Rich Fudge-ffilled Peanut Butter Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup light-brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts without skins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400° and prepare pans for 9 muffins.
• 2 in a small saucepan, add chocolate chips and butter; melt, stirring constantly.
• 3 remove from heat and set aside.
• 4 in a bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• 5 in separate bowl, stir together milk, peanut butter, oil, egg and vanilla extract.
• 6 add dry mixture to wet mixture just until combined.
• 7 spoon half of batter into pans.
• 8 divide chocolate mix among muffins, a scant teaspoon per pan (don't let filling touch sides of tins).
• 9 spoon remaining batter over chocolate filling.
• 10 sprinkle tops of muffins with peanuts.
• 11 bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned.