Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

Having baked cupcakes successfully on my first try just a week ago, I began to explore my options and trying to bake muffins seemed like a natural thing to “progress to” after cupcakes. After all, cupcakes and muffins are so alike, right? Even Google knows that people often search, “What is the difference between a cupcake and a muffin?” Thus, like before, I began searching around for a muffin recipe and I found the following recipe. The pictures of the muffins were what attracted me in the first place and I bet that, if you are a chocolate lover like me, you would salivate at and have to resist finishing your muffins if you bake them too!

Recipe with Pictures

Makes about 12 muffins

Ingredient list:

• 113g of salted butter (recipe calls for unsalted butter and the addition of ½ tsp of salt but I used salted butter and omitted the salt)
• 240ml of milk with 1 tbsp. of vinegar (I tried using full cream milk, chocolate milk and low fat milk before but I did not notice much difference in the final taste among them)
• 230g of plain flour
• 60g of cocoa powder
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 2 eggs (my eggs weigh about 65g each)
• 150g of brown sugar (recipe calls for 250g of brown sugar but I think the muffins are sweet enough with 150g of brown sugar and the chocolate chips)
• 2 tsp of vanilla essence (recipe calls for vanilla extract but I only have essence at home with me at the moment)
• 150g of chocolate chips (sprinkle more on top of the muffins just before baking)

My Oven Settings:

180°C; top and bottom heat; about 20 minutes
(Settings would differ from oven to oven. Please experiment with yours!)

Steps:

1. Line a muffin tray with muffin cases.

2. Melt the butter and leave it aside to cool.

3. Mix 1 tbsp. of vinegar with the milk and set aside to make buttermilk.

4. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda together and set aside.

5. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs and brown sugar until well combined. Pour in the cooled butter and vanilla.

6. Mix in 1/3 of the above flour mixture then add half of the buttermilk. Stir until the mixture is well combined and repeat the step again, alternating the addition of flour and buttermilk, ending with adding the flour last. Mix well and ensure that there are no clumps of flour in the mixture.

7. Stir in the chocolate chips.

8. Scoop the mixture into the cases, filling them ¾ full. Sprinkle more chocolate chips on top of the muffins.

9. Bake them in a preheated oven at the settings mentioned above or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the muffins comes out clean.

10. Cool them completely on a cooling rack.

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Comments:

This was my first time baking muffins and it was successful! This is definitely a foolproof, easy-to-follow recipe! The chocolate chips were half-melted and this made the muffins all the more delicious! Try it and I guarantee that you will fall in love with them too!

Recipe source: https://www.facebook.com/glazeddesserts/?fref=ts