Chocolate Chip Muffins

By dlwelsh

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2/3 unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup egg substitute
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup low fat buttermilk
• 2 cups flour all purpose
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• may use m & m's
• mint chocolate chips
• peanut butter chips
• also can sub 3/4 teaspoon butter rum extract for vanilla
• and heath bar bites for the chocolate chips for a butter rum muffin
• can also add 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts to the chocolate chip batter

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

in a large bowl mix together sugar, applesauce, egg, oil, salt, vanilla, and baking soda
add buttermilk and blend well
in a separate bowl sift together the flour and baking powder
add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well with an electric mixer
add half of the chocolate chips t the batter and fold them in by hand
to bake the muffins use a Texas size muffing pan lined with jumbo papers
top muffins with remaining chocolate chips
Bake jumbo muffins about20 to 24 minutes
regular size muffins take about 16 to 20 minutes