Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

These are my favorite muffins!  Not really on the healthy side, but delicious!  I couldn't help myself today and made a double batch.  Mmm.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 cup butter

Combine dry ingredients.  Cut butter into small cubes and blend into dry ingredients with fork or pastry blender until the size of small peas. 

Stir together the following wet ingredients and add all at once:
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin
1 egg

Mix together just until moistened (over mixing will make your muffins tough and they will have peaks & tunnels). 

Gently stir in:
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (you can use milk chocolate, but they will be a bit too sweet)  To avoid over-mixing, I stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients maybe three or four turns, then add the chocolate chips and continue combining together.Fill greased muffin cups 2/3rds full and bake @ 400 degrees for 16-19 minutes.  Makes 12.