French Breakfast Puffs
This was a favorite recipe of mine growing up. Now, I continue to make them for my husband and I. These muffins are easy to make, and quite tasty.
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- Serves: 1 person
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½teaspoon salt
- ¼teaspoon nutmeg
- ½cup white sugar
- ⅓cup shortening
- 1egg
- ½cup milk
- ½cup white sugar
- 1teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 6tablespoons margarine, melted
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line cups with paper muffin liners.Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, cream together 1/2 cup sugar and shortening. Beat in egg. Stir flour mixture into shortening mixture alternately with milk. Beat well. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.Step 3
Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. While muffins are baking, combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.Step 4
Remove muffins from oven and muffin pan. Immediately, dip the tops of the muffins into the melted margarine, then into the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Repeat with each muffin, until all muffin tops are covered. Serve warm.