Butter Rum Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons rum
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• milk, if needed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 grease or line 12 muffin cups.
• 3 beat butter with electic mixer until creamy; add 1/2 cup sugar, beating well.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• 5 combine flour, baking powder, salt, cloves and nutmeg in a separate bowl.
• 6 combine milk and 3 tablespoons of rum in another bowl.
• 7 add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, ending with flour mixture and combining only until just blended.
• 8 spoon batter into muffin pan, filling 3/4 full.
• 9 bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.
• 10 remove from pans immediately and cool on a wire rack.
• 11 alternatively, you can make mini-muffins; bake for about 15 minutes.
• 12 combine remaining 2 tablespoons rum and 3 tablespoons of sugar in a small saucepan; heat slowly, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
• 13 if mixture is too thick, add a little milk.
• 14 brush glaze over warm muffins.