Muffins: Chocolate Chip

Muffins are good for breakfast, snacking and even for the children's and the husband's lunch bag. It is also good for people who are currently on a diet and need something healthy to assuage their snacking cravings. Cakes, baked goodies and pastries have to be on everyone's list of all time favorite food. Muffins are one of the more popular baked goods in any part of the world.

A muffin has the texture and consistency of a cake but is smaller in size and is often round in shape. It has a base and a top that's slightly puffed up and bigger than the base. There are many kinds of muffins and to go with it are the different recipes that you can experiment with. Muffins are commonly sweet but there are savory kinds of muffins. They can have chunks of fruits or cores of filling in it.

One of the more popular muffin recipes for children and the young at heart include chocolate and muffins. Be it chocolate muffins or muffins baked with chocolate chips, it's sure to be a favorite among the young. To make the traditional chocolate muffin, you'll need flour, baking cocoa, sugar, baking soda, eggs, milk, vanilla, salt and chocolate chips. You'll have to mix the dry ingredients with the vanilla and add half the chocolate chips. In another bowl, you have to mix the eggs and the milk. When the liquid ingredients have been blended well the egg milk mixture can be added to the mixture of dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly. After pouring in muffin pans that have been coated with non-stick cooking spray, sprinkle the tops with the remaining chocolate chips. Bake for 20 minutes in a 400 degree F oven.

Another variation of this recipe is when you use bananas to create Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins. The extra ingredients it needs include bananas, butter and cinnamon. You can use the same steps but you'll need to add the cinnamon in the dry ingredients mixture and the bananas and butter have to be blended in with the egg and milk mixture.

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