Cinnamon Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 medium eggs
• 3 cups of flour
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 cup of sugar
• 5 tablespoons of butter, softened plus 1/3 cup of butter, melted
• 5 tablespoons of shortening
• 3 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• Separately: 1/4 cup of sugar blended with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Grease a muffin pan or fill each cup with a paper liner.
2. Cream together the 5 tablespoons of butter, the shortening and the sugar. Beat in the eggs, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and baking powder. Stir in the flour and milk alternately until mixture is just combined.
3. Fill muffin cups to the top (batter will be very thick and sticky).
4. Bake at 350F oven for about twenty minutes, then allow to cool for a few minutes.
5. When cool enough to handle, either dip each muffin in the melted butter of use a pastry brush to apply butter to the top of each muffin.
6. If dipped, roll each muffin in the cinnamon sugar blend - if a pastry brush is used then sprinkle cinnamon sugar over entire tray of muffins.
7. Serve with tea and home made jam... yummy!