Chocolate Chip Muffins

Took the day off work to prepare for my trip to ClubMed tomorrow. Decided to bake some muffins to bring along the road trip. Went through lots of online recipes and decided to combine the best of everything and come out with my very own take of the Chocolate Chip Muffins ensuring that I get only the softest, moistest mother of all chocolate chip muffin!! Haha.... This time round I will include recipes!!! Muffins are so easy to make and require no special equipment... so go make some muffin yourself!!!


Recipes (Makes about 18 mini Muffins)


For the DRY Ingredients, you will need:

• 260 grams of flour 
• 135 grams of fine sugar
• 3 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 3/4 to 1 cup of chocolate chips (More if you like)
• 1 tbsp orange zest

For the WET Ingredients, you will need:

• 113 grams of butter (Melted & Cooled)
• 2 eggs
• 180 ml of Milk (Whole Preferred) 
• 1 1/2 tsp of Pure Vanilla extract 
• 1/2 cup of sour cream

For the Cinnamon Sugar sprinkle (optional), you will need:

• 1 tbsp fine sugar
• 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon 

Instructions: 

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C
2. Prepare 18 muffins cup or grease your muffin pan
3. In one big mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and mix well. Set aside. 
4. In another bowl, combine all the wet ingredients, whisk to combine.
5. Pour the WET into the DRY. Using a rudder spatula, gently mix the batter to combine. Do not over mix or you will have tough muffin. Just mix until everything looks moisten and combine.
6. Evenly fill your muffin cup using a ice cream scoop or a spoon.
7. Sprinkle the Cinnamon sugar on top of each muffin.
8. Bake  in the middle rack for 16 to 20 mins or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
9. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before consumption

These muffins are best eaten the day they are made, but they can be kept at room temperature for a few days, in the fridge for about a week and frozen for about 2 to 3 months. The sour cream in the recipes are optional as well but I find that adding the sour cream give the muffin an extra moistness and softness... ENJOY!! 

Rösti

Suddenly had the urge to make some Rösti for dinner, bought myself some sour cream and of course the most important potato. To save time, cooked the potato, peel and shredded the day before cooking.

Lesson Learned:

Peeled potatoes will turned brown, after shredding it and exposing it to air. Hence in further, I will definitely shred and use the potatoes immediately.  :P

Honey Caramel Popcorn

My first attempts making my very own "custom" favoured popcorn. This attempt was definitely inspired by my friend who recently posted her very own creation of a batch of Salted Caramel Popcorn. Looking at her post made me realised that I did have a some popcorn kernels somewhere in the cupboard and decided to attempted my very own popcorn making.

First batch of caramel was actually burnt hence the blacken look but still taste sort of yummy.. haha.. but the stubbornness in me decided to give it another go. Decided to make another batch of caramel sauce and pop more popcorn..

And then there was success... yummy honey caramel popcorn for movie night!! Yeah!!