Donut Muffins

1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg at room temperature
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup milk at room temperature

Topping
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon


Preheat oven to 350. Grease muffins tins. Cream together shortening, sugar and egg. Beat well. Sift together dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Add milk; beat until smooth. Pour batter into muffin pans to about 2/3 full. Bake 20 minutes until light brown. Meanwhile, melt butter in a small pan. On waxed paper, mix sugar and cinnamon. As soon as the doughnuts finish baking, dip each one in melted butter; then roll in the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Cool on a wire rack.

Note: You can also make bite size doughnuts using a mini muffin pan; the recipe makes 12 doughnuts in a standard muffin pan or 24 minis.