Chocolate Cookie Muffins

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 16 cream-filled sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 5 cream-filled sandwich cookies, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons butter, cold
• 1 cup vanilla chip
• 1 tablespoon shortening

Recipe

• 1 combine 1 3/4 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and baking powder in a large bowl.
• 2 cut in 1/3 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 3 beat egg and milk and stir into dry ingredients just until moistened -- do not overmix!
• 4 fold in coarsely chopped cookies.
• 5 fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full.
• 6 for topping, combine the flour, sugar, and crushed cookies.
• 7 cut in the butter until crumbly.
• 8 sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of topping over each muffin.
• 9 bake at 400 degrees for 16-18 minutes or until muffins test done.
• 10 cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan to a wire rack.
• 11 melt vanilla chips and shortening in a heavy saucepan over low heat until smooth.
• 12 drizzle over cooled muffins.