Who said you can’t celebrate Halloween even at breakfast time. These french puffs are delicatable and super easy to make ahead of time. Stash them in a container for the freezer and pop them out on Halloween or thanksgiving morning for a yummy, buttery and sugary treat for the kids. It is a special day after all!
A French Puff is sort of a cross between a donut and a muffin. Now, these are nice little muffins on their own, if you like simple little breakfast muffins. But let’s not stop there- with a donut like interior and a muffin exterior nothing is more heavenly then rolling these babies around in a concoction of butter, cinnamon and sugar- they are out of this world amazing- slightly sinful. Are you getting excited yet?
There is nothing fried about this babies and the rule is that since they are so small and tiny you must at least have 3 to start off with – after all its okay to indulge in amazing desserts every once in a while especially when those desserts are homemade. So much better for you than any store-bought pancakes, granola, pop-tarts or breakfast cereal (ok- except for the “healthy” kind like fiber one or something).
Since Halloween is the theme today I thought adding orange and black sprinkles to the rolling mixture would be fun and festive. Grant decided he wanted to help me and with my dirty hands I grabbed the camera to take a pic real fast. Sorry for the blurriness. For Christmas you could always do red and green ( bet you would have never thought of that huh! LOL)
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Halloween French Puffs
Ingredients: (recipe from Sisteroo)
- 3 cups Flour
- 3 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2/3 cups Shortening
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup Milk
Rolling Mixture:
2 sticks butter
6 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin spice
3 cups sugar
sprinkles of your choice
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease your muffin pans or use paper muffin cups for easy clean-up. Please consider doing all of these puffs in a mini muffin pan—they taste so much better small and look waay cuter.
In a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside. In a different bowl, cream together 1 cup 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 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden (minis will cook faster). In a bowl, melt 2 ½ sticks butter. In a separate bowl combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. Dip hot baked muffins in butter coating thoroughly then coat with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
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i want these!! just love it when you mentioned a cross betweeen donuts and muffins. would really like to try these one day..! Happy HALLOOOOWEEN!!
If ever you’re going to eat dessert for breakfast, Halloween is the day to do it! I think cinnamon sugar is the stuff dreams are made of…these French puffs look delicious!
OMG!! These are amazing!! Now you know I’m not a huge sugary dessert person, but I’d even eat these for breakfast!! I do believe there are certain times when we can splurge!! Have a happy, safe Halloween!!
Fun! I love mini anything and the Halloween sprinkles look so cute!
yum!! i wish i could have some of those for breakfast right now! look at your cute little man!!
Those look delicious! Your helper is pretty darn cute too 🙂
Those look so good and I love the Halloween sprinkles. And OMG at your son! Cutie pie! 🙂
They sound awesome. I think theyd be a perfect black friday treat
I’ll never turn down anything that is either a donut or a cross with a donut. These incredibly look fun and tasty.
Such a great idea to add the sprinkles! I’ll have to give these a try. Love the idea of freezing them. I think it’s impossible to be a food blogger and not have a dirty camera.
Now those are just too cool. They look awesome.
They look delicious. I don’t think they will ever make it to the freezer, and in case they do, it will be for a very short stay:)
Oh wow girl…Grant has grown he is so precious he has grown out of that toddler look and looks like a little handsome man!
These sound and look amazing and fun for kids to help also. Girl you are just the milk in my coffee this morning! I dont know what I would do without you girl. Have a great week!
Oh man, these look great! Love the Halloween sprinkles! And how cute is your kiddo? Love all that blonde hair!
These just look mouth watering!! What a great way to start off the morning! I agree love that beautiful blonde hair!
They look awesome, and not toomuch to them to make…..its the little ones ya gotta watch out for, lol…you end up eating tons more cuz they are so darn cute!!
Happy Halloween:)
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Happy Halloween!
Grant and those French Puffs are so adorable!
My kids love these. We take these to the beach with hot apple cider to watch daddy surf. I love your Halloween twist. I wish I had thought of that. Drats!
I made French Puffs recently and they are ridiculously good! I love the fun addition of colored sprinkles!
Those are so cute! And look delicious!
Oh my! Dont these just look heavenly! I must make them!
xo
I’am all over this recipe!!! YUMMMMMMMM
Happpppy Halloweeen to you. Hope enjoying the festival with full spirit with ur smart boy. The french puffs are looking superb……. !!!!
Fun! Fun! Fun!
Wow! I only think of sweet and chocolate for Halloween. The french puffs are delicious to have for breakfast to start the celebration. If I make that for thanksgiving, should I use orange and yellow for the theme too?
These look like something I would start eating and not be able to stop! I love the addition of the orange and black sprinkles too!
Omygoodness! These looks fantastic. All I would need would be a cold glass of milk. yum!
What a great idea. My kids and I would live these
Looks really yummy! I like the colored sprinkles 🙂
Love the touch of Halloween!! These sound so good! A twist of muffins and donuts sounds like heaven! 🙂
Hey hun,hope things are well! This recipe looks and sounds amazing, making me hungry:-)
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omg … these look fantastic AND simple ingredients…well shortening isn’t simple.. but… 🙂
ah legal eating season – I love/hate it.
What a fun recipe! Your little one is too cute too.
🙂 Mandy
These look super delicious! They sort of remind me of muffin-shaped donuts :)!
These look DIVINE! and I alsways love seeing a pic of Grant! Miss yall bunches!!! We’ll be there visiting all FOUR of you in no time 🙂
Great Idea Jessica! They look so light too! I will make these soon! Thanks 🙂
Yum! These french puffs looks so delish – anytime of the day 🙂 I love puffs in general, especially cream puffs 😀
These puffs got enough sugar to boost my morning. And no sugar coffee will balance the sugar intake…and I’m all set. I try to lose some weight from today by eating less…but by looking at pictures, I’m not so sure if I can make it till lunch time. Haha. I’m easily tempted by delicious food….
Oh, my, these look so good! What a treat!
Oooh, I love French puffs…and your Halloween take on them looks delicious!
Who can resist those cute little puffs? They look adorable!
Grant is so adorable…what a great little helper! These puffs sound delicious. I would easily eat the entire batch. 🙂
I would definitely get up for these in the morning – delicious and love how you have made them into Halloween treats – lovely pics
Mary x
Oh scrummy – love anything donut-y and with sprinkles. These look divine
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Oh my gosh Jessica! That first picture…then the descriptions. I don’t know that I’ve ever been so excited to try a muffin before – truly! I LOVE the sprinkles (happen to have a million of those on hand too). And your son looks like he’s on his way to being an expert in the kitchen. 🙂 Too cute! I hope you had a great Halloween!
These french puffs look so delicious.. it definitely was a bad idea to come to your blog hungry lol. I see me making french puffs in my future very soon
love these french puffs, love the idea for christmas morning!!
One of these, greeting me, each morning, would be a perfect start to the day.
Oh wow… He’s getting so BIG Jessica!!
Ummmmm yum! Hope you are doing well dear! 🙂
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