Chocolate Lava Muffins

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate and butter together in a large bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.
• 2 stir in the vanilla.
• 3 in a separate bowl, combine the sugar, flour, and salt.
• 4 sift dry ingredients into the chocolate mixture and blend with an electric mixer.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each egg before adding the next.
• 6 beat on high until batter is creamy and begins to lighten in color (approximately 4 minutes.).
• 7 chill batter.
• 8 preheat oven to 375?.
• 9 coat 6 muffin tins with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
• 10 spoon batter into the muffin tins, using 1/3 to 1/2 cup batter for each muffin.
• 11 bake for 12-13 minutes. outside should be cake-like and centers should be gooey.