Chocolate Muffins

Family Dessert Recipes

1/4 c. butter 1 c. sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 2 1/2 tsp. vanilla 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate 2 c. sifted cake flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/3 c. milk 2 eggs, separated

A rich breakfast treat or an anytime snack. This recipe is a bit involved - but it's worth it. Yield: 18 muffins In a bowl, melt butter and chocolate in the microwave. Separate eggs, putting the yolks in a good-sized mixing bowl. In a separate mixing bowl, beat together egg yolks, sugar. Add chocolate mixture to egg-sugar mixture. Mix well. Sift together dry ingredients: baking powder, cake flour, salt. (If you want to substitute all purpose flour for cake flour, measure out the 2 cups, then put 4 Tbsp. back into the flour container.) Beat mixture, adding alternately with milk/vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry peaks. Fold gently into batter. Spoon into paper-lined muffin pan. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes until tops spring back when lightly touched with fingertips.

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Tuesday May 11th, 2004 and modified on Monday March 28th, 2011