Egg Nog Muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 scant tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup prepared eggnog
  • 1 egg beaten to blend
  • ½ cup no, that is not a typo! dark rum
  • 5 tablespoons butter melted and cooled,
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425° F.
  • Grease or paper 12-cup muffin tin.
  • Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  • Stir in eggnog, egg, beaten to blend, dark rum, melted butter, and nutmeg.
  • Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden.
  • Let cool before serving.

Notes

Yield: 12 muffins
See also recipe for Egg Nog a la Pirkey, a family favorite.
A related recipe I was sent by ClaraLou@pobox.com(Clara L Klist), mother of best-selling author Susan Wiggs.
Check out Susan Wiggs’ website, www.susanwiggs.com; see reviews on www.theromancereader.com.
Editor’s Note: Author Susan Wiggs wrote The Charm School, a book I reviewed for The Romance Reader. To browse the book-review sites, double click on either The Romance Reader — had over a million visitors last year — or on The Mystery Reader to reach the newer site. These sites are published and edited by Dede Anderson, and related to this site only due to my contributing reviews to them.
Keyword Breads, Rolls, and Muffins