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    Cherry-Glazed Chocolate Muffins


    Source of Recipe


    Marla

    List of Ingredients




    Cherry-Glazed Chocolate Muffins


    2 sprays cooking spray
    1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
    1 cup powdered sugar
    1 tsp baking soda
    3/4 tsp table salt
    3/4 cup Neufchatel cheese, softened
    1 1/4 cup water, warm, divided
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 Tbsp vinegar
    1/2 cup unsweetened frozen sour red cherries, pitted, left whole, or cherries jarred in water (about 12 cherries)
    1 tsp butter, softened
    1/2 cup powdered sugar
    1/4 tsp vanilla extract
    1/8 cup unsweetened frozen sour red cherries, pitted, finely chopped (about 3 cherries)
    3 tsp water, warm, or more if necessary

    Recipe





    Preheat oven to 350ºF and coat a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking spray or muffin liners.

    Sift together flour, cocoa, 1 cup of powdered sugar, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.

    Using an electric mixer, cream Neufchatel cheese, about 1/2 cup of warm water and 1 teaspoon of vanilla together in a large bowl until blended.

    With mixer running on slow, add flour mixture in small batches, alternating with remaining 3/4 cup of warm water, until batter is thoroughly blended; add vinegar and mix well.

    Fill each muffin hole with a tablespoon of batter (you’ll have about 1/2 the batter left). Place a whole cherry in center of each muffin hole and top with remaining batter so each hole is about 2/3 to 3/4 full.

    Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool muffins for 5 minutes in tin and then remove muffins to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

    While muffins are cooling, make glaze: Combine butter, 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla, 3 chopped cherries and 3 teaspoons of warm water (add another teaspoon of water if glaze is too thick). Spread each cooled muffin with a thin layer of glaze.

    Yields 1 muffin per serving.

    POINTS® Value | 3
    Servings | 12

 

 

 


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