Tuesday, January 20, 2009

French Breakfast Puffs


To say that I am obsessed with the Pioneer Woman would not be an exageration! I love her! I read her blog everyday! I have read her love story, "Black Heels To Tractor Wheels". I think that her and I are soul mates. This was solidified on the day she talked about her love for Diet Dr.Pepper.

Anyway, I found this recipe on her blog and decided to make it for my family for breakfast a couple of Saturdays ago. They were wonderful and full of calories, but we loved them! So here they are along with the recipe!

French Breakfast Puffs

3 C. Flour
3 t. Baking Powder
1 t. Salt
1/2 t. Ground Nutmeg
1 C. Sugar
2/3 C. Crisco
2 Eggs
1 C. Milk
1 1/2 C. Sugar
3 t. Cinnamon
2 Sticks of Butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.




In a different bowl, cream together 1 C. sugar and shortening. Then add eggs and mix again. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.



Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until golden.




In a bowl, melt 2 sticks of butter. In a separate bowl combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. Dip baked muffins in butter, soak well, then coat with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Eat. Faint.

6 comments:

Ann On and On... said...

Those look so good....so does the pasta below.

I also enjoy Pioneer Woman. She is truly entertaining. It's cool that you make some of her recipes. I just started making comments, it seems next to impossible that she reads all the comments. Oh well. I do anyway.

Off to write down the recipe myself. :D

Marion said...

Will start calling you CaRee! These look y-u-m-m-y! You can say most of us are fairly obsessed with Pioneer Woman!

Marion said...

We'll not will, Marion! Duh, you must be getting old!

melanie said...

Yum Cara! I haven't seen this recipe on her website. She is one funny woman, I love her style. And I love that you love her!

We have all sorts of time on Sunday to try these, we have 1:00 church!! Only 40 something weeks to go, ha.

melanie said...

Oh and I LOVE that you have posted on here. One for family member contributing, so fun!

Shaila Lou said...

Yum, I will definitely be trying these. Anything with calories, I can't stay away from. I love your pictures of them, in pioneer style!

I also am in love with her. I have read her old love saga too and get anxious for when she posts more. Matt was getting annoyed with me because I spent so much time reading it! Ha! I think she's hilarious, witty and fun! I've subscribed to all her blogs, I can't help myself!