Sugar dinner

I thought these looked tastey so we tried them tonight. They were yummy, but I should have made eggs and bacon to go with them. All that sugar needed some salt and protein to balance it out. I gave the kids hot chocolate with whipped cream to drink with it. So basically they had a nice well-rounded dinner of sugar with sugar.

recipe from The Pioneer Woman Cooks Blog:

French Breakfast Puffs

• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup shortening (Crisco)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 sticks butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside. Pray. In a different bowl, cream together 1 cup sugar and shortening, then add eggs and mix. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until golden. In a bowl, melt 2 sticks butter. In a separate bowl combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. Dip baked muffins in butter, coating thoroughly, then coat with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Eat. Faint.

***Update*** Blech! They were actually really heavy and shortening tasting. :( Try ebelskivers instead!