Saturday, January 06, 2007

Chocolate chip muffins


Ingredients:

280 gm. Self raising flour
1 no. large egg
120 sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
180 gm. butter
100 gm. milk or buttermilk
1 tsp. Vanilla Essence
120 gm. chopped dark chocolate

Method:

(1) Sift self-raising flour into a mixing bowl.
(2) Add in butter and rub with fingertips till it resembles breadcrumbs.
(3) Add in sugar , salt and mix well.
(3) Mix wet ingredients together: egg, milk, vanilla essence and add into dry ingredients. Stir lightly. Do not overmix.
(4) Add in chopped dark chocolate and stir lightly and scoop batter into paper cups - 3/4 full and bake at 200C for about 20 mins. till golden or till skewer inserted comes out clean.
(5) Remove from oven and cooled....before serving.

46 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello!

first comment! haha~
this recipe really deserves a credit!
it is a simple to do recipe and the muffins are so delicious!! the muffin is moist and not too dense!
can mix w nutella, jam, raisin and of course chocolate chips!
and the results are consistent everytime!
thank you aunty yochana!!!!!!!

jeanette :)

Aunty Yochana said...

HI jeanette,

Congrats on your creativity.... yes this muffin recipe is a thumbs up!!

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty yochana,

I just tried this recipe and it's really wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.

sy

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty yochana,

I just tried this recipe and it's really wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.

sy

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty yochana,

I just tried this recipe and it's really wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.

sy

Anonymous said...

3 days in a row I have used your recipe and all turned out to be great. Hubby says muffin comparable to a famous muffin stall..thanks once again, 3rd time over.

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Jeannie,

Thumbs up!!! Credit goes to you too.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi, my friend intro me to ur blog.. and i tried the receipe today.. this is the FIRST time i tried baking ... but i have some questions.. hope u can help me.. ur sugar is 120gm ya?
and when i mixed the sugar and salt in... the sugar dun seems to melt.. and after i baked.. i still taste the sugar bits... i used fine sugar.. issit ok?

as for the milk i replaced it with evaporated milk... it is ok rite?

regards
Sharine..

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Sharine,

seems like your fine sugar is not fine enough. It should have melted after baking.

Evaporated milk is fine. No problem, in fact it's more tasty.

rgds

Goody Egg said...

Hi Aunty,
Happy weekend, more baking for you, right?

I had tried your Choc-chip muffin before without using buttermilk, instead I used evaporated milk,the texture is a bit dry.I would like to bake gain, should I add more milk or what should I add to improve the texture if I do not have buttermilk? Tks.

Rgs, Kium

Anonymous said...

hi this is sharine again... i tried baking... but i have a few more problems...

1. the texture is dry...
i am using micro-oven.. hmm i wonder if it affects... i use only 150 for 25 mins and the color looks ok... i use 180 20 mins and it almost got burnt...

2. according to ur receipe it says add butter and rub with fingertips till it resembles breadcrumbs..but i cannot make it till like breadcrumbs... it become more like a paste?
hmm... can u teach me how to do it.. and

3. my friends said it is too salty .. is it because i need to use unsalted butter then i add salt like wat u wrote?

i add salt as per instructed but i use normal butter.. is that the reason?

pls advice.. thanks...

i hope i can prefect my muffins.. =)

sorry for the trouble

Unknown said...

Hi Dear Yochana,

I like to bake some of these for my godson's 1st month this Sun, 29 Jun. I wonder if I can swop a portion of the flour for cocoa powder and replace the chopped choc for choc chips instead? How do I proportion them? Help thanks!

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi gardenia,

Use 250 SR flour + 30 gm. cocoa powder.

for chocolate chips, use the same weight required. No changes.

rgds

Unknown said...

Hi Dear Yochana,

Thanks for the prompt reply!

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana,

Must we add salt if we use normal butter? Can I use caster sugar instead of fine sugar because my fine sugar also don't seem to melt?
Thanks

anonymous

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana,

Can I use UHT processed low fat milk?
Thanks

anonymous

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana,

How to get the mushroom shape like those selling in the cake shop?
Thanks

anonymous

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi anonymous,

Just fill up a little more than it will become a mushroom shaped muffin.

rgds

Anonymous said...

hello aunty yochana

can i substitute 60g of white sugar and 60g of brown sugar?

thanks..

cheers
joyce

Anonymous said...

hello aunty yochana

can i substitute 60g of white sugar and 60g of brown sugar?

thanks..

cheers
joyce

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Joyce,

Yes you can , no problem at all.

rgd

Anonymous said...

hello aunty

thumbs up!! it's so yummy, and the texture is so soft..love it...

cheers
joyce

Aunty Yochana said...

Congrats Jocye...

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana

Simply loves your blog!

I would like to ask whether we need to preheat the oven first? And do we have to place the empty muffin tray in the oven during the preheat process?

Kind Rgds
Diana

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Diana,

yes you need to preheat your oven at least 10 mins before baking and you do not have to place your empty muffin pan in the oven during preheating.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty Yochana,

I have try baking the muffin, but the muffin is a bit hard and dense inside. Why is it so?

When I mix the butter, it is a bit dry and lumpy. The butter resembled to the butter for chocolate chip cookie. Could it be I have put too few wet ingredient?

Thank you

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty Yochana,

I have try baking the muffin, but the muffin is a bit hard and dense inside. Why is it so?

When I mix the butter, it is a bit dry and lumpy. The butter resembled to the butter for chocolate chip cookie. Could it be I have put too few wet ingredient?

Thank you

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty Yochana

Thank! i managed to bake this delicious recipes on my 1t attempt. =) is simply yummy! Thanks once again!

Rgds
Diana

Antonella said...

Hi Yochana, I would like to know if this recipe is your invention or you found it on a book.
Thanks!

Aunty Yochana said...

oh Cosmopolitan,

I really can't remember. Most of the time I will look at the book and then I will change it according to my style.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty,

I have tried your recipe but the muffins have came out abit dense at the inner bottom part of the cupcake, isit that i have put too much butter in it? I have followed the amt of ingredients according to the amt you gave.

Regards,

Ammie

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Ammie,

Think you have overstirred your batter.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Aunty,
I tried made this earlier this week. I only had one bite and it dissapeared in no time. MY 7 year old thinks its the best muffins ever. This is definately a recipe that I will use again and again. Thank you for posting this. Your blog is one of my absolute fav and I just love browsing all your devine looking cakes and bakes.

Lin

Aunty Yochana said...

Thumbs up Lin...

rgd

Anonymous said...

Hello Aunty Yochana,

The muffins are gone as soon as I say that it is ready to be eaten. So lovely and delicious.

However mine was a little crusty on the outside of the muffin. Could it be that the oven temperature is too hot?

Thank you for sharing once again!

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Vivian,

it might be the oven temp sometimes, it could be others things like using coarse sugar or small egg or too large eggs. so keep baking and you'll improve.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hello Aunty Yochana,

Thank you for your advice. I think yees you are right. You recipe required a large egg but I think mine was a medium egg.

I will keep trying and keep you updated :)

Anonymous said...

Hello Aunty Yochana,

Thank you for your advice.

I think you are right because i use only a medium egg. I will indeed continue baking :)

Anonymous said...

Hi,

Cant find any big eggs here. Can I add 2 small eggs instead ?

Ling

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Ling,

Just use 65 gm. lightly beaten eggs.

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana,

Is it a chocolate chips or chopped chocolate chips ?

Linda

Aunty Yochana said...

Hi Linda,

Both are acceptable

rgds

Anonymous said...

Hi, I used a rubbing in method but it doesnt look like breadcrumbs it look more like a paste. Please advise what's wrong ? My butter is still hard.

Kim

Anonymous said...

Hi Yochana

Got to know your blog thro Scrapabee. Did the muffins this morning using my new oven. My hubby finds them delicious but I find that though the muffins are soft, it sticks to my teeth. Could it be because I used the hand-held electric mixer to mix/beat the batter? Overdid it?

Baking gal said...

Hi Aunty
Just tried baking these muffins over the weekend. It's really yummy! However, there are some things I think I can improve on as this is my first attempt. Hope you can help me on this.

1. How big must the breadcrumbs be like after rubbing in?

2. When mixing the wet ingredients to the dry ones, how far should I stir? Should I stir till it becomes a paste without lumps?

Thanks aunty!

Anonymous said...

Hi aunty yochana,
can i check with you if the butter should be cold or leave it to room temperate first??

caecilia