To Bake or Not to Bake<\/b>
\nisn’t even a question, with me. <\/p>\n
First off, I must point out to you that Smitten Kitchen<\/a> has a recipe for St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake on her site. I can’t wait to try it out. It is a version which doesn’t call for cake mix but starts with a yeasted cake, instead. So I’m excited to see how that tastes. She was raving about it, so it has to be good. I trust Smitten Kitchen. She’s never steered me wrong, yet.<\/p>\n Secondly, these chocolate chunk muffins<\/a> are really good. I made them for the second time yesterday. I took some to a friend and left a few here. What do you know, they disappeared and I do not have an image to share with y’all. Baked goods just get inhaled around here. You might want to give them a try. They are very chocolatey but not very sweet. Here’s my version of the recipe:<\/p>\n Chocolate Chip Muffins<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n 6 T. butter, melted 375 degrees oven and put the rack in the center. Butter or spray muffin pan or use paper cups. To Bake or Not to Bake isn’t even a question, with me. First off, I must point out to you that Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake on her site. I can’t wait to try … Continue reading
\n2\/3 cup chocolate chips, divided
\n2 cups all-purpose flour
\n2\/3 cup sugar
\n1\/3 cup cocoa
\n1 T. baking powder
\n1\/2 t. baking soda
\n1\/2 t. salt
\n2 t. cinnamon (or to taste — I like cinnamon so I put 2 t.)
\n1 large egg
\n2 t. vanilla<\/p>\n
\nMelt the butter with 1\/3 cup of the chocolate chips in a microwave on 1\/2 power in 1 minute increments, stirring after each minute.
\nSift the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Combine the liquid ingredients together. Pour the liquid ingredients and the melted chocolate\/butter mixture over the dry and stir gently but quickly to mix. Don’t worry about small lumps. Stir in the reserved 1\/3 cup chocolate chips. Divide between the muffin cups (I get 16 out of this recipe) and bake for 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in the tins before turning out to cool completely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"