Vanilla Chocolate Chip Muffins

This is without a doubt my favourite muffin recipe. It's a recipe I nabbed off Nigella Lawson when I was rummaging through my mum's cookbooks. It never fails to impress me how good these muffins come out, but more importantly how quick and easy they are to bake! Seriously, if you're stressing about complicated instructions in recipes that seem to suggest things far more complicated than what you'd find in a science lab then this is the recipe for you! It is a measure out ingredients, mix for 5 seconds, pop in the oven job.

And the results? Heavenly.

Onto the recipe!

Vanilla Chocolate Chip Muffins
Makes 12
Dry Ingredients:
250g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarb of soda
175g caster sugar
150g choc chips, plus more for sprinkling (I personally prefer to use 150g of galaxy chocolate which I then cut up into small chunks..)
2 tablespoons best quality cocoa powder (I prefer to leave this step out as I like to opt for plainer muffins with chocolate chips but if you'd like a double whammy of chocolate then put this in too!)

Liquid Ingredients:
250 ml milk
90 ml vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 Preheat oven to Gas Mark 6/400/200 Fill a muffin tray with paper cases.

2 Measure out dry ingredients. And then pour liquid ingredients into a jug. Mix together.

3 Spoon into cases. And then cook for 20 minutes.

TIPS:

Don't overmix! Nigella says that you shouldn't overmix the mixture, just mix until all the ingredients are incorporated and then stop! An overmixed batter will result in slightly less tasty muffins. Oh and they won't rise as nicely. ;)

There, how easy was that?! Thank you Nigella Lawson for bringing these muffins into my life! 

Difficully rating: 1 or 2/10 - did I mention they're super easy to make?!

Success rating: 9/10 - I've made these countless of times for friends and picnics, housewarmings you name it! And they never fail to disappoint me. Plus they gave me an opportunity to use my heart shaped silicone mould! Win win.

This recipe isn't mine, it is Nigella Lawson's and can be found in her cookbook Feast, which can be found here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Food-that-Celebrates-Life/dp/0701180331/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345739833&sr=1-1

Next time:  Lemon Cake...