Plain Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar and shortening, stir in egg.

2. 2

   Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with milk.

3. 3

   Fill greased muffin tins 1/2 full and bake at 375° about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WS 2 cups sifted flour 1 tablespoon shortening 3 teaspoons baking powder ¥4 cup milk 2 teaspoons salt Sift together dry ingredients. Cut in the shortening. Add milk to make a soft dough, about 34 cup. Drop the dough by spoonfuls into the boiling stew. Care should be taken to drop each one on a piece of meat or vegetable so that it may not be immersed in the liquid. Cover the kettle closely—do not remove the cover until the dumplings have steamed for 12 minutes. LAURA WHITE (Mrs. Murray) STEAMED BROWN BREAD | 2 cups corn meal Y2 cup molasses 1 cup flour 2 cups buttermilk 3 scant teaspoons soda Pinch of salt Sift dry ingredients together, add liquid and mix all together thoroughly. Put into greased cans (with tops) and steam for three hours. Oven 300°. NANCY K. POSTON SALT RISING BREAD 1 cup milk 4 cup white corn meal 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup lukewarm water 14% teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons shortening 542 cups flour Scald milk, remove from heat and stir in 1 tablespoon sugar, salt, and the corn meal. Turn into a two-quart jar or pitcher, cover, and place in pan of warm water (120°). Let stand in warm place 6 or 8 hours or until it ferments and gas escapes freely. Stir in lukewarm water, remaining tablespoon sugar, shortening, and 2 cups flour. Beat thoroughly. Return to jar and warm water bath and let rise until sponge is very light and full of bubbles. Turn sponge into large warm bowl, gradually stir in remaining flour to make a stiff dough. Work until smooth. Divide in half, shape into loaves, and put into greased loaf pans. Brush with melted butter, cover and let rise until double in bulk. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes, lower heat to 350° and bake about 25 minutes or until crusty brown. BERTHA SHEETZ THE QUAKER CooK BOooK PLAIN MUFFINS 14 cup sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1% cup shortening 14 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 1% cups sifted flour Mix sugar and shortening, stir in egg. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with- milk. Fill greased muffin tins % full and bake at 375° about 20 minutes or until golden brown. GRAHAM MUFFINS 2 cups graham flour 4 tablespoons melted fat 12 cup white flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Y cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1% cups sour milk 14 teaspoon salt

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