Favorite flavors of chocolate and cherry marry in muffins for a sweet treat.
Chocolate Cherry Muffins
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries, well drained and 2 tablespoons cherry juice reserved
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Grease bottoms only of 6 jumbo muffin cups (3 1/2x1 3/4 inch) or 12 regular-size muffin cups (2 1/2x1 1/4 inch) with shortening, or line muffin cups with paper baking cups.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat milk, oil and egg with fork. Stir in remaining ingredients except cherries, juice and powdered sugar just until flour is moistened. Stir in cherries. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. (For 12 regular-size muffins, cups will be almost full.)
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Step3Bake jumbo muffins 23 to 25 minutes, regular-size muffins 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool jumbo muffins 10 minutes or regular-size muffins 5 minutes; remove from pan.
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Step4In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and reserved 2 tablespoons cherry juice with spoon; drizzle over warm muffins. Serve warm.
Nutrition
560
Calories
21g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
84g
Total Carbohydrate
55g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Jumbo Muffin
- Calories
- 560
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 33%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 20%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 40mg
- 13%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 84g
- 28%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 55g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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