Coffee Pecan Muffins

1 3/4 c All-purpose flour

1/2 c Dk.brown sugar,firmly packed

1 tb Baking powder

1/4 ts Salt

3/4 c Milk

2 tb Instant coffee

1 ts Vanilla extract

1/2 c Unsalted butter, melted

1 lg Egg, lightly beaten

1 c Pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 400 F. 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. From the recipe files of [email protected] -----