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Delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins


The school year is a good month in if you live in Cobb County, GA. Can you believe it? August has passed so quickly. This also means a month of making lunches and snacks for the kiddos. Store bought items are OK but after awhile they end up tasting the same. For me, they taste like either sugar or salt and maybe a little something else. When I have the time I prefer to do homemade snacks. Something that tastes like real food because it is - real flavor, real texture, really yummy.

Muffins are my go-to homemade snack and can often make a great breakfast, too. They bake quickly and it's so easy to include healthy ingredients. I'm not the type to hide them. My son is not the best eater but I make sure he knows all the goodness that he does eat.

The muffins will take you about 10 minutes to make and then 25 to bake. The ingredients are pantry staples. You may be able to make them today!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
Makes 12 Muffins

Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 Cup Bleached Flour*
  • 1/2 Cup Old Fashioned Oats or Oatmeal
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter**
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1/4 Cup Milk
Recipe
  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
  • In a medium sized bowl mix the flour, oats and baking powder. Set aside.
  • In a electric mixing bowl combine the eggs, vegetable oil, sugar, milk and peanut butter. Mix until creamy, about 2 minutes.
  • Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mix.
  • Once the wet and dry ingredients are well blended pour in the chocolate chips. Fold them in with a large spoon.
  • Grease or put paper cupcake wrappers in a 12-muffin pan.
  • Spoon an equal amount of batter for each muffin.
  • Bake for 20-24 minutes, until the top is golden brown.
  • Let cool for at least 15 minutes before eating.

Enjoy! I love drinking something with citrus when I'm having chocolate. Lemon water does the trick but lemonade would probably go over perfectly with little kids and big kids alike!


* If you want to make your muffins a bit more healthy, feel free to substitute the bleached flour for whole wheat. **And, if your child has a peanut allergy but can tolerate other nuts almond butter is a perfect substitute.

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