A few years ago, I purchased these 3 vintage recipe boxes from eBay and I've been eager to buy more. I recently moved in to a small, downtown condo and have little room to collect anything. I'm holding off on my urge for now and giving more love to the 3 boxes I already own.

The C.W. Post box did not include any recipes so I've used it to store my great-grandmother's recipe cards. Both the Land O'Lakes and Bisquick box contained a small collection of recipe cards for their products. Growing up in the Midwest, I am familiar with recipes requiring Bisquick and butter :-)

One of my favorite childhood treats is in the Bisquick recipe box. You'll see them in the following photo -- look in the upper left corner ... the things that look like muffins are actually 'French Breakfast Puffs'. These puffs will change your life.




My mother would make the french puffs only once or twice a year, usually around the holidays. She sometimes used the Bisquick recipe but more often would make them from scratch. I couldn't find the french puff recipe from the Bisquick site, so I guess they've done away with it. Thank goodness it's in my box.

The puffs are essentially basic nutmeg flavored muffin. You roll them in melted butter and then in a cinnamon-sugar mix. The result is a moist, buttery rich french puff. My mouth is watering just thinking of the memories!

French Breakfast Puffs

2 cups Bisquick baking mix
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 butter, melted
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 24 miniature muffin cups (or about 12 regular muffin cups). Mix baking mix, 1/4 cup sugar, nutmeg, 2 tablespoons butter, milk, and egg; beat vigorously for 30 seconds. Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full. Bake 10 minutes. Quickly roll in melted butter, then in mixture of 2/3 cup sugar and the cinnamon.

Simple to make and seriously good. I haven't had these in many years and might just have to whip them up soon.

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