Grandfathers
Instructions:
This very old recipe was handed down from one French-Canadian generation
to the next. It is usually eaten for dessert or breakfast.
2 cups cake flour
1 TBS baking powder
1⁄2 tsp salt
3 TBS butter
3⁄4 cup milk
2 cups maple syrup
2 cups water
- In a bowl, blend flour, baking powder, and salt. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles oatmeal.
- Stir in milk, mixing well.
- In a covered saucepan, combine maple syrup with water and bring to a boil.
- Drop dough by tablespoonfuls into the hot maple syrup. Cover and let simmer for 25 minutes.
- Serve very hot, pouring over them the syrup in which they were cooked.