Hot Apple Muffins
 

3 cooking apples
8 oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 oz lard
2 oz sugar
1 egg
a little milk
butter and sugar to serve

Peel, core and chop the apples finely. Mix the flour and baking powder
together. Rub in the fat, add the sugar and the chopped apples, and bind
to a soft dough with egg, adding a little milk if necessary. Knead lightly
and roll out three quarter inch thick on floured board. Cut into 2 inch
rounds, using a fancy cutter, and bake in a mod oven 350 F for 30 minutes.
While still hot, split open and spread generously as possible with butter,
then sprinkle with sugar.