CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIE MUFFINS

      Title: CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIE MUFFINS
  Categories: Muffins, Gifts
       Yield: 18 Muffins
  
   1 2/3 c  Flour
     1/3 c  Cake flour PLUS
       2 ts Cake flour
   1 1/2 ts Baking powder
     1/2 ts Baking soda
     1/4 ts Salt
   1 1/4 c  Miniature semisweet
            -chocolate chips
       1    Stick butter PLUS
       2 tb Butter, softened
     3/4 c  Light brown sugar
       2    Eggs
       1    Square unsweetened
            -chocolate, melted & cooled
       2 ts Vanilla extract
     1/2 c  Half-and-half PLUS
       1 tb Half-and-half, blended with
       1 ts Lemon juice
     3/4 c  Chopped pecans
  
   Sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Toss
   the chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients.
   
   Cream the butter and sugar and beat 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs,
   melted chocolate and vanilla. Add sifted mixture alternately with the
   half-and-half, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in the
   chocolate chips and pecans.
   
   Divide the batter among buttered and floured muffin tins. Bake in a
   375'F. oven for 20 minutes, until a wooden pick in the center emerges
   clean and dry. Cool, remove from pans. Makes 18 muffins.
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