Why Have A Baking Recipes?

I checked the substances I have readily available and managed to match the listing with those discovered in this recipe for a batch of Banana & Chocolate Muffins. The recipe calls for chopped plain chocolates, I changed them with chocolate chips as I moderately save the chocolates for baking a cake or to make use of it to make chocolate ganache. The recipe calls for self-raising flour, and since I didn't have that, I substituted it with a mixture of plain flour, baking powder and salt.

When I used to be all set to start my baking session, my younger little one came to the kitchen. Since he was so enthusiastic, I told him he could do all of the stirring this time. When he noticed me getting busy with the preparation of the components, as normal, he supplied to help me. I acquired him to mash up the bananas whereas I measured the other elements. He found immense pleasure in adding, pouring components into the mixing bowl and finally stirring them, even when he was solely allowed to provide a couple of strokes. Unlike his elder brother, he always doesn't seem to thoughts dropping whatever he was doing, just so he may have some enjoyable playing with flour, butter and eggs. Without fail, he requested whether or not he might do the final mixing of the wet components to the dry ones. While he was half way into the mixing, I assumed I should seize the moment on video. I acquired him to pause for a second, whereas I dashed off to seize my camera.

Here's a really quick video clip of him mixing the muffin batter...because the batter obtained an increasing number of heavy for him to stir, I took over to complete up the job. Otherwise I would not even know the existence of such a software. In case you ask, it was my elder boy who taught me how to use Window's Movie Maker to do the editing of the video clip.

As you may see from the video, I stopped mixing once the flour mixture disappeared into the batter. The batter was very thick and lumpy. To get very tender and fluffy muffins, it is very important to not over stir the mixture...this is especially so for recipes when the instruction calls for mixing the wet substances to the dry ones.

Very soon, we have been rewarded with ten sweet-smelling, beautifully domed muffins. While the muffins have been cooling off, my baby saved asking when he may eat the muffin. Once I gave the go forward, he sat down alone on the dinner desk and enjoyed the freshly baked muffin he made. He had earlier devoured a banana and a bar of Kit Kat while the muffins have been within the oven, and yet he couldn't wait to lay his hands on the muffins.

The muffins tasted actually scrumptious when they had been recent out of the oven. The pictures of the muffins had been taken a day after, I believe it did not capture the comfortable and fluffy crumbs that effectively. Nevertheless, they tasted nearly as good when served warm. I cut down on the quantity of sugar and the sweetness was excellent. The texture was all moist and fluffy. This recipe goes to be a keeper.

Banana & Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients:
(makes 10 ~ 12 muffins)

275g plain flour
three teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
three giant bananas, about 450g
100g brown sugar (unique recipe calls for 125g brown caster sugar)
1 giant egg, lightly overwhelmed
50ml semi-skimmed milk (I used low fats recent milk)
75g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
50g chocolate chips

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 180degC (350 degF). Line muffin pans with paper muffin instances. Stir gently, utilizing only some strokes and combine until the flour are incorporate into the batter. Serve heat or chilly. 5. Spoon batter into paper muffin circumstances. Mix within the chocolate chips. 2. Sieve together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt right into a mixing bowl. Mix until properly mixed. 4. Pour the liquid mixture into the dry elements. Add in brown sugar, egg, milk and melted butter. 6. Let cool on a wire rack. Bake for 20mins till muffins turn golden brown or a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. With a wooden spoon or a spatula, gently fold all the ingredients to form a wet batter. Do not Over combine. Put aside.