Feather Light Muffins

Feather Light Muffins

1/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cups cake flour
1-½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
½ cup milk

TOPPING:
½ cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon

½ cup butter or margarine, melted

In a mixing bowl, cream shortening, sugar and egg. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Let cool for 3-4 minutes. Meanwhile, combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll warm muffins in melted butter, then in sugar mixture. Serve warm. Yield 8-10 muffins.

These are wonderful! I like to make them in a tart tin so you get a tiny mouthful of goodness. Okay, that sounds corny, but it's really good. Tart size makes it so the butter and sugar/cinnamon is all the way around the muffin, not just on a bite. Hmm, maybe I'll go home and make some of these. . .