Yummy Recipe: Chocolate Chip Muffins!

Chocolate Chip Muffins
contributed by Celia Jolley of The I Do Cookbook for the Bride and Groom
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2 cups flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup buttermilk (or use ¾ cup skim milk mixed w/2 teaspoons vinegar)
¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1½ tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup mini-chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray 2 muffin pan cups lightly with oil spray.
In mixing bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Set aside.
In another bowl, with small electric mixer, beat the buttermilk, applesauce, brown sugar, egg, oil and vanilla until bubbly.
Mix liquid and dry ingredients together, just until moistened.
Stir in chocolate chips until mixture is blended. Do not over mix.
Divide batter equally among 18 of the prepared muffin cups.
Pour a small amount of water into any unused muffin cups.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched.
Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove and place on cooling racks.