Chocolate Chocolate - Chip Muffins

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cook time; 20 minutes

Yield: 12 muffins

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Recipe adapted from Nigella Lawson with slight modification.

Ingredients:
All-purpose flour - 1 3/4 cups
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Semisweet chocolate chips - 3/4 cup, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling
Milk - 1 cup
Yogurt - 3 tbsp
Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp
Egg - 1 ( for egg-less version, mix 3 tbsp flax seed powder in 1 tbsp water, let it sit for 5 minutes)
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Line muffin pan with liners.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, sugar and 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips into a large bowl.
4. Mix all the wet ingredients in a small bowl.  whisk to combine.
5. Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients together.  Do not over mix the batter.  Lumpy batter makes the best muffins.
6. Using an ice cream scoop, fill the muffin cups 3/4 full.  Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top.
7. Bake for 20 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.