Molten Chocolate Chip Cakelets

Ask and ye shall receive.

I mentioned these little treasures on a previous post of mine. ProfK asked for the recipe and I figured, why should I be the only one packing on the pounds? Besides, these are so worth it and since they are individually portioned, it's hard to overindulge.

Molten Chocolate Chip Cakelets

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2 1/4 C flour

1 Tbsp baking powder

1 cup margarine

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup light brown sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla exttract

1 tsp salt

1 package chocolate chips, separated

1/4 cup chocolate syrup

Mix flour and baking powder and set aside.

In a separate bowl, cream margarine and sugars.

Add the eggs one at a time while beating, then add vanilla and salt. Stir in the flour mixture.

Take 1 cup of choc chips out and mix the rest of the bag into the dough.
Melt choc chips with syrup (just until melted... don't over cook this or it
will thicken)

Grease ramekins Fill 1/3 to 1/2 (depending on how deep they are) with dough leaving a well for the chocolate. Put a tablespoon (more or less) in the center of each one, then cover with another layer of dough make sure that your choc center stays in the middle and doesn't extend to the edges.

Bake for about 25 minutes until the tops are golden. These can be served immediately or rewarmed in a conventional oven (microwaving is tricky) and served at a later date (if they are not served warm, you lose the effect of the molten center). If I am going to rewarm them, I store them in a tightly sealed container at room temperature.

(Hat tip: My friend Ruthy, who does all the tinkering and experimenting, and I get to use her recipes when all the kinks have been worked out of them...)