Yeast Raised Coffee Cake Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 cup cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cake yeast
• 2 tbsp flour
• salt

Method

1. 1 Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm milk, add 2 tbsp flour, and let rise in a warm place.
2. 2 Cream butter and sugar, add salt, then beat in eggs one at a time.
3. 3 Mix in the yeast sponge, lukewarm cream, and sifted flour to form a batter.
4. 4 Grease and flour muffin pans, filling them 2/3 full with the batter.
5. 5 Let dough rise until it reaches the top of the pans.
6. 6 Bake in a hot oven (400°F) for 25 minutes.