Chocolate Muffins

An old school chocolate muffin recipe perfect for those mid afternoon cravings

Ingredients for 12 muffins

• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup oil – we prefer a neutral oil like grape seed oil

How to…

Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with liners. Set aside. Preheat your oven to 170℃.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, and salt, along with the chocolate chips, reserving a few chocolate chips for topping the muffins (optional).

Into a large liquid measuring cup or bowl, add the milk, eggs, vanilla and oil. Whisk together with a fork.

Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix everything together just until no streaks of flour remain. Over mixing will give you a dense muffin and we don’t want that!

Divide the batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups and top with the remaining chocolate chips (optional).

Bake at 170C for about 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of one of the muffins comes out clean.

Happy baking xxx