Apple Puffs
Mix together I pint of flour, ½ teaspoonful of salt, I tablespoonful of sugar and 2 scant teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Beat I egg, add to it 3/4 of a cupful of milk. Stir this into the dry mixture with 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter and more milk, if necessary, to make a very thick batter. Have ready a number of tart apples cored, pared and cut in eighths. Half fill muffin cups with the batter, lay over it some pieces of apple, sprinkle with spiced sugar (I teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon and a pinch of cloves to 1/2 cupful of sugar), cover with more batter and press a number of pieces of apple over the top. Sprinkle thickly with the sugar and bake for half an hour in a hot oven. with a soft sauce.