2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter-flavored shortening -- melted

Grease twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups; set aside. In a large mixing bowl stir together the flour. sugar, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center. In a medium mixing bowl combine eggs, milk, and melted shortening; add all at once to flour mixture.

Stir with a fork till the dry ingredients are just moistened. Fill prepared muffin cups almost full. Bake in a 400° oven about 15 minutes or till muffins are golden. Remove from pan. Serve warm. Makes 12 muffins.