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Imperial Muffins

Imperial 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
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1¾ cups flour
  • 1 cup corn meal
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ⅓ yeast cake dissolved in ¼ cup lukewarm water

Make it happen

Directions

  1. 1

    Add sugar and salt to milk; when lukewarm add dissolved yeast cake, and one and one-fourth cups flour. Cover, and let rise until light, then add corn meal, remaining flour, and butter. Let rise over night; in the 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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