Cappuccino Muffins

Ready for an amazing recipe? I made these yesterday, and they are worth the trip to the store for the instant coffee! (unfortunately I only have one muffin tin and this makes 14, so I put the last two in cupcake papers in an 8-inch cake pan...so we had 12 muffins and two blobs. Yummy blobs though!)

Cappuccino Muffins

Espresso Spread:
4 oz cream cheese, cubed

1 T sugar
1/2 t instant coffee granules
1/2 t vanilla extract
1/4 c mini choc chips

In a food processor/blender, combine. Cover and process until well-blended. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Muffins
2 c flour
3/4 c sugar
2 1/2 t baking powder
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1 c milk
2 T instant coffee granules
1/2 c butter, melted
1 egg
1 t vanilla
3/4 c mini chocolate chips

In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, powder, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, stir milk and coffee until coffee is dissolved. Add butter, egg and vanilla; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chips. Fill greased or paper-lined cups 2/3 full. Bake at 375* for 17-20 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool for 5 min. before removing from pans to wire racks.
Yields: 14 muffins