#72 - Try 12 new recipes (and actually use the recipe). (4/12)

This afternoon, I whipped up a batch of Chocolate Chip Muffins. I got to use muffin pan that I got for Christmas for the first time. I used muffin cups to reduce the clean-up. I really hate cleaning muffin pans. They turned out really well - very rich, though. Probably only need about half the chocolate chips.

Ingredients:
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/3 cup light-brown sugar
* 1/3 cup sugar
* 2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2/3 cup milk
* 1/2 cup butter -- melted and cooled
* 2 eggs - beaten
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 package (12 oz) chocolate chips
* 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans -- chopped (optional)


Preheat oven to 400 F. and grease up twelve muffin cups.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, stir together milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla until blended. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add milk mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

Spoon batter into muffin cups; bake 15-20 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean. Remove muffin tin to wire rack; cool 5 minutes and remove from tins to finish cooling.

Serve warm.

(Source: http://66.206.5.232/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=239)