Chocolate Muffins

I've been working on my muffin recipe for years now. They are so easy to make and adapt to sweet or savoury ingredients. Here's my latest variation, I made them this week as mini muffins for morning tea at work and was asked to share the recipe. My gas oven is a bit dodgy - the thermostat doesn't work so I bought a thermometer but the oven temp is approximate and cooking time will depend on your oven.

Chocolate Muffins

• Preheat oven to 180°C

½ cup sugar (brown or white)
85g butter – melted
1 egg
½ cup plain yogurt whisked into ½ cup water

• Mix all above ingredients together

• Sift the following ingredients together:

1 ½ cups plain flour (can be a blend of white and wholemeal)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 – 3 tbsp cocoa
Optional: approx ½ cup chocolate chips or dried fruit (cranberries or cherries etc)

• Add dry ingredients to wet and mix briefly until just combined - do not overmix!

• Bake in small or medium muffin tins – well greased or use muffin cases.

• Medium muffins take about 20 minutes

• Small muffins take about 12 minutes