Cappuccino Muffins

Ingredients:

• For Muffins:
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 TBS. instant coffee granules
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 cup miniature or regular semisweet chocolate chips

• For Spread:
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened and cubed
• 2 TBS. sugar
• 1 tsp. instant coffee granules
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375. Grease or line muffin cups.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. In another bowl, stir milk and coffee granules until coffee dissolves; add the butter, egg, and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 17-20 minutes, then cool on wire racks.

To make the spread, combine all ingredients thoroughly. Store in the refrigerator.

*If you do not have instant coffee (I usually don't!), regular old finely ground coffee does just as well.
Yield: about 14 muffins