BUTTER RUM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease or line 12 muffin cups.
• Beat butter with electic mixer until creamy; add 1/2 cup sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cloves and nutmeg in a separate bowl.
• Combine milk and 3 tablespoons of rum in another bowl.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, ending with flour mixture and combining only until JUST blended.
• Spoon batter into muffin pan, filling 3/4 full.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.
• Remove from pans immediately and cool on a wire rack.
• Alternatively, you can make mini-muffins; bake for about 15 minutes.
• Combine remaining 2 tablespoons rum and 3 tablespoons of sugar in a small saucepan; heat slowly, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
• If mixture is too thick, add a little milk.
• Brush glaze over warm muffins.