“From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting….On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.”
E.B.White (1899-1985)
BROWN SUGAR MUFFINS with WALNUTS & CHOCOLATE CHIPS…comfort food!
It’s one of those days you wake up in the morning with the ‘bakers’ itch’…gotta bake something, & fast. And one of those days where its got to be ‘sans chocolate’. This is just a simple recipe (with a bitta PINK) with a good feeling about it, to relax with a cuppa coffee or tea, and read that book which has been beckoning you for ages. While I talk about books, here’s a nice one that makes for hilarious reading…”A Spot of Bother” penned by Mark Haddon, which I am currently reading. It’s a funny, humane, witty, sometimes poignant and thoroughly entertaining book.
Ingredients:
Flour – 2 cups
Baking Soda – 1 tsp
Salt – 1pinch
Butter – ½ cup (100gms), at room temp
Brown Sugar – ¾ cup
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Yogurt – – 2/3 cup/thick
Eggs -3 / small
Milk – 4 tbsp
Walnuts – 1/4 cup
Chocolate chips – ½ cup (I like to use Ghirardelli dark chips)
Method:
- Sift flour + baking soda + salt 3 times. Keep aside.
- Stir together the yogurt + eggs + milk in a separate bowl. Keep aside.
- In a big bowl, beat the butter + sugar + vanilla essence
- Gently beat in the yogurt mix…gently, or it might splatter everywhere!!
- Stir in the sifted flour and chocolate chips until JUST MOIST.DO NOT OVER MIX.
- Sprinkle on any topping if desired.
- Put into lined muffin pan and bake for 25 mins (approximately).
- Test with a wooden pick to see if done.
- Remove from pan immediately and cool on rack.
Makes 12 regular muffins.
Can’t get any pinker!!