Coffee Pecan Muffins
Posted By: TUDDLES Mon 14 Nov 2005 6:12 am

Ingredients
Makes 8 muffins
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dk brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
2 tbsp instant coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease 8 large muffin cups.
2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. In a medium-sized bowl, combine milk, instant coffee powder, vanilla extract, butter, and egg.
4. Let stand for 5 minutes.
5. Add mixture to flour mixture and mix "lightly".
6. Fold in pecans.
7. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
8. Bake 20 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
9. Remove muffin tin to wire rack.
10. Cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from cups, finish cooling on rack.