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Friday, February 24, 2017

Chocolate Mini-Muffins - No butter, No sugar!

Greetings People!

Its been a busy and tough year so far. Well, that doesn't stop me from cooking or baking.  One thing that motivates me is that I am looking at the last year  as a graduate student, hopefully! It's all bitter-sweet. Alright, let's get to business. This is an easy recipe (as most of the muffins and you will love the cute little muffins!). Being a grad student and a mom, I look for maximum return with minimum effort. As much as I love cooking when I am stressed, it can easily annoy you. So, I am all about that easy-breezy recipes.

You'll need:

Wet:
Maple syrup - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
Greek yogurt - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
Egg -  1
Coffee - 1.5 tablespoons
Vanilla - 1.5 teaspoons

Dry:
Cocoa - 1/2 cup
Whole wheat Flour - 1.5 cups
Baking powder - 1/2 tablespoons
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Semi-sweet chocolate chips - 3/ muffins 😊

This recipe makes around 12 mini muffins. Feel free to double it to make 12 regular sized muffins.

Preheat the oven for 350 F.
For all muffins, my go to formula is mix dry ingredients first and keep aside, then whisk in all wet ingredients in a bowl and mix both wet and dry until just combined. Not more than that.
However, I sifted the cocoa powder into the flour, since it has a tendency to clump up when not sifted. Scoop into greased muffin pans, place the choco chips on the muffins and bake it for 15 - 18 mins (depending on the oven). Start checking at 12 mins are so. Mine was done around 15 mins! Once they are ready, gobble up!!



Make and enjoy, they are so good!


Cheers,
Anjana

P.S. If you need a little more sweeter version, add 1/3 cup of brown sugar or honey.