Coffee pecan muffins

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-purpose flour
½cupDk.brown sugar,firmly packed
1tablespoonBaking powder
¼teaspoonSalt
¾cupMilk
2tablespoonsInstant coffee
1teaspoonVanilla extract
½cupUnsalted butter, melted
1largeEgg, lightly beaten
1cupPecans, chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease 8 lg. muffin cups.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine milk, instant coffee powder, vanilla extract, butter, and egg. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add mixture to flour mixture and mix "lightly". Fold in pecans. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.

Bake 20 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Remove muffin tin to wire rack. Cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from cups, finish cooling on rack.

From the recipe files of suzy@...

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #228 by Suzy <suzy@...> on Aug 28, 1997