Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Muffins

By srumbel

this is a very straightforward and easy muffin recipe. And you will fall in love with how soft these are, especially paired with the melty chocolate and the crunchy sugar-coated tops. The cinnamon spice and touch of nutmeg put these apart from any chocolate chip muffin I've ever had. And the smell of them baking - wow. Your kitchen has just turned into a muffin bakery
from sallysbaking addiction

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs, room temperature preferred
• 1 c1 cup milk (skim, 1%, almond, rice, soy are all ok – room temperature preferred)
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (or chocolate chunks; or dark chocolate; or milk chocolate)
• course sugar for sprinkling (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425F degrees. Spray your muffin tin of choice with non-stick spray or line with muffin liners. Set aside.

In a large bowl, gently toss together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix until all dry ingredients are combined – a 20 second toss to disburse everything together. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar until combined. Mix in milk, oil, and vanilla. Mixture will be pale and yellow. Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix everything together by hand with a wooden spoon. Avoid overmixing. Gently mix until all the flour is off the bottom of the bowl and no big pockets of flour remain. The batter will be VERY thick and somewhat lumpy. Fold in the chocolate chips.

Pour batter into prepared muffin tins, filling all the way to the top. Top with a sprinkle course sugar, if preferred. Bake at 425F degrees for 5 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 and continue to bake for 25-26 minutes until tops are lightly golden and centers appear set.

Allow to cool for 10 minutes in pan before enjoying.

makes 6 jumbo muffins // 12 standard muffins // 24 mini muffins