Pink Princess Tea Parties-Excerpt Fairytale Chocolate Muffins Makes12 muffins 1 cup milkchocolate chips 1/3 cup unsalted butter 3/4 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 12/3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup white chocolate chips Powdered sugar Let'smixitup! Preheat the oven to 400 degreesF. Line a muffin tin with 12 paperliners and then place on a cookie sheet. In a small saucepan, melt themilk chocolate chips with the butter over low heat. Remove from heat and cool 10minutes. Pour the chocolate-buttermixture into a large mixing bowl and add buttermilk, sugar, egg, andvanilla. Blend ingredients until smooth with a whisk. With a spatula, stir in flour,baking soda, and salt. Fold in the white chocolatechips.

Spoon the batter equallybetween the paper liners. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, oruntil the tops of muffins are puffed and slightly cracked. Remove muffin tin from oven andlet stand at least 5 minutes before removing the muffins to cool on awire rack. Dust with powdered sugar. Sugar-and-SpiceCider Makes15 servings 1 gallon apple cider 3 cups pomegranate juice 4 cinnamon sticks 10 whole cloves 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1 orange, thinly sliced Let'sstartstirring! In a large saucepan, combineapple cider, pomegranate juice, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Heat overlow heat until mixture begins to simmer. Remove from heat and addvanilla, dried cranberries, and orange slices. Place saucepan back over lowheat and stir until mixture begins to steam.

Remove from heat andladle into teacups or small glass punch cups.