Potato Puffs

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cold mashed potatoes
• 1/2 cup rich milk
• 1 well-beaten egg
• 1 teasp baking powder
• flour enough to make a soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Mix ingredients, roll out, cut into desired shapes, and fry in hot fat.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Puffs To % cup cold mashed potatoes add V2 cup rich milk, 1 well- heaten egg, and 1 teasp baking powder sifted with flour enough to make a soft dough. Roll about y2 inch thick, cut in strips or any desired shape, and fry in hot fat. These are good served warm with maple syrup, jelly or sugar. — [Mrs. R. J. S., Neb. Cornmeal Trifles To 1 cup cornmeal add 1 cup flour, V2 teasp salt, 2 teasp baking powder, and water enough to make a very stiff batter. Drop by spoonsful into deep, hot fat, and serve warm with syrup. — [Mrs. D. L. P., Cuba. Economical Pancakes Try this recipe when you run short of bread for breakfast, and the price of eggs is soaring up. To 1 qt white flour add 1 teasp salt, and 2% cups buttermilk in which dissolve 1 teasp soda. Pour in the buttermilk a little at a time, and beat smooth and free from lumps. Fry with plenty of nice fresh lard and tilt the frying pan or griddle so the lard can run around the cakes while they are frying, and form a nice crisp edge on them. Drop about 2 tablesp of the batter in the pan for each cake. These are fine served with butter and syrup or honey. — [Mrs. L. S., Ind. Bread Pancakes Soak 2 cups stale bread over night in 1 cup hot milk. Next morning put this through a sieve to mash all lumps, then add 1 heaping teasp sugar, 1 level teasp salt, 2 tablesp melted butter, 2 well-beaten eggs and 1 cup flour. Lastly add 1 cup sour milk in which dissolve 1 teasp soda. Bake on a hot griddle. These are extra fine. — [E. L. McG., Mich. Bread Pancakes (No Eggs) To 2 cups stale bread soaked until soft add 1 cup sour milk, V2 cup sugar, 1 teasp soda and salt to taste. Then stir in flour enough to make a soft batter. — [Mrs. L. S., Minn. Cornmeal Pancakes Sift together 1 pt yellow cornmeal, 1 pt flour, 1 teasp salt, 1 teasp soda and 2 tablesp sugar, then add enough sour cream or good rich buttermilk to make a thin batter. Bake at once on hot griddles. — [Mrs. G. M. N., N. Y. BREAD AND POTATO PANCAKES 89 Rye Pancakes To 1 well-beaten egg

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