Coffee Pecan Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons instant coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 cup pecans, chopped

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F
Grease 8 lg. muffin cups.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine milk, instant coffee powder, vanilla extract, butter, and egg.
Let stand for 5 minutes.
Add mixture to flour mixture and mix \"lightly\". Fold in pecans.
Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
Bake 20 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Remove muffin tin to wire rack.
Cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from cups, finish cooling on rack.