Chocolate chip and pecan muffins.

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup castor sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup milk

2 eggs

125g butter, melted and cooled slightly

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups large chocolate chips (or chunks)

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Chocolate icing to finish (make according to your own recipe)

Method

- Preheat oven to 200oC. Grease muffin tins.

- In large bowl mix together sifted flour, sugars, baking power and salt.

- In separate bowl mix together milk, eggs, butter and vanilla.

- Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add milk mixture. Stir to combine, then fold in chocolate chips and pecans.

- Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Serve topped with chocolate icing and sprinkle with extra chocolate chips and pecans.

Makes 16 muffins.

Recipe taken from Baking Bible published by Penguin Books.

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Because there is absolutely no way Jamie and I could eat 16 muffins while they are all fresh (unhealthy) I have frozen the muffins, which can then be reheated once in a while for a special treat.

Sam xox