Chocolate muffins

Not dinner, breakfast :)

Does anybody else remember when Williams-Sonoma had actual catalogs:

And when they sold a ton of really cool stuff that was actually affordable? I used to love poring through the new W-S catalog, and actually bought some things from them. I still use my stainless steel measuring cups - AND the odd-size cups as well - and miss the broken Japanese fish soup bowls that have gotten broken. I'm pretty sure I actually purchased the animal muffin pan on the cover of this catalog (Fall 1984), but gave it away a long time ago because I could never get it properly seasoned and the muffins always stuck to the pan!

ANYWAY, the ingredients listed are from the original recipe, my mixing order is different.

Preheat oven to 400 (recipe calls for 425)

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder

4 Tbsp butter, melted
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs

Melt butter, warm milk slightly and add to butter, blend eggs slightly and add to milk/butter, add vanilla. Mix thoroughly.

Mix dry ingredients and sift into wet ingredients, mix just until combined. Spoon into greased muffin tins and bake 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. (recipe claims yield is 24 muffins; 18 is what I usually wind up with)

These are lovely; not overly sweet.