Chocolate-chip cookie muffins

18 muffins

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1⅔cupFlour
cupCake flour PLUS
2teaspoonsCake flour
teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonBaking soda
¼teaspoonSalt
cupMiniature semisweet chocolate chips
1Stick butter PLUS
2tablespoonsButter, softened
¾cupLight brown sugar
2Eggs
1Square unsweetened chocolate, melted & cooled
2teaspoonsVanilla extract
½cupHalf-and-half PLUS
1tablespoonHalf-and-half, blended with
1teaspoonLemon juice
¾cupChopped pecans

Directions

Sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Toss the chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients.

Cream the butter and sugar and beat 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, melted chocolate and vanilla. Add sifted mixture alternately with the half-and-half, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans.

Divide the batter among buttered and floured muffin tins. Bake in a 375'F. oven for 20 minutes, until a wooden pick in the center emerges clean and dry. Cool, remove from pans. Makes 18 muffins.

Submitted By MICHAEL ORCHEKOWSKI On 10-23-94