German Puffs

Ingredients

• half a cupful of butter
• one cupful of milk
• two cupfuls of flour
• one cupful of granulated sugar
• one cupful of powdered sugar
• three eggs
• half a teaspoonful of soda
• one teaspoonful of cream-of-tartar
• the rind and juice of two oranges

Method

1. 1

   Grate the rind of the oranges and squeeze the juice on it.

2. 2

   Beat butter to cream, gradually add granulated sugar, then yolks of eggs.

3. 3

   Add milk and flour mixed with soda and cream-of-tartar.

4. 4

   Bake in muffin-pans for twenty minutes.

5. 5

   For sauce, beat egg whites to stiff froth, add powdered sugar, orange juice, and rind.

6. 6

   Pour sauce over puffs and serve immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 328. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

German Puffs. These are very nice for dessert. To make them one must take half a cupful of butter, one cupful of milk, two cupfuls of flour, one cupful of granulated sugar, one cupful of powdered sugar, three eggs, half a teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream-of-tartar, and the rind and juice of two oranges

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