Recipe--Mocha Muffins

Every Wednesday night before church starts, we have a meal together. The themes vary each week. One week they were doing breakfast, and Mom pulled this recipe out of her “To Try” file. They were a big hit with everyone at church! Our worship Pastor loved them SO much that I made them again just for him the next week (even though that was the week without a refrigerator. That was interesting!)

 

These muffins are very quick and easy to make. They’re also quite good considering the fact that this girl doesn’t do coffee, but I still like them. J

 

Mocha Muffins

 

Muffins:

2 cups flour

¾ cup sugar

2 ½ teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons instant coffee

1 cup milk

½ cup butter, melted

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

¾ cup mini chocolate chips

 

Cream Cheese Spread:

8 oz cream cheese

1 Tablespoon sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon instant coffee

¼ cup mini chocolate chips

 

For the muffins, mix together all the dry ingredients except the chocolate chips in a bowl. Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Add to the dry mix and stir. Add in chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into a greased mini-muffin pan. Bake for 15 minutes at 375°. Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing.

 

For the cream cheese spread, combine all the ingredients together in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat until well combined. Once the muffins have cooled, spread the cream cheese mixture on top. Makes approximately 4 dozen mini-muffins. Store any leftover spread or muffins with spread on them in the fridge.

 

Enjoy!