Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
½ cup solid pack canned pumpkin
¼ cup butter, melted
1 egg
One 6 ounce package (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips
¼ cup finely chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking
powder, cinnamon, and salt; make well in center. In small bowl, combine milk, pumpkin, butter
and egg; add to well in flour mixture.
Add semi-sweet chocolate chips; stir until dry ingredients are just moistened. Spoon mixture into greased muffin cups,
filling each ¾ full. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon
nuts over each muffin. Bake at 400
degrees F for 18 – 20 minutes. Cool 5
minutes; remove from pans. Cool
completely on wire racks.
