CHOCOLATE MUD MUFFINS12 muffins • 400°F oven

Moose Treats — Choose 1 or more of these to total one cup:chocolate chips colored chocolate-covered peanuts chocolate-covered peanut-butter pieces

1. Make sure rack is in center of oven. Generously spray or grease muffin cupsand the top of a tin.

2. In a large bowl, with a fork or whisk, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, bakingsoda, cinnamon, and salt. In a medium bowl, mix buttermilk, oil, and vanilla.Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, then stir just until combined. In 2or 3 strokes, mix in moose treats. (Optional: hold back about 1/4 cup oftreats to sprinkle on top.)

3. Divide the “mud” equally among muffin cups,then sprinkle the remaining treats on top, ifyou wish. (You can taste the batter — noeggs!) Bake about 25–30 minutes or until thetops are very well cooked.

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2 cups flour11⁄4 cups sugar1⁄3 cup cocoa1 teaspoon cinnamon

11⁄4 teaspoons bakingsoda

1⁄2 teaspoon salt11⁄4 cups buttermilk

1⁄4 cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons vanilla

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