Double Chocolate Muffins (GF)

These are moist, rich, chocolaty muffins !!  I LOVE the addition of the chocolate chips !!!

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cups gluten free flour 

1 cup Quaker old fashioned oats
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1 heaping tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/3 cup Sucanat   (or brown sugar)

1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips

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1 cup applesauce

1/4 cup almond milk

3 large very ripe bananas, mashed

2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Mix the wet ingredients in one bowl.

Mix the dry ingredients in another bowl.    

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until the dry ingredients are moistened.  

Pour into muffin pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

I like using the silicone bakeware for my muffins.  The muffins  come out so easily and I don't need to grease the pan.  My favorites are:   Casabella Silicone Standard Muffin Pan, Casabella Silicone Large Muffin Pan,  Casabella Jumbo Muffin Cups.

The OXO Large Scoop is GREAT for scooping out batter into the muffin pan.  It is MUCH neater than when I used a spoon to scoop the batter into the pan - I no longer get batter all over the muffin pan !!!

Protect me, God, because I trust in you.

Psalm 16:1 (NCV)