French Breakfast Puffs
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp Milk
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp Cinnamon ground
- 1/2 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease 15 medium muffin cups, 2 1/2x1 1/4 inches.
- Mix shortening, 1/2 cup sugar and the egg thoroughly in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg alternately with milk. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Mix 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll hot muffins immediately in melted butter, then in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Serve hot.
Notes
Expert Tips
Toss 2 tablespoons finely chopped nuts into the cinnamon-sugar mixture for Nutty French Breakfast Puffs.
Or make Baked Mini Donut Holes. Prepare the recipe as directed, except divide the dough among 24 greased mini muffin cups, 2x3/4 inch, and bake 11 to 13 minutes.
Make more cinnamon-sugar mixture than you'll need, and store the rest to use later. Try it sprinkled on buttered toast or stirred into cooked rice.
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