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Low Fat Chocolate Muffins
Healthy Recipe

Don't underestimate chocolate! It does have nutrients! Read The Nutrients in Chocolate

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 heaping tablespoon cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup boiling water
2 eggs
1-1/4 cup flour
1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
Scant 1/2 cup chocolate mini morsels

Directions:
Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.

Dissolve cocoa in boiling water. Beat cocoa mixture into butter.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat into butter-cocoa mixture. Fold in chocolate mini morsels.

Bake in muffin tins for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Recipe makes one dozen medium-size muffins.

Nutritional information per medium-size muffin:
Calories: 170
Protein: 3g
Carbohydrates: 28g
Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 42mg
Sodium: 126mg