The Great Chocolate Chip Muffin Shortage of 2015

A very strange phenomenon occurred in our area last week. There wasn't a single chocolate chip muffin to be found in any of the three grocery stores we frequent! Although our younger daughter doesn't have a major sweet tooth (doesn't like ice cream, or cake, or most candy), she adores chocolate chip muffins and eats them regularly.
She graciously agreed to make do with corn muffins--one of her other faves. She went as a corn muffin one year for Halloween. (Yeah, that costume was a real challenge to make. Also, she got super annoyed with people who thought she was a cupcake...)

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We even persuaded her to try both apple and strawberry muffins, which are totally out of her wheelhouse. She admitted (grudgingly) that they tasted "not bad".
It seemed like the perfect time to teach her how to make her own chocolate chip muffins. We found a recipe online from littlesweetbaker(dot)com. Believe it or not, I didn't turn to Pinterest this time!
These muffins were easy to make and tasted delicious!

RECIPE:
Ingredients
2 1/2 C all purpose flour
1 TBS baking powder
 1 tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1/2 C unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 C white sugar
2 large eggs
1 C buttermilk
1 TBS vanilla extract (use the real stuff, not imitation)
1 1/2 C chocolate chips (we used milk chocolate)

Directions
1. Spray muffin tin with cooking spray (I used one made from coconut oil).
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
3. In mixer bowl, toss together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Slowly add to the dry ingredients. Gently fold together until combined. DON'T overstir!
5. Divide batter into 6 jumbo muffin cups. Bake at 425 degrees for 5 minutes, then turn the oven heat down to 350 degrees and bake another 20 minutes.
6. Let cool for 5-10 minutes. Remove from pan.

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We used the jumbo muffin tin.

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She likes them straight up, no butter, with milk.

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At Quince Cottage our philosophy is, "If you can't find what you're looking for, make it!"