The Kitchen Door

These are yummy, soft, puffy, muffins of sugary deliciousness.  They’re everywhere in the blogesphere but I found them over at the Pioneer Woman’s site.

Make them, serve them, eat them and accept praise for your culinary brilliance. They’re pretty durn tasty!  :D

French Breakfast Puffs

Makes 12...so...serves 2 ;-)

The Ingredients

• 3 cups Flour
• 3 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2/3 cups Shortening (Crisco)
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1 cup Milk
• 1-1/2 cup Sugar
• 3 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 2 sticks Butter

The Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
2. In a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.
3. 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.
4. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden.
5. In a bowl, melt 2 sticks butter. In a separate bowl combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. Dip baked muffins in butter, coating thoroughly, then coat with cinnamon-sugar mixture.

By: The Kitchen Door

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