The head baker and co-owner of Friends & Family makes chocolate morning muffins, a recipe from her new cookbook “Morning Baker.”

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“I love a muffin,” says Roxana Jullapat, head baker of Friends & Family, the East Hollywood bakery-cafe she co-owns. Her chocolate morning muffins are tender, fluffy and flavorful, made with ingredients such as chocolate, cocoa, rye flour and yogurt. The first chapter of her new cookbook, “Morning Baker,” is devoted entirely to muffins. Get the recipe here.

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