Recipe - Bran Muffins With Chocolate Filling

FILLING
2 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
1 pack (8ounce) cream cheese;
softened
One fourth cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Plus 1 c. milk

BATTER
2 One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Baking powder
Three fourths cup Butter
One half cup Crushed allbran cereal
2 Eggs; slightly beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

From: waterman@vt.edu (Betsey)

Preheat the oven to 350. Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave. Set aside
to cool. Cream together the cream cheese, sugar, 2 T. of the milk, and the
melted chocolate until smooth and wellblended.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and baking
powder. Cut in the butter, and mix well until crumbs form.

In another bowl, combine the cereal and the remaining 1 c. of milk. Let
stand for about 5 minutes or until the cereal softens. Stir in the eggs and
the vanilla. Pour the bran mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients
and stir until moist. Lightly coat a muffin tin with cooking oil spray and
scoop the batter into 12 muffin cuips, filling each halfway. Pour the
chocolate mixture over the bran batter, dividing evenly among the muffin
tins. Finish with another layer of batter. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until
the tops spring back when touched.

~ Maplewood Inn

Posted to recipeludigest by jeryder@juno.com on Mar 9, 1998