French Breakfast Puffs

Photo: flickr user avlxyz

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups All purpose flour

3/4 cup Sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder

1/4 teaspoon Ground nutmeg

1 Slightly beaten egg

2/3 cup Margarine or melted butter

1/2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon

1/2 cup Milk

Preparation

Grease twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups; set aside.

In a large bowl combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, the baking powder, nutmeg, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl combine egg, milk, and 1/3 cup margarine. Add to flour mixture. Stir JUST TILL MOISENED (batter should be lumpy).

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes or till golden. Meanwhile, combine the remaining sugar and cinnamon. Immediatly dip tops of muffins into remaining melted margarine, then into cinnamon-sugar mixture. Serve warm.

Makes 12 muffins.