The Best Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ava is the baker at our house.  And she totally rocks it.

We came across a recipe for Chocolate Chip Muffins on the blog Dishes and Dust Bunnies.  And it is by far the best we've ever made.  Plus we made it with some powdered milk and eggs we've had on hand for the last year and needed to use and they were still the best we've made.



Her's are gorgeous pics, aren't they??

And a shot that I remembered quick at the end when I was baking the last 4.

I was actually a little nervous having my phone this close to an oven that was heated at 375!

This came straight from Dishes and Dust Bunnies.  And make sure you check out her hair, amazing color!

The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Muffins

 

Ingredients

• 2¾ cups all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp + ¼ tsp baking powder
• 1¼ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1¼ cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 3 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
• Optional - 1 tbsp coarse sugar - the clear kind that's used for decorating confections,etc

Instructions

1. Pre-heat the oven to 425°F.
2. Using cooking spray coat the muffin pan. Make sure that the whole top is covered, not just the part that the batter goes into.
3. Place paper muffin/cupcake liners into the muffin pan.
4. Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl and mix with a whisk so that everything is well combined. Stir in 1¾ cups of the chocolate chips.
5. In a separate bowl combine all the wet ingredients, making sure the eggs are well incorporated as well.
6. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until just combined. IMPORTANT: If you stir too much the muffins will become too dense and more like a puck. You want the muffins to be fluffy and moist just stir everything until the dry ingredients just combine with everything.
7. Scoop out the batter evenly into each section of the muffin pan.
8. Sprinkle the tops of the batter with the remaining chocolate chips and the coarse sugar.
9. Bake in the oven for 7 minutes at 425°F then reduce the heat to 375°F and bake for 15-20 min.
10. Once the muffins are finished baking cool in the muffin pan for 5-10 minutes.