Muffins ( coffee cake )

1 dozen

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupSugar, brown; firmly packed
½cupWalnuts; chopped
2tablespoonsFlour, all-purpose
2teaspoonsCinnamon, ground
2tablespoonsButter (or marg.); melted
cupFlour, all-purpose
½cupSugar
2teaspoonsBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
¼cupShortening
1Egg; beaten
½cupMilk

Directions

Combine brown sugar, walnuts, 2 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, and butter; set aside.

Sift dry ingredients into bowl; cut into shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, and stir just unitl moistened.

Grease muffin pans; spoon in a small amount of batter, and top with a layer of nut mixture. Repeat layers, filling each muffin cup ⅔ full. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until done.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, May 1974.

Typos by Nancy Coleman.