Chocolate Chip Nut Muffins
Ingredients:
- 1 c Chocolate Chips
- 2 1/3 c Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 ts Baking Powder
- 3/4 ts Salt
- 3/4 c Sugar
- 1 ea Egg; Lg, Slightly Beaten
- 3/4 c Skim Milk
- 1/2 c Orange Juice
- 3/4 c Walnuts; Chopped
- 2 ts Orange Peel; Grated
Instructions:
Chop the chocolate chips into small chips, (Or use the mini-chips).
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Beat the egg with
the milk and orange juice. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and
continue to beat by hand for 1 minute. Stir in the chocolate chips,
walnuts and orange peel. Spoon into muffin tins that have been
sprayed with a non-stick coating, filling 2/3rds full. Bake at 35o
degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the
tins and cool on a rack. Spread with a combination of 1/4 cup of
chocolate chips, 1 tb of margarine and 1 ts of corn syrup that has been
heated until the chips have melted and the mixture is well blended.
