Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Queen Muffins. ✠

• 1 quart of milk.
• ¾ cup of yeast.
• 2 tablespoonfuls white sugar.
• 1 tablespoonful of lard or butter.
• 1 teaspoonful salt.
• Flour to make a good batter.
• 4 eggs.

Set the batter—leaving out the eggs—to rise over night. In the morning beat the eggs very light, stir into the batter, and bake in muffin-rings twenty minutes in a quick oven.