French Breakfast Muffins

From a collection of muffin recipes I recently found.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 15

Ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup shortening
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  egg
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour or 1 1⁄2 cups cake flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 cup milk

• Topping

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup butter (1 stick melted) or 1⁄2 cup margarine (1 stick melted)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 15 medium muffin cups.
2. Mix thoroughly shortening, 1/2 cup sugar, egg.
3. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg alternately with the milk.
4. Fill the muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 20-25 minutes.
5. Topping: Mix 3/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Immediately after baking, roll puffs in melted butter, then in cinnamon-sugar mix.