Kasztanki muffins

Kasztanki are my favourite sweets. Crunchy, cocoa filling covered in thick layer of rich, dark chocolate. This time I have decided to bake them in muffins. The recipe comes form here. The result ? I think they were ok but I wouldn't say were extremely delicious. After the author of these recipe i have decided not to add sugar into the dough but now I think I should. Anyway they were eaten and nobody complained :)

Ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 1 and 3/4 cup of flour
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 10 Kasztanki
• 100g butter
• 50g chocolate (I used milk one)
• 125 ml yogurt
• 2 eggs

Preheat the oven to 180C. line muffin tin with paper cases.

Place the chocolate and butter into a sauce pan and heat up until both ingredients melt down. Set aside to cool down. 

Chop the Kasztanki into small chunks. In a big bowl mix the flour, soda, baking powder you may add few tablespoons of sugar. Stir in the Kasztanki chunks. 

Add yogurt into melted chocolate and stir well. Then add the eggs. When all wet ingredients are well combined pour the mixture into dry ingredients. Mix everything until just combined. The batter is very thick.

Spoon the batter into prepared earlier paper cases about 3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven for 15 - 20 minutes until well risen and golden. 

Recipe in Polish

 Enjoy !

    

Raisin, cranberry and chocolate muffins

I will start with the easiest in my opinion muffin recipe. Making those muffins it is great fun for children and adults. You can add different additions into batter. I have chosen dried cranberries, raisins and milk chocolate chips. I found this recipe in 'Avoca. Tea Time' cook book.

Ingredients for 12 muffins :

• 300g self rising flour
• 150g caster sugar
• 1 level tsp baking powder
• 150 ml milk
• 150g unsalted butter
• 2 medium - sized eggs, beaten
• 1 tbsp dried cranberries
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 1 tbsp milk chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 180C and line 12 hole muffin tin with muffin cases.

In large bowl mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, dried cranberries, raisins and chocolate chips together. Heat the milk and butter together in a souse pan until the butter melts. Allow to cool, then add to the dry mixture. Add the eggs. Combine all ingredients together. 

Do not over - stir the mixture.

Spoon into muffin cases and bake for 20 min.