Instructions: Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and 1/2 cup sugar. Cut in shortening until mixture is fine. Mix together egg, milk and apple. Add to dry mixture and mix quickly. Pour batter into greased muffin tins in which an individual muffin container
measures 2 1/2 inches across and 1 1/4 inches deep. Fill tins 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. For the topping, combine the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a shallow bowl. When doughnuts are done baking, immediately remove from pans and roll in the melted butter, then in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.

Makes 12; serve warm.

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