Chocolate Chip Muffins

These scrumptious chocolate chip muffins are made without any cocoa. Just chocolate chips. :)

Took the recipe off Joy of Baking, modified slightly.

I reduced the butter, sugar and baking powder. Additionally, I ended up using only about 120g of chocolate chips.

Ingredients:

• 110g melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 240ml milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 260g flour
• 125g sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 170g chocolate chips

Method:

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, milk and vanilla essence together.
   
   
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
   
   
3. Stir in the chocolate chips. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients with a rubber spatula, along with the melted butter. Stir well until just combined. Do not over mix.
   
   
4. Fill each muffin cup up evenly. Sprinkle some chocolate chips on top if you wish.
   
   
5. Preheat oven at 190°C. Place in the centre of the oven for 18-20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Coffee Walnut Muffins

As usual, a baked product was due to be produced on every Sunday, I decided to bake some coffee muffins in an attempt to use up the rest of the instant coffee powder. Nevertheless to say, I failed. There was at lest enough left for two batches. Oh well.

As usual, I used raw sugar instead of white sugar. The sweet toothed may want to add an extra 10gs or so.

However, at the end, my batter was a bit dry, so I added water until it felt runny enough but still syrupy.

Ingredients:
Makes about 12 muffins

• 100g butter
• 160g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 30g coffee powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 120ml milk
• 120g walnuts
• 170g flour

Method:

1. Put softened butter in a mixing bowl. Add sugar in two additions, beat until pale and fluffy. (In my case it was until it was well incorporated).
   
   
2. Add egg, salt, half of the milk and half of the flour, sifted. Mix until it is well incorporated.
   
   
3. Add the rest of the milk, and then the flour. Sift the baking powder in together with the flour.
   
   
4. Add coffee powder and walnuts, mix evenly until well distributed. Your batter should be a nice (dark) chocolate brown.
   
   
5. Bake at 170C for 20~30 minutes.