Muffins - The Recipe

Below are the recipes that I used for my muffins project with the girls.

Vanilla Muffins (Recipe 1)
I used basic muffin recipe from bestrecipes.
source : http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Basic-Muffin-Base-L8631.html

Ingredients
2 cups self-raising flour  
½ cup sugar 1 egg, beaten  
¼ cup oil  
1 cup milk  
Flavourings of choice (I added 1 tbs vanilla and sliced almond)

Method
1.Place all ingredients in a bowl.  
2.Mix until just combined.  
3.Bake at 180°C for approximately 20 minutes.

verdict : the muffins are a bit dry. I love muffins that have cake texture. But, after few hours, the muffins became moist and tasted quite good.

My second muffins came from Makcik Nigella's recipe. I love this Chocolate Chip Muffins. As I mentioned earlier, I like my muffins to taste like cake. I'm not a muffin lover nor am I a cake lover. But between muffin and cake texture, I like cake texture better.

Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Muffins (Recipe 2)

source : http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/chocolate-chocolate-chip-muffins-recipe/index.html

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons best quality cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup superfine sugar
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Special equipment: Muffin tin with paper muffin cases

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, sugar, and 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips into a large bowl. Pour all the liquid ingredients into a measuring jug. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together, remembering that a lumpy batter makes the best muffins. Spoon into the prepared muffin cases. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top and then bake for 20 minutes or until the muffins are dark, risen and springy.

verdict : one of the best tasting muffins I ever had. Definitely a keeper.