Recipe - Double Chocolate Muffins

4 ounce (1 stick) margarine or
Butter
3 ounce 1 oz. squares, cut up, of
Unsweetened chocolate
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 ds Salt
2 cup Flour
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Baking soda
6 ounce Semisweet chocolate chips
(1 cup)

1. Preheat oven to 400 deg. F. In a 2quart glass bowl, combine butter
and unsweetened chocolate. Heat in microwave oven on High 2 to 2 1/2
minutes, until melted and smooth when stirred. Let cool to lukewarm.

2. Stir in sugar, egg, vanilla, salt, and buttermilk, until thoroughly
blended. Mix together flour and baking soda and stir into chocolate
mixture just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

3. Spoon batter into 12 paperlined 2 and One half inch muffin cups, filling to
top.

4. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in center comes
out clean. Let muffins cool in pans 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to
cool completely. Serve warm or cool.

From: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts by Natalie Haughton. HarperCollins
publishers 1991.

Enjoy! Jeff Duke Ä Area: Cooking Reposted by Dale/Gail Shipp

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