Easy Double Chocolate Chip and Fresh Mint Muffins

juillet 29, 2022 Enregistrer un commentaire

Today calls for muffins.

Dank, dreary mornings like this but DEMAND muffins.

I am craving a cozy couch snuggle sesh under a blanket with a loving cup of pipage hot coffee. And a sweet carby snack.

Unfortunately, instead I have to tend to two dogs (one of whom is a very young puppy who needs constant supervision) and a 4-year-onetime who hates the mornings before I blitz out the door to a doctor'due south appointment. Well, none of that is terrible, I suppose, simply the couch plan sure beats it!

At to the lowest degree in this moment.

You know what would really sweeten the deal? Pun intended?

One of these fresh mint and chocolate muffins. Oh my, are these delicious! Especially if yous are obsessed with minty things and the chocolate-mint philharmonic, like I am.

Using fresh mint to infuse the butter for these muffins might be my favorite kitchen hack in a long while. I desire to do it for all the sweetness butter things!

The fresh mint adds the perfect level of mintiness. Instead of extract, which can almost lend a toothpaste-like taste, the mint here is subtle but pleasantly present.

When I open up upwardly the container of these sitting on my kitchen counter, the commencement thing I aroma is the chocolate. Quickly followed upwardly by the sweet, intoxicating smell of mint. In fact, they scent almost as good as they taste!

Almost.

Because these taste similar a dream. Fluffy, soft muffins studded with rich chocolate and aromatic mint and finished with a crunchy raw saccharide topping (a must for almost every muffin I brand. If I don't streusel 'em, I sugar 'em! If y'all haven't already, try it!). They are perfection.

You may notice that the recipe below is pretty standard when it comes to muffins, with the exception of the addition of flaxseed and hemp hearts. I add them to almost all my baked goods. One, they make things retain moisture longer, and nobody wants a dry out muffin. 2, they add together a ton of good for you fats, fiber, and protein to an otherwise indulgent treat. I don't taste them at all, either, so they don't have abroad from the heavenly season of these muffins in the least.

That said, they are totally optional!

Kieran, who is very picky most everything he eats, specially muffins, LOVED these (he'south the third reason I add the hidden superfoods to nearly all baked goods, hah). He inhaled his first 1 in tape fourth dimension. I was convinced he wouldn't like the mint, just considering information technology'southward but a petty somethin'-somethin' on your tongue, he didn't mind one fleck. Gobbled it correct up and then asked for more! Incessently. For hours.

Not that I blame him one bit.

I had to actively pretend that these weren't sitting on my counter. I even covered the container up with a kitchen towel and put a few cookbooks in forepart of it. Out of sight, out of mind.

Except this technique totally doesn't work with yummy carbs.

At to the lowest degree non for me! Non when chocolate and mint are involved!

Impress

1 stick unsalted butter
one bunch fresh mint (roughly a ½ cup)
two cups all-purpose flour
ane tablespoon ground flaxseed (optional)
1 tablespoon hulled hemp hearts (optional)
⅓ loving cup light brown sugar
½ cup granulated carbohydrate
2 teaspoons blistering powder
1 teaspoon salt
⅔ cup whole milk or buttermilk
2 big eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or excerpt
2 cups chocolate chips (I like semi-sweet)
Turbinado sugar, for topping (optional

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium estrus. Once information technology is melted, add together the mint and remove the pan from the heat. Permit the mint to steep in the hot butter for AT LEAST 15 minutes. The longer the ameliorate! Mine sat on the stove for about a half hour.
Meanwhile, get your other ingredients together and preheat the oven 400°F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners (or grease with butter/nonstick spray).
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, flaxseed, hemp hearts, dark-brown saccharide, granulated sugar, blistering powder, and common salt.
In another basin, whisk together the milk, eggs, and vanilla.
Discard the mint from the butter and whisk the butter into the milk mixture. If the butter has cooled and resolidified, but reheat information technology for a few seconds until it's liquid over again.
Add the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and stir gently until everything is just combined. Stir in the chocolate fries, saving a few tablespoons for dotting on top of the muffins.
Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tin and top the muffins with the remaining chocolate chips. Sprinkle each muffin with a petty fleck of turbinado sugar (this is optional, but information technology adds a nice crunch to the tops of the muffins).
Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the muffins are puffed, golden around the edges, and set in the center.
Cool for a few minutes in the muffin tin and and then transfer the muffins to a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

NOTES:

The flaxseed and hemp hearts are optional here. I add together them to near all my baked goods for an actress dose of poly peptide, fiber, and healthy fats