Chocolate chocolate chip muffins
Almost every Saturday, my daughter has Chinese class and I make something for the moms. It gives me an opportunity to try something different (or not – the kids seem perfectly happy with banana mini-muffins). This week it was a recipe from Cooking Light with slight modifications.
Ingredients
- 7 9/10 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 3/4 cups)
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate minichips, divided ( used regular sized chips)
- Cooking spray
Preparation
- 1. Preheat oven to 400°.
- 2. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine 1 cup water and next 4 ingredients (through egg) in a bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Stir in 1/4 cup minichips. Add oil mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
- 3. Place 12 muffin-cup liners in muffin cups, and coat liners with cooking spray. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup minichips evenly over batter. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes in pan on a wire rack. NOTE: I didn’t bother with spraying the liners with cooking spray. And realized after half the muffin stuck to the paper – that there was a reason for that direction.
Review: I would maybe make these again. I was hoping for something more moist. But then again, I’ve been eating cupcakes which are supposed to be less dense and maybe more moist? If I could, I probably use mini-chocolate chips next time. Four lil’ old chips on the top aren’t as appealing as a bunch of mini chips. The nice thing about this recipe is that it doesn’t call for any special ingredients. I had everything on hand. So that’s another reason I’d make them.
