The word muffin is derived from the French word mouffle, which implies ‘soft bread’. Today, we have two types of muffins – English muffins and the American type muffins. While English muffins are cooked on a hot grill, American muffins are quickly baked into individual molds. Commonly available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, muffins are popular breakfast menu items across the western world. Americans popularly refer them as English muffins and relish them toasted and topped with butter and jam. People of all age groups are fond of muffins. And since they are also easy to make, they become a favorite for breakfast. You can also gift muffins on special occasions, specially to children or your valentine. So, here goes the recipe of preparing chocolate muffins.
Complexity level: Basic
Time required: 55 minutes
Resources required:
- 250 g self raisin flour
- 20 g baking powder
- 175 g castor sugar
- 4-5 eggs
- 250 g butter
- 60 ml milk
- 100 g or more chocolate chips
- 150 g drinking chocolate
- Muffin cases and tray
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven and mix all ingredients:
You have to preheat the oven up to 170ºC to bake the your chocolate muffins. Sift all purpose flour, cocoa, and baking powder along with sugar in a bowl. Also add eggs, butter, milk, chocolate chips, and drinking chocolate. Mix them well together and make a thick liquid mixture, which can be poured later into the paper cups.
2. Prepare the muffin cases and bake the muffins:
Take a muffin tray with approximately 12-hole deep and start preparing paper muffin cases. Now drop the mixture into these cases. Now put the muffins into the preheated oven and bake them for 20 minutes or till they become golden in color.
3. Serve when cold:
Cool the muffins for about 10 minutes and now put them on wire rack.You can now serve and enjoy your delightful muffins.
Frequently asked questions:
1. When can muffins become tough, heavy, or rubbery?
When you either you put more eggs or are using a dark, nonstick pan, there is a risk that muffins might become hard and difficult to eat.
2. Why do muffins do not puff like a cake?
Either you have not heated your oven at the right temperature, or you have not mixed the batter properly, or you are not using the right size muffin cups, can make your muffins stop puffing. To avoid this problem, preheat your oven for 10–15 minutes.
3. Is it possible to make jumbo muffins in medium muffin cups?
Yes. You have to use a pan with jumbo muffin cups to make jumbo muffins.
4. What causes muffins to become too moist?
Too much milk in muffin causes it to become too moist. Hence, you have to be very careful while putting in the ingredients. Place a measuring cup on your counter, pour milk in it, and check it at eye level. Bake the muffins for appropriate required time. Take them out only if they are golden brown.
Quick tips:
1. Make sure that you grease the entire muffin tin and not just the hole.
2. Always fill the muffin cup three quarters full.
3. Remember to slide a baking paper under the muffin tin to prevent the bottoms to get too dark in the oven.
Things to watch out for:
Rely more on your sense of timing and check the correct color of muffins before taking them out of the oven.
