Chocolate Chip Lemon Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375*. grease muffin pan or line with paper liners.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine flour, 1 cup of the sugar and baking powder.
• 3 in a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, butter, lemon zest and lemon juice. stir in flour mixture, mixing just until combined. fold in the chocolate chips. do not overmix.
• 4 scoop batter into prepared muffin cups. sprinkle remaining sugar evenly over tops.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 20 to 24 minutes or until puffed, light golden and a skewer inserted into center comes out clean. let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.