| Is there really a good low calorie chocolate chip | | | | Make one or two days aheadfor best flavor. |
| muffins recipe? Here's one with the added benefit | | | | 1/2 c (1 1/4 ounces) sliced,unblanched |
| of fragrant orange. | | | | Almonds |
| Chocolate Chip Orange Muffins - Low Fat | | | | 1 2/3 c All-purpose flour |
| An old-fashioned recipe, slightly modified. 331 | | | | 1 c Granulated sugar |
| calories, 6 grams of fat, 1 mg of cholesterol...and | | | | 1 tb Pumpkin pie spice |
| good!! | | | | 1 ts baking soda |
| 1 cup all-purpose flour | | | | 1/4 ts baking powder |
| 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour | | | | 1/4 ts salt |
| 3/4 cup sugar | | | | 2 lg Eggs |
| 1 tablespoon baking powder | | | | 1 c Plain pumpkin (half of a |
| 2 teaspoons finely shredded orange rind | | | | 1 lb Can) |
| 2 egg whites | | | | 1/2 c (1 stick) butter, melted |
| 2/3 cup buttermilk | | | | 1 c (6 ounces) chocolate chips |
| 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce | | | | Heat oven to 350 F. Put almonds on a baking |
| 1/2 cup chocolate chips | | | | sheet pie pan and bake about 5 minutes, just until |
| 6 servings | | | | lightly browned; watch carefully so almonds don't |
| 30 minutes 10 mins prep | | | | burn. (You can also toast them in a toaster oven.) |
| 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. | | | | Slide almonds off the baking sheet so they cool |
| 2. Spray 6 large, 3" muffin cups with no-stick | | | | quickly. |
| spray and set aside. | | | | Grease muffin cups, or use foil or paper baking |
| 3. In large bowl mix all dry ingrediants, including | | | | cups. |
| orange peel. | | | | Thoroughly mix flour, sugar, pie spice, baking |
| 4. In small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Stire | | | | soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. |
| in the buttermilk and applesauce. | | | | Break eggs into another bowl. Add pumpkin and |
| 5. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture and stir | | | | butter, and whisk until well blended. Stir in |
| just until moistened. | | | | chocolate chips and almonds. Pour over dry |
| 6. Fold in chocolate chips. | | | | ingredients and fold in with a rubber spatula just |
| 7. Spoon batter into cups. | | | | until dry ingredients are moistened. |
| 8. Bake 20 to 22 minutes. | | | | Scoop batter evenly into muffin cups. Bake 20 to |
| 9. Cool in cups 5 minutes, then remove and cool | | | | 25 minutes, or until puffed and springy to the |
| on a wire rack. | | | | touch in the center. Turn out onto a rack to cool. |
| 10. To make standard sized muffins, spray 12 2 1 | | | | Wrap in a plastic bag and keep for 1 or 2 days. |
| 2" muffin cups with no-stick spray and bake for | | | | Reheat before serving. |
| 15 to 17 minutes. 166 calories, 3 grams of fat, o | | | | Chocolate Pudding: |
| mg of cholesterol. | | | | Reserve one gill of milk from a quart, and put the |
| Pumped up pumpkin chocolate chip muffin recipes | | | | remainder on the fire in a double-boiler. Mix three |
| Some pumpkin chocolate chip muffin recipes are | | | | tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with the cold milk. |
| almost too good to wait for, like these from the | | | | Beat two eggs with half a cupful of powdered |
| famous Carriage Inn Bed & Breakfast. | | | | sugar and half a teaspoonful of salt. Add this to |
| Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins presented by The | | | | the cornstarch and milk, and stir into the boiling |
| Carriage Inn Bed & Breakfast | | | | milk, beating well for a minute. Shave fine two |
| 4 eggs | | | | ounces of Walter Baker & Co.'s Premium No. 1 |
| 3 cups flour 2 cup sugar | | | | Chocolate, and put it into a small pan with four |
| 1 cup canola oil | | | | tablespoonfuls of sugar and two of boiling water. |
| 1/2 tsp. cinnamon | | | | Stir over a hot fire until smooth and glossy; then |
| 2 tsp baking soda | | | | beat into the hot pudding. Cook the pudding in all |
| 1/2 tsp salt | | | | ten minutes, counting from the time the eggs and |
| 1 small can pumpkin, about 15 oz. | | | | cornstarch are added. Serve cold with powdered |
| 1 12-oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips, | | | | sugar and cream. |
| mini-size preferred Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | | | | This pudding can be poured while hot into little |
| Beat eggs and sugar. Mix in rest of the | | | | cups which have been rinsed in cold water. At |
| ingredients. Spray muffin pans with non-stick | | | | serving time turn out on a flat dish, making a |
| cooking spray. Fill each section 3/4 full. Bake in pre | | | | circle, and fill the center of the dish with whipped |
| heated oven approximately 20 minutes or until | | | | cream flavored with sugar and vanilla. |
| lightly browned. Makes about 24 medium muffins. | | | | The eggs may be omitted, in which case use one |
| Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins: | | | | more tablespoonful of cornstarch. |
| 12 Regular or 48 miniaturemuffins | | | | |