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 today's
special: Chocolate
Chip Muffins Sunday morning breakfasts at my parents’ house are always a
big production. Dad whips out his prized All-Clad nonstick sauté pan
and starts sizzling turkey sausages, scrambling eggs with cheese,
putting together breakfast sandwiches. Mom makes fresh-squeezed orange
juice, arranges fruit in a crystal bowl … and bakes the best muffins
in the world. My mom’s muffins use no butter, just canola oil, and
just enough sugar that they’re never overpoweringly sweet – meaning
they’re not nearly as bad for you as those greasy muffins you buy at
bakeries. The addition of yogurt and mashed banana lends the muffins a
fantastically moist texture, and if at all possible, you should use the
barley flour/brown rice flour/soy flour as recommended – it’ll give
the muffins a slight crunchy bite to the texture that’s really nice.
Muffins freeze really well, so if you find you’ve made more
than you can finish in a day, wrap any extra (cooled) muffins in
aluminum foil, pop the package into a ziplock, and stick it in the
freezer.
ingredients
1½ cups + 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
¼ cup barley flour, brown rice flour or soy flour (you can
substitute all-purpose flour if necessary, but the texture won’t
be quite the same)
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
¾ cup milk
¼ cup yogurt
¼ cup canola oil
½ cup sugar (scant)
2 eggs
1 ripe banana, mashed well
¾ cup chocolate chips
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prep
time 15 min
baking time
15-18 min
yields
18 |
1.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Grease 18 muffin cups (standard
size). If you find you have empty tins in a pan, fill them with water
– this’ll help the muffins cook evenly.
2.
Sift the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar through a
sieve. (If you’re feeling really lazy and decide to skip the sifting,
just make sure that the baking soda breaks up and that you mix the dry
ingredients together well).
3.
Beat the eggs. Add sugar and continue beating until the
texture is no longer grainy.
4.
Add the milk, oil and yogurt and beat until smooth. Toss in the
mashed banana and mix it up well.
5.
Fold in the flour by hand, until just well incorporated. Add
the chocolate chips to the batter and stir.
6.
Pour the batter into the muffin tins, filling each at least
2/3 full. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and
spring back when pressed lightly with a fingertip.
7.
Remove the muffins from the pan and let cool for 10-15
minutes. Arrange on a plate and enjoy!
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