Two-tone Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease 10 standard muffin cups.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix thoroughly.
• 4 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• 5 beat in eggs and buttermilk until well blended.
• 6 stir in flour mixture just until blended, being careful not to overmix.
• 7 divide batter between 2 bowls.
• 8 stir vanilla into 1 bowl of batter.
• 9 stir melted chocolate into remaining bowl of batter.
• 10 spoon the vanilla batter into one side of each prepared muffin cup, filling the cups two-thirds full.
• 11 spoon the chocolate batter into the other half of each muffin cup.
• 12 fill the 2 empty cups with water for even baking.
• 13 bake muffins until a toothpick inserted in center of one comes out clean, 15-17 minutes.
• 14 transfer the pan to a wire rack; let muffins cool for 5 minutes.
• 15 turn muffins onto the rack; cool completely.
• 16 note: to jazz these up, top half of a muffin with chocolate icing and the other half with icing.
• 17 also, you can make marbled muffins by swirling the two batters together.