BACON MUFFINS
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons melted shortening
- 1 cup milk
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- ½ cup bits crisp bacon
Sift flour, add sugar, salt and baking powder and sift again, add beaten egg and milk. Add melted shortening beating in quickly. Add bits of crisped bacon. Bake in hot (425 degree) oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with orange marmalade.
FASTNACHTS—Raised Doughnuts
For the Sponge:
- 1 cake yeast
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- 4 scant cups sifted flour
At night break and soak yeast in lukewarm water for 20 minutes. Mix with flour to a thick batter. Cover, let rise in warm place overnight until doubled.
For the Dough:
- ½ cup shortening
- ⅜ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 5 cups or more of flour
In the morning cream together the shortening, sugar and salt. Add this to the risen sponge, with the beaten eggs and spice. Stir in as much flour as mixture will take up readily, making a rather soft dough. Mix well. Let rise until doubled in bulk. If desired, stir down and let rise again until nearly doubled. Turn onto floured board, pat or roll until ⅓ inch thick and cut with doughnut cutter. Cover to prevent drying and let rise until doubled. Fry in deep hot fat about 375 degrees. If no thermometer is at hand, test temperature with 1 inch square of bread, which should brown in 1 minute.