French Breakfast Puffs:Little Puffs of Yum
May 21, 2008 by Marye Audet
Filed under 30 Minutes or Less, Breads, breakfast/brunch, vintage recipes
I have looked at these a number of times in one of my vintage cookbooks and just passed over them..They seemed too simple, too average, too mediocre. A little flour, a few eggs..some butter…yadda yadda yadda.
But something whispered to me the other morning and I thought that I would. I mean, why not? So what if they were mediocre. Some families eat cheerios every morning, surely mine could limp along on mediocrity in the form of a muffin, right?
So I shrugged, made them…and was amazed. Because there was absolutely nothing mediocre about these. They were delicately sweet with a very tender crumb..buttery and cinnamon-y.
SO see? You can’t judge a recipe by it’s ingredients. Sometimes the synergy of the ingredients creates a magic that is totally unexpected.
French Breakfast Puffs
- 1/3 c butter
- 1 c sugar (divided use)
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 c flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/ 2 c milk
- 1/3 c melted butter
- 2 tsp cinnamon. I used a mixture of three different types from Penzeys and it was awesome.
Preheat oven to 375. Put the silicone liners in the muffin cups
Beat butter, 1/2 c sugar, and egg until light.
Sift dry ingredients together. Add alternately with the milk to the butter mixture.
Spoon batter into muffin cups and bake 20-25 minutes.
Immediately remove from muffin cups and dip in melted butter. Roll in mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Serve warm.
Makes 12
Image:Marye Audet
I’ve been sick all week and these look like the perfect comfort food.
I call these little puffs of happiness!
I hape you are feeling better! BE careful..they are rich.
Nicisme- LOL! they are better than they look, that is for sure.
They look delightful, really delightful!
Thanks Cathy
These sound a lot like a muffin my husband describes that his mother used to make. I’ll have to give ‘em a try this wkend and see what he thinks!
mmmmm, I know what we’re having for breakfast in a few minutes!!!! Look so much yummier that the oatmeal I was planning!!! :::printing::::
LOL Monica…instant in season,huh?
Hey, it was perfect timing, and I had all the ingrediants on hand…. Started baking at 845, all hungry mouths are eating by 910. That’s a great recipe! Quite yummy, too! I’ll have a blog on it later today… too busy right now eating…LOL
I am glad you liked it!
Yummy! This is one of my favorite breakfast treats from my childhood…I think the recipe is from my mother’s childhood!! Maybe they’ll be on the menu for Saturday morning when Brent is home with his girlfriend.
LOL! Hope you enjoy them Jennifer.