Bake Your Way to Popularity
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:00 PM
A couple of days ago, Juliette made a batch of banana bread.
As often happens with fresh baked goods aound here, the bread disappeared. Quickly. So quickly, in fact, that 7-year-old Stephen didn’t have any.
When he voiced his dismay, my heart went out to him. We baked goods lovers know the pain of this kind of disappointment.
“Tomorrow,” I promised him, “You and I will bake something yummy together.”
Which brings me to the chocolate chip muffins we made yesterday. In a word? Yum. In two words? Very easy. In three words? Stephen had four.
Do you want the recipe? Of course you do! Here it is:
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups milk
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 egg
1-1/2 cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
For Topping:
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line muffin pans with paper baking cups.
In a small bowl, combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients with chocolate chips and mix well. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients all at once; stir just until moistened.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Mix 1/4 cup white sugar with 1/4 brown sugar and sprinkle on tops of muffins. Bake 20-25 minutes or muffins test “done.” Cool on wire racks. Makes 24.
Note: This was my first time using this particular muffin topping which is a simple combination of brown and white sugars. I was impressed with the results—pretty browned tops that were sweet and crunchy. It would work well on any muffin and I’ll definitely use it again.
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