Breakfast Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil

*Combine the dry ingredients in this recipe the night before. In the morning, add the remaining items, fill the muffin cups and pop them in the oven. Brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans give these muffins their coffee cake-like flavor

Glaze

• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 Tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, beat the egg, milk, and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Spoon 1 Tbsp. of batter into paper-lined muffin cups. Top each with 1 tsp. nut mixture and about 2 tablespoons batter. Bake at 400 degrees F for 22-24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; spoon over muffins.

Yield: 1 dozen

By Trudy from Springfield, IL