Chocolate Apricot Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 ounces premium baking chocolate (finely chopped)
• 3/4 cup low-fat milk
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup apricot preserves
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and chocolate in a mixing bowl.
• 3 make a depression in the middle of the flour mixture.
• 4 in a separate bowl combine milk, butter and egg and stir with a wire whisk.
• 5 add to flour mixture and stir until blended.
• 6 apricot preserves are not added to the mixture.
• 7 fill muffin pan with cupcake liners or spray with cooking spray.
• 8 fill with 1 tbl.
• 9 of batter and then add 2 tsp.
• 10 of apricot preserves to the middle of batter.
• 11 then top with remaining batter.
• 12 sprinkle sugar on top.
• 13 bake at 400 degrees for 20-22 minutes until lightly browned.