cinnamon sugar muffins.

also known as french breakfast puffs. i found this recipe on pioneer woman's blog. but i am pretty sure i have made these before. they were just called something else. anyway, these are so good. and they freeze really well. if you have any left to freeze, that is. by the way, my boyfriend says these are his new "favorite" muffins. i'm pretty sure he had four scarfed down before i was even finished rolling them in cinnamon sugar. and he probably had about four more when i told him i was finished taking the pictures. and then he had a stomach ache. big surprise.

cinnamon sugar muffins + printable recipe

muffins:
3 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1 c sugar

2/3 c shortening

2 eggs

1 c milk

cinnamon sugar topping:
1 1/2 c sugar

3 tsp cinnamon

2 sticks butter

preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease about 12 muffin cups. i actually made around 20 muffins when i made them.

stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl. set aside for later.

in another bowl, cream together 1 cup sugar and shortening. add eggs and mix. stir in flour mixture alternating with milk until you have a creamy mixture.

fill muffin cups about 2/3 full. bake for between 20-25 minutes or until golden.

in a bowl, melt 2 sticks butter. i thought this was a lot a first so i only did one stick but i definitely needed 2. in a different bowl, combine 1 1/2 c sugar and cinnamon. dip muffins in butter, swirling around to make sure the muffins are well coated and roll muffins into cinnamon-sugar mixture.

**p.s. like i said earlier, these muffins freeze really well! since we had way more muffins than we needed to eat, i decided to freeze some and i can say for sure that they definitely taste just as good reheated...maybe even better.