These French Breakfast Puffs are delicious breakfast muffin made extra-special after baking when they're dipped in butter and coated in cinnamon sugar.
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Equipment
cooking spray
12-cup muffin tin
Mixer
Mixing bowls
rubber spatula
Ingredients
3cupsflour
1tablespoonbaking powder
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonfreshly grated nutmeg
1cupsugar
⅔cupshortening
2eggs
1cupmilk
Coating
1 ½cupssugar
1tablespooncinnamon
16tablespoonsunsalted butter
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin by spraying it with cooking spray or greasing it with butter.
Into a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg together.
In a mixing bowl fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the shortening and sugar together.
Beat in the eggs and combine well.
Alternately, add the flour mixture and the milk, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
Pour batter into muffin cups filling to about 2/3 full.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until lightly golden.
Coating
In a medium bowl, melt the 2 sticks of butter.
In another medium bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the coating.
Dip the muffins into the butter, making sure to completely cover.