American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Breakfast Puffs

Original Recipe

Two cups of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, one egg and flour enough to roll out like biscuit dough. Cut into narrow strips an inch wide and three inches long, fry brown in hot lard like doughnuts. Serve hot; excellent with coffee. Or fry in a spider with an ounce each of lard and butter, turning and browning all four of the sides.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups of sour milk
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 egg and flour enough to roll out like biscuit dough
  • 3 inches long
  • 1 spider with an ounce each of lard and butter
  • 4 of the sides

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cups of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, one egg and flour enough to roll out like biscuit dough.

  2. 2

    Cut into narrow strips an inch wide and three inches long, fry brown in hot lard like doughnuts.

  3. 3

    Serve hot; excellent with coffee.

  4. 4

    Or fry in a spider with an ounce each of lard and butter, turning and browning all four of the sides.

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