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Raised Muffins
Raised Muffins as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- 1 cup scalded milk
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ yeast cake
- 1 egg
- 4 cups flour
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Add butter, sugar, and salt to milk and water; when lukewarm, add yeast cake, and when dissolved, egg well beaten, and flour; beat thoroughly, cover, and let rise over night. In morning, fill buttered muffin rings two-thirds full; let rise until rings are full, and bake thirty minutes in hot oven.
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