I made two versions of the chocolate chip lemon muffin from the book seen in the photo. One with chocolate chips and one with poppyseed. But it was only after I saw this picture that I noticed I goofed up the first batter (choco chips), because I added an extra egg! Funny though, both Jesse and I prefered the light, cake-y fluff of the first muffins. Second batch wasn't as delicate, but they were both special (winks) and tasted great!
Note: cookbook from Vita. Thanks, girl!!!
Chocolate Chip Lemon Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 tsp grated lemon zest
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium bowl, sift together flour, one cup of the sugar, and baking powder.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, butter, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Stir in flour mixture, mixing just until combined. Fold in chocolate chips. Do not overmix.
Scoop batter into prepared muffin pan with paper cups. Sprinkle remaining sugar evenly over tops.
Bake in preheated oven for 20-24 minutes or until puffed, light golden and a skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
Note: I skipped sprinkling sugar over the tops and created a glaze of confectioner's sugar, lemon zest, and freshly squeezed lemon juice and dipped the muffin tops into the glaze once the muffins were almost completely cooled. For the poppyseed muffins, simply omit the chocolate chips and pour in small amounts of poppyseed at a time until it looks sufficient. Not much is needed, maybe 1/4 cup?
Also, Jesse and I went berry-picking a couple hours before dinner at Melissa &Timm's with their grandparents, and ended up picking enough blackberries and huckleberries for pie! So we hurried home and I made a quick pie crust, zested a lemon and tore up some mint leaves. It was awesome, especially with some Humboldt Creamery ice cream!
yes, another crust did go on top of the filling! :p
4 comments:
That looks like wasabi in the first picture. That'd make some interesting muffins.
haha, that isnt wasabi. looks like some kind of *ahem* green butter? ;)
i swear..when i get home, i'm going to cook up a whole lot stuff from your posts.
lol. did you know that chocolate was banned in switzerland for many years. read this
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