1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened 1/2 cup sugar 2 large 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 5 tablespoons rum -- divided 3 tablespoons sugar * Beat butter at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy. Add 1/2 cup s ugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. * Combine flour and next 4 ingredients. Combine milk and 3 tablespoons rum. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning an d ending with flour mixture. Beat mixture at low speed until blended after eac h addition. * Spoon into greased muffin pans, filling three-fourths full. * Bake at 375F for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. Remove from pans immedia tely; place on a wire rack. * Combine remaining 2 tablespoons rum and 3 tablespoons sugar in a small sauce pan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly; until sugar dissolves. Brush ove r warm muffins.
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