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These mini-muffins are extra sweet with white chocolate and pecans. For a change of flavor, use plain chocolate or replace the pecans with your favorite nut.
Recipe Yield:
36 servings
Recipe Calories:
91
Recipe Ingredient Details:
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
5 ounces white chocolate, roughly chopped
1 cup pecan nuts, chopped*
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup light brown sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Recipe Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400ยบ. Lightly grease and flour three trays of 12 mini-muffin pans.
Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda in large bowl. Stir in chocolate and nuts. In a medium bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients and quickly fold into flour mixture.
Spoon mixture into prepared mini-muffin pans. Bake for 8-12 minutes, until golden and risen. Cool muffins in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes before serving.
Recipe Additional Notes:
*Star ingredient: Pecans are slightly sweeter than walnuts and make a good substitute for them in recipes. Both types of nuts contain polyunsaturated fatty acids, protein and fiber.
From Diabetes Cookbook (DK Publishing) by American Diabetes Association.
Photography by: Priscilla Montoya
Calories 91,Fat 5,Perfat 51,Cholesterol 16,Carbo 10,Protein 2,Fiber N/A,Sodium N/A
Thu, 2012-07-05 01:37
