French Breakfast Puffs

Ingredients:

3 cups flour (I used unbleached all purpose)

3 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon (the original called for ground nutmeg)

1 cup sugar

2/3 cups shortening (crisco)

2 whole eggs

1 cup milk

Topping:

2/3 cups of sugar

1/2 cup of packed brown sugar

3 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 sticks of butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.

In a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.

In a different bowl, cream together 1 cup sugar and shortening. Then add eggs and mix again. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.

Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden.

In a bowl, melt butter. In a separate bowl combine remaining sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. Dip baked muffins in butter, coating thoroughly, then coat with cinnamon-sugar mixture.