How to Feed a Family: Orange chocolate mini muffins

BT Toronto | posted Tuesday, Sep 10th, 2013

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How to Feed a Family: Orange chocolate mini muffins

Ingredients: 

• 1 ¾ whole wheat pastry flour
• ½ cup cocoa pwdr
• 1 ½ tsp baking pwdr
• ½ tsp chia pwdr
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, room temp
• ½ cup brown sugar packed
• 2 lg eggs
• 2/3 cup plain yogurt
• ½ cup orange juice (pulp free)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup mini milk chocolate chips

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease or line mini muffin tin
2. In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa pwdr,baking pwdr,chia pwdr and salt. Set aside.
3. Using an electric  mixer,cream the butter with the sugar. Add the eggs, yoghurt,orange juice and vanilla. Mix on low until combined. Slowly add the flour mixture to these wet ingredients. Once well mixed, stir in chocolate chips.
4. Fill each muffin cup, leaving ¼ inch  from the rim. Bake on centre rack for 25-30 min, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Let cool in tin.

Courtesy Ceri Marsh and Laura Keogh, www.sweetpotatochronicles.com