREAD ECONOMY MUFFINS.— Beat the egg and salt until light. Add 54 cup sugar and beat; add 1 tablespoon of lard and beat. Sift in ^2 cup flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder and ^2 cup milk,

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