Title: Marble Streusel Muffins
Categories: Muffins
Yield: 12 Muffins

STREUSEL
1/3	c	Light brown sugar; packed
1/4	c	Flour
1/4	ts	Ground cinnamon
2	tb	Butter; softened
1/4	c	Chocolate chips
MUFFINS
2	c	Flour
3/4	c	Sugar
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
3	tb	Unsweetened cocoa powder
4	oz	Light cream cheese
2		Eggs
1/2	c	-Water
1/3	c	Vegetable oil
1	ts	Vanilla

Coat 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Prepare streusel - combine sugar, flour, cinnamon. Work in butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips.

Prepare muffins - combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in bowl. Remove 1/2 cup; set aside. Add cocoa powder to remaining flour mixture. Beat cheese and 1 egg in small bowl until smooth. Stir in reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture. Beat remaining egg, water, oil, and vanilla in bowl. Add cocoa mixture.

Using two-thirds cocoa batter, fill muffin cups half full. Using remaining cocoa batter and cream cheese batter, spoon batters side by side in each cup. Sprinkle with streusel. Bake in preheated 350~ oven 22 to 25 mins., until tester comes out clean. Cool pan on rack 5 mins. Turn muffins out. Serve warm.

Source: Family Circle, 7/18/95

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