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The Best Muffins Recipe

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Let me tell you something: I have been spending years looking to bake the perfect muffins.

I have tried countless of recipes: one was too dry; one too small; one was missing something. But then, we heard of this bakery called Huckleberry. We never managed to visit at the end, as we were meant to be by Santa Monica last November, but did our research and fell in love with their recipes.

So, Simona being herself, bought the book and it stayed unused on the shelf for a couple of years until this lockdown.

Muffins

You know when you want something quick and tasty? Well I am glad I looked at the book because I use it constantly now. And the best is they can easily be turned vegan too.

And without further ado, I want to share with you the recipe of these delicious muffins. They are too good to miss out!

Yield: 12 Muffins

Huckleberry Chocolate Chip Muffins

Chocolate Chip Muffins
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 170g of unsalted good quality butter at room temperature 
  • 160g of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 30g of almond flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 160g of plain flour
  • 180ml of plain yoghurt
  • 1 teaspoons of vanilla extract
  • 210g of chocolate chips (or less or more depending on liking)

Instructions

  1. Place the rack of the oven at the top and preheat at 180C.
  2. Line a muffin tin with 12 cases and set to the side
  3. In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment - or with an electric beater- cream the sugar and the butter until light and fluffy.
  4. Scrap down the sides and then add the yoghurt & the vanilla until well combined.
  5. Add one egg at the time, making sure the eggs are fully and well combined before adding the next. I reccomend stopping the mixer and scraping around the sides and the bottom to avoid any unmixed mixture.
  6. In a separate Bowl combine together all the dry ingredients.
  7. once the eggs are well incorporate, add slowly the dry mix until a well mixed batter forms.
  8. Add the chocolate chips, and mix for 2 seconds. Careful to not mix to harshly or for too long in this last stage, or you may overwork the batter!
  9. with the help of an ice cream spoon ( or 2 spoons) scoop the batter equally into the casings.
  10. Sprinkle each casing with a dusting of sugar before putting them in the oven.
  11. bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
  12. Try not to eat them hot! Leave them to cool for a few minutes before diving in!

Notes

This recipe is from Zoe Nathan, CEO and Founder of Huckleberry Cafe, CA.

© Federica

Tips & Tricks

  • Make sure you have all your ingredients ready first. This will save you time on tidying and cleaning but also smooth the process of adding the ingredients into the mixer.
  • You can turn these into a vegan muffin too! Specifically replace:
    • Butter with a vegan butter version. We recommend Flora, as it’s consistency it’s most similar to the cow’s version.
    • Eggs: eggs can be replaced with flaxseed. They are an easy replacement and work very well without adding any flavouring to you muffins.
    • Yoghurt with vegan yoghurts: I have only used Oatly for baking, because it has the same consistency as Greek yogurt. But you can replace with Soy if you prefer.

AAAnd that’s it! I normally clean while my muffins are baking and I end up with spare time for a nice hot cuppa before diving in.

You can thank me later guys!?

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About Federica

Fred is the mastermind for all things design of this blog, and around the web, she can be found on Not a Skilful Sailor and dotting.away. She is the person that has pushed Simona after she lost my job to give this blog thing a shot again, and subsequently found herself tangled in it, one way or another.

She is the extrovert of the group, the person who’s struggling the most with the being home situation. She thrives around people, but was not like this growing up, let us tell you that. She is the coffee guru of the family, loves our cat TJ more than Cristina and Simona (doesn’t even try to hide it a bit), and has got a new-found love for baking thanks to lockdown.

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Comments

  6. Kayleigh Zara

    Girls your blog is literally making my mouth water today! I love a good muffin recipe although I’ve never been the best at making them. I’ll be sharing this on Pinterest x

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  8. Lynn Mejia

    Yum! These look great. I am always looking to try new muffin recipes. The only thing that’s terrible is that my husband doesn’t like muffins so I have to eat them all myself haha! I love making muffins during blueberry season 🙂 Thank you for sharing! I’m pinning this for later x

    http://www.lynnmumbingmejia.com

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  10. Zoe

    Gluten free is perfect for me! Great recipe and not complicated, think these could by a fun activity thus week to break up uni a bit!

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  12. Jodie | That Happy Reader

    These muffins look delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I hope you get to visit Santa Monica someday soon.

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  13. Gemmaa Jayne

    I have never attempted to make muffins before, but this is a lovely recipe and your muffins look so good! I definitely want to get more into baking and try to make these at some point 🙂 x

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  22. Love Em

    What a lovely recipe! Thank you so much for sharing. I’ve been looking for and experimenting muffin recipes for a while now and I think you’ve given me the perfect one. Thank you for sharing 🙂

    Em x

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  26. Isa A

    Simona, on your emotions on the cats, I second that! :p Now getting to the point. I’m gonna share ur link with my sis who loves to cook. And I enjoy baking. I always look for Express ways to fixing every food the recipe is easy and liking it. Though the yoghurt element in muffin is woah… interesting, never tried it! Will do it and let u know <3
    Isa A. Blogger
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    • Federica

      Thank you Isa! Simona actually doesn’t make muffins ? It’s too easy for her so she leaves it to me cos otherwise I’ll make a mess ahahah Thank you though and let us know how they come out! Xx

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  27. Nancy

    Yum! It has been a hot while since I’ve had muffins – reading this post made me crave for it again! Haha. I love that these muffins are easy to make. Big plus on the usage of almond flour too! Oooh, I like the vegan alternatives too. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

    Nancy ✨ mdrnminimalists.com

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  34. Holly

    These sound amazing!! I’m rubbish at baking muffins because they never seem to rise enough. Perhaps this recipe will work for me, thanks for sharing 🙂 xx

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  36. Marissa

    Chocolate chip muffins are the best and my girls favorite!! I will have to try this out. Thank you for sharing!

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  39. Lisa

    Mmmm, these look so delicious – I love the addition of almond flour, that’s a genius touch, and something a little out of the ordinary for an extra flavour too!

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