Chocolate Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons soy margarine
• 1 cup maple syrup or 1 cup golden syrup
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 ripe banana
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring or 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract or 1/2 teaspoon chocolate flavoring (optional)
• 1/2 cup coffee (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4-1/2 cup cocoa (depending on the flavour you want)

Recipe

• 1 'cream'together butter and syrup.
• 2 beat egg whites until stiff, and egg yolks to make a creamy consistancy.
• 3 add egg yolks to syrup mix, along with all other ingredients except egg whites.
• 4 mix well, adding however much cocoa you desire.
• 5 fold in egg whites.
• 6 preheat moderate oven.
• 7 lightly coat muffin tin (greased or non-stick) with cocoa dust (unless using paper patty pans).
• 8 spoon in mixture and bake 20 minutes.