French Breakfast Puffs

I remmeber these from childhood. The recipe was in a cookbook that my dad had and I think he still does. I loved when we would have these for breakfast. Must be because I love snickerdoodles and they remind me of those. I got htis recipe off of Allrecipes.com which numerous of my recipes generate from.

French Breakfast Puffs

1 1/2 c. Flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

topping:
1/2 cup white sugar
1 easpoon ground cinnamon
6 Tablespoons melted margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin tins. In large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. In a seperate bowl cream together 1/2 cup sugar and shortening. Beat in egg. Stir in flour mixture alternating with the milk. Beat well. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. While muffins are baking combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Remove muufins form oven and immediately dip the tops of the muffins in the melted margarine and then the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Make sure the tops are covered. Serve warm.