A healthy and tasty breakfast is must to keep ourself energetic throughout the day. And if it’s some yummy chocolate chip muffins, it is sure to give a great kick start to our busy and grueling day ahead. Muffins are typically a type of bread that is baked in small portions like small cakes or cup cakes. Muffins are generally not as sweet as cupcakes and also lack frosting. Not only delicious, muffins are extremely healthy and is highly recommended for breakfasts and also as tea snacks. There are many flavors of muffins made with a specific ingredient such as orange, banana, chocolate chips, peach, almonds etc. But the most preferred one is chocolate chip muffins because it is the first choice of children. So let us learn how to make simple yet delicious chocolate chip muffins.
Complexity Level: Moderate
Time Required: 55-60 minutes
Resources Required:
- 2 Cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 Cup light-brown sugar
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 2/3 Cup milk
- 1/2 Cup butter
- 2 Eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 Pack milk chocolate-chips
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Mixing Bowl
- Wiper/ Blender
- Measuring equipment
- Muffin Cases
- Oven
Instructions:
1. Mixing the ingredients in required quantities
- Take a large mixing bowl. Mix flour, baking powder and sugar. Add each of the ingredients one by one so that each ingredient mixes properly with the other.Make sure there are no lumps in the mixture. Any lump will not allow the muffins to become fluffy and as a result will become hard.
- In the mixture add milk, eggs, butter, vanilla essence and salt. You can also mix these things in a separate bowl. Make sure the eggs are put and beaten properly one by one. Please do not add all the eggs at the same time. The butter too needs to be carefully put. Make sure that the butter is melted and cooled. All the above mentioned ingredients need to used when in room temperature.
- Use a blender to get a smooth mixture. Mixing with spoon or a spatula does not not give the batter the requirement amount of smoothness. So using of a wiper is must.
- Add chocolate chip to the mixture. Choco chips are to be added at the end. This will allow it to mix without getting melted in the batter.
2. Prepare the oven and the muffin cases
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Grease the Muffin cases with butter.
- Fill only 3/4 portion of the muffin cases with the mixture.
- Put the muffin cases in the microwave and allow it cook for 15– 20 min.
3. Serving
- Take it out of microwave and leave aside for 5 min.
- Allow the muffins to cool completely before serving.
Frequently asked questions:
1. Why muffins cannot be toasted instead of microwave?
This is because microwave gives a soft texture to the muffins which makes it delicious.
2. Why salt is added in Muffins?
This is to enhance the flavor. Without salt muffins usually taste little flat.
Quick tips:
- The mixture should be blended to get nice and spongy muffins.
- Make sure the batter does not have any lump.
- Use frozen chocolate chips to prevent it from getting it melted in the batter.
Things to watch out for:
- Do not forget to wear gloves while handling anything in microwave, you may burn your fingers.
- To get the best taste, make sure that the muffins are completely cooled before serving.
- Avoid using the uncooked batter. It might contain harmful pathogen because of the eggs.
- Make sure you check the muffins with a knife or a tooth pick before taking it out. If the mixture sticks to the knife, then the muffins are unbaked.
