Orange Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, grated
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper liners.
• in a medium bowl, mix flour, semisweet chocolate, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• in a separate medium bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until smooth. beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the orange zest, orange juice, and buttermilk. pour into the flour mixture, and mix just until evenly moist. spoon batter into muffin cups.
• bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. let muffins cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan.