Light Chocolate Chip Muffins

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 cup skim milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• cinnamon-sugar mixture (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 coat a 12-muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• 3 whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt and set aside.
• 4 beat the egg, sugar and margarine with an electric mixer set on medium until smooth.
• 5 add the milk and vanilla and beat again.
• 6 mix the flour and chocolate chips into the batter by hand just until combined.
• 7 spoon the batter into the muffin cups so that each is about two-thirds full.
• 8 top each muffin cup with cinnamon/sugar mixture, if desired.
• 9 bake for about 15 minutes or until the muffins are lightly browned, puff up and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 10 cool in the tin set on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
• 11 remove the muffins from the tin and eat them warm or let them cool completely on a wire rack.