Author Notes: 1955 Woman’s Home Companion Cook Book —amanda.renee
Serves: 12 to 15
Ingredients
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2
cups flour
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3
teaspoons baking powder
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3/4
teaspoon salt
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2
tablespoons sugar
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1
cup blackberries, halved
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1
egg, slightly beaten
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1
cup milk
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2 to 4
tablespoons shortening, melted
Directions
- Sift flour; measure; add baking powder, salt and sugar; sift again.
- To sifted dry ingredients add 1 cup fresh blackberries or huckleberries. If frozen berries are used, increase flour by 2 tablespoons.
- Combine egg, milk and melted shortening (slightly cooled); pour into flour mixture and stir just enough to moisten the dry ingredients. Do not beat.
- Fill greased muffin pans 2/3 full and bake in a hot oven (400 degrees F.) 20 to 25 minutes. Makes 12-15 medium-sized muffins.