Double Chocolate Cupcakes

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup mini chocolate chip
• 1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine dry ingredients. make a well in the middle.
• 2 in a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients, including the 1/3 cup water.
• 3 put wet mixture in the well of dry ingredients. stir just until moistened.
• 4 fold in chips. use a light hand; a heavy hand leads to heavy cupcakes.
• 5 use cupcake liners for muffin pans. fill about 2/3 full with batter. any empty muffin holders should be filled half full with water. do not just put under the sink to do this. put water in a something with a lip, like a liquid measuring cup, and use that. (yes, i learned this the hard way.).
• 6 bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. leaving on the liners, remove from pans immediately. cool on racks.
• 7 number of muffins really depends on how full you fill your tins.
• 8 sprinkle tops with confection's sugar, if desired.