Nutella Surprise Muffins

The most important thing you need to know about these muffins is, you better have a lot of people to serve them to... otherwise, I can guarantee you will eat all of them by yourself within 30 minutes. I'm not saying that this happened to me... but I can't plead innocence in the disappearing muffin case we are still trying to solve. These are outrageously delicious.

Nutella Surprise Muffins

• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup Nutella
• 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt with 1 tablespoon sparkling sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat together the egg, oil, sugar, flour, baking powder, soda, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in the buttermilk, then spoon a small amount of the batter into the bottom of a muffin tin lined with a cupcake wrapper. Spoon a tablespoon or so of Nutella into the center of the cup, then cover with a second spoonful of batter. Sprinkle a small amount of the salt & sparkling sugar mixture on top of each muffin.

Bake in preheated oven for 17-19 minutes, or just until the center of the muffins spring back when touched lightly with your finger. Remove and cool. Drizzle warm Nutella on top of each muffin before serving.