Orange Chocolate Muffins
Description
Moist muffins made with orange juice, buttermilk, and chocolate!
Ingredients
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, grated
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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6 tablespoons margarine, softened
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3/4 cup white sugar
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2 eggs
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1 tablespoon orange zest
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1/4 cup orange juice
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1/2 cup buttermilk
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper liners.
2
In a medium bowl, mix flour, semisweet chocolate, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3
In a separate medium bowl, cream together margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time then stir in the orange zest, orange juice, and buttermilk. Pour into the flour mixture, and mix just until evenly moist. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
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Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Let muffins cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan.