Spice Islands Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute (or sugar)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder (or instant coffee)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup margarine, melted and cooled (or butter)
• 1/4 cup egg, whitw (or 1 whole egg, slightly beaten)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate, mini-chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f. line muffin tins with papers or grease liberally.
• 2 in a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, espresso or instant coffee, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg, set aside.
• 3 in a medium bowl, mix milk, butter, egg, and vanilla until combined.
• 4 stir milk mixture into flour mixture only until combined (do not over mix). fold in chocolate chips.
• 5 fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• 6 bake 15 to 20 minutes for standard muffins, 10 to 12 minutes for mini-muffins. these muffins freeze well.
• 7 will yield: 12 muffins or about 48 mini-muffins.