Chocolate Chip Fudgie Cups

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup stick butter or margarine, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup Equal Spoonful
• 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
• Fudge Nut Filling:
• 1 cup Equal Spoonful
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1/3 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 6 tablespoons stick butter or margarine, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

For Chocolate Chip Dough; beat 1/3 cup butter with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla until blended. Mix in 1/3 cup Equal(r) and brown sugar until combined. Combine 1 cup flour, baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Mix into butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Form dough into circle about 1/2-inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze while preparing Fudge Nut Filling.

For Fudge Nut Filling: Combine 1 cup Equal(r), 3/4 cup flour, cocoa, nuts, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Beat applesauce, 6 tablespoons butter, 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla until blended. Stir in combined flour mixture until well blended.

Remove Chocolate Chip Dough from freezer. Spread approximately 1 rounded tablespoonful of dough in each of 24 mini-muffin pans. Fill each with Fudge Nut Filling to top of cup.

Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool in muffin pans about 5 minutes; remove and cool completely on wire racks. Store in airtight container at room temperature.