Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Today the Foods 10 and PAA 9 classes made Chocolate Zucchini Muffins.  The Foods 10 classes went into this lab without a demo and the results were very good.

Foods 10 - When completing your blog talk about what you have learned in terms of how each of the ingredients play an important role in the success of the muffin.

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

2 tbsp butter or margarine

¾ cup sugar

¼ cup canola oil

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

¼ cup buttermilk

1 ¼ cups white flour or 1 cups whole wheat flour - sifted

¼ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

¼ cup cocoa

½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp ground cloves

½ tsp salt

1 cup zucchini – grated

½ cup chocolate chips

1)   Preheat oven to 325 F, set the oven racks to the center and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.

2)   To a large bowl add the dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, cinnamon, cloves and salt.  Mix.

3)   To the bowl for the mixer add butter and sugar, cream until smooth.  Add oil, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk, mix until smooth.  Add dry ingredients; mix only until the flour is wet.

4)   Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips.

5)   Bake in for 30 minutes.

This recipe is taken from Mrs. Gelowitz's personal collection.

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