Chocolate muffins on a sunny Spring day 
Not Vegan because they use eggs, but then our freely ranging chooks produce several a day…
- 1.25 cups flour
- 2-3 Tbs cocoa powder
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 cup sugar (at least some brown is nice)
- 175 ml milk
- 2 large eggs, beaten (three if they’re from our quasi-bantam
- 100 ml vegetable oil (soya or sunflower are good)
- 75 g plain chocolate chunks
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Set oven to 160ºC (a bit more if not a fan oven, c375 in the USA).
- Prepare a deep muffin tin (with paper cases or if you are stuck grease) it should make a dozen
- Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder
- Add sugar mix then make a well in the centre
- Pour in the milk, eggs, oil, chocolate, and vanilla
- Gently mix
- Spoon into the muffin tin
- Bake for approximately 15 mins or until springy
- Cool for 10 mins then transfer to a wire rack and leave any that remain uneaten until cold before putting them away in a tin for later
I made these because I needed a break after finishing the course notes, I’ve eaten three while uploading this recipe, the only changes I’d make next time, apart from making sure we had paper cups so they could stand properly tall, would be to add more vanilla (we got some proper vanilla extract and it is so much better than imitation “essence”) and to use real dark chocolate instead of Bin Inn’s best chips.