Grain Recipe

Cinnamon Butter Buckwheat Puffs
Grain Recipe

Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg; large
1 cup flour; all-purpose
1/2 cup buckwheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; freshly grated
1/2 cup milk
Topping
1/2 cup butter or margarine; melted and cooled
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:
Cream together shortening and 1/2 cup sugar then beat in egg.

Stir together flours, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture along with milk, stirring only until dry ingredients are moistened.

Divide batter among 12 buttered muffin cups (1/3 cup capacity). Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

For topping, pour melted butter into bowl just large enough to hold 1 puff. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Dip warm puffs, 1 at a time, in butter, coating completely. Then roll in cinnamon sugar.

Yields: 12 Servings Cinnamon Butter Buckwheat Puffs