Zucchini-chocolate Chunk Muffins With Pistachio Streusel

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup pistachios, shelled and coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup shredded zucchini
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate, chopped or 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400ºf.
• 2 grease bottoms of 12 muffin cups.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine all the streusel ingredients except butter. cut butter in with a fork until crumbly.
• 4 in a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, 1 teaspoons cinnamon and salt.
• 5 in a medium bowl, whisk together milk, oil, eggs and vanilla. stir into flour mixture along with zucchini, mixing just until all ingredients are moistened.
• 6 fold in chocolate.
• 7 spoon batter into muffin cups; sprinkle with streusel.
• 8 bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
• 9 cool on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan.
• 10 cool completely.