Cocoa Muffins
#2499 - 03/11/03 04:33 PM
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Another from More Muffins by Barbara Albright & Leslie Weiner. The description for these said they had a "rich deep chocolate flavor", and I just couldn't resist that!!  They came out pretty good. I think next time I'm going to try a bit of finely chopped dried fruit such as dried cherries, cranberries, or even apricots. There's really not much that doesn't go well with chocolate! 
Cocoa Muffins
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened nonalkalized cocoa powder (I don't know what nonalkalized cocoa is, but I used Hershey's)
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 c fat-free buttermilk, at room temperature (I used soy milk with 1 T + 3/4 tsp apple cider vinegar)
1/4 c canola oil (I used unsweetened applesauce)
2 large eggs whites (at room temperature), lightly beaten
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 T. confectioners' sugar (I only used 1/2 T.)
1. Preheat oven 375 F. Lightly coat twelve 2 5/8" x 1 1/8" (about 3 oz.) muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, stir together buttermilk, oil, egg whites, & vanilla until blended. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add milk mixture & stir just to combine.
3. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 15-20 min., or until a toothpick inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean.
4. Remove muffin pan to wire rack. Cool for 5 min before removing muffins from cups; finish cooling on rack. Serve warm or cool completely and store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Nutrition info per muffin: (before my changes)
175 calories
29 grams carbohydrate
4 grams protein
5 grams fat
Trace cholesterol
189 milligrams sodium
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I made these yesterday...along with Heather's Zuchinni Bread and my gosh these are yummy.
Don just loves them too!
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Born May 12, 2004 9lbs, 3oz
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Mags, I wonder if this can't be made into a bundt cake? Also, why would you want to ruin the chocolate by throwing FRUIT in it? That's sacrilegious, Girl!
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I'm glad you (and Don ) liked them! I haven't made them in a while. May have to whip some up! 
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Hey Bev! I never thought about making it into a cake. Go for it! Let us know how it comes out.
And they are even better with the dried cherries. Remember the chocolate cherry pound cake (pg 133)? Well, that's where I got the idea from. Who wouldn't like chocolate & cherries together?  That's not sacrilegious - that's genius! 
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Chocolate and cherry sounds great to me! And I'm quite the chocaholic! I just bought some dried cherries on Saturday, so I'll try this one soon!
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Do you use dried cherries, and if so how much do you use? This does sound really good!
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Mags,
I read through your recipe but missed what you do with the powdered sugar. Help! I really want to make these muffins with the cherries. How do you think using yogurt instead of canola oil would work?
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Mags, Mags, MAGS!
#38858 - 01/19/04 12:03 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Spoken like a Genius? I think not. Spoken like a NON-chocoholic, Girlfriend! Us TRUE purists (not like Joan) -- I'm talking REAL purists -- would never allow anything to disturb or detract from the savory flavor of the chocolate.
That would be like pouring water over Jack to dilute it! 
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Quote:
And they are even better with the dried cherries
Now my muffins just won't taste the same without the cherries in them! Looks like I will have to plaster some jam on those joobies! LOL
CAUTION:
You can't mention chocolate and cherries to a pregnant girl without causing a craving LOL
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Born May 12, 2004 9lbs, 3oz
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