Chocolate Chip Muffins

One of the regular "customers" at Cathy's Kitchen has been requesting that I make chocolate chip muffins for some time.  After two failed attempts, on the third try I finally got it right!!  How does that old saying go? Third time's the charm?!?!?! These are totally scrumptious, they get a little teeny crunchy on the top and the chocolate chips melt just a little. Your family will love them - our family sure did.  The dozen I made around 9 a.m. this morning, were almost half gone by 10 a.m. :)  Given the popularity of these muffins, I think they may need to become a permanent addition to the breakfast "menu!"

Ingredients:

2 cups white flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup margarine, melted
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In a 12-cup muffin tin, put paper liners and set aside.  In large bowl, put all ingredients in the order given, except the morsels.  With large spoon, mix well (it's okay if the batter is slightly lumpy). Fold in the morsels and then distribute the batter evenly between the paper liners.  Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of one of the muffins comes out clean.  Remove from oven.  Let cool 15 minutes before removing to wire rack to continue cooling.

Chocolate Chip Supreme Muffins

One of the readers of this blog recently posted a comment asking me if I had a good recipe for chocolate chip muffins. I thought about it for a bit and realized I didn't, so I decided to experiment :)  To me, any day is a good day for "experimenting" with chocolate!! My first try making chocolate chip muffins this morning were okay (the muffin below on the left), but I knew I could make something better.  My daughter, Lauren rated them a 6 out of 10.  I was aiming for a 10 out of 10 :)

 
My second attempt at making chocolate chip muffins this afternoon definitely turned out much better (the muffin above on the right). I asked Lauren to "sample" one of the muffins from the second batch and she rated them a 10 out of 10.  If you can believe it, both muffins had almost the exact same ingredients, but used different proportions!! Which one would you prefer?? I would love to hear from you!


Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups white flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup margarine (melted)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 large eggs (beaten)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line 12-muffin tin with paper liners.  In large bowl, mix all ingredients together by hand until well combined.  Distribute batter evenly into paper liners.  Bake 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.  Remove from oven and let cool 15 minutes on wire rack.