Muffins!!!!

Mom got me yet another new cookbook:



This is the first recipe I tried. It is absolutely divine.

Chocolate Cherry Muffins

MAKES 24 MUFFINS
2 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
72 cup granulated sugar
11/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups dried tart red cherries
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
1/2 cup tightly packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnut halves, toasted and coarsely chopped

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line each of the 24 muffin
tin cups with paper liners.

2. In a sifter, combine 2 1/2 cups of the flour, the cocoa, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Sift onto a large piece of parchment or wax paper.

3. Place the cherries in a small bowl and dust them with
the remaining tablespoon of flour.

4. Heat the oil and the chopped chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a medium glass bowl in a microwave oven, and stir until melted
and smooth.

5. Place the buttermilk, melted chocolate, eggs, brown sugar, and honey in a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to mix until the ingredients are thoroughly combined and
the brown sugar has almost completely dissolved. Add the dry ingredients, and stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Add the cherries, chocolate chips, and walnuts, using the spatula to fold the ingredients together thoroughly.

6. Portion 3 slightly heaping tablespoons or 1 slightly heaping #20 ice-cream scoop of batter into each muffin cup. Place the muffin tins on the top center racks of the oven, and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out almost clean, about 16 minutes if you prefer slightly underbaked, and 18 minutes for fully baked. (Switch the tins between top and center and rotate each 180 degrees halfway through the baking time.)

Let them cool for at least 20 minutes so they can be removed from the pan easily. They taste best warm. No need for any butter or jam!



Yum. I left out the walnuts.

This book is great- I've already marked about a dozen recipes from it.