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These Browned Butter Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins make a delicious and wholesome breakfast.
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Looks like my girls are developing a taste for baking, so when they asked if we could bake something together I thought it would be a good idea to make some muffins. For me, this meant the muffins would have to be healthy, for my girls, it meant that there would have to be some chocolate chips in them.
After some searching on the web for a chocolate chip muffin recipe, I found this simple recipe from Joy of Baking. I’ve been wanting to try baking with browned butter so I adapted her recipe to include browned butter and whole wheat flour and reduced the sugar content. And so my girls and I made these Browned Butter Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffins. The kitchen always gets a bit lot messier when working with my girls but we have lots of fun. We each sampled a muffin and came to the conclusion that they were delicious! The flavour of the browned butter really came through in these muffins and added a nice nutty flavour.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 large eggs lightly whisked
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips or regular
Instructions
- Place a rack in the centre of your oven and preheat oven to 375ºF.
- In a saucepan over medium high heat, melt butter. Stir the butter occasionally so it cooks and browns evenly. When the butter starts to smell nutty and is browned remove it from the heat, transfer it to a bowl and let it cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla.
- Add the wet mixture and the melted and cooled browned butter to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Don't over-mix the batter or you will have tough muffins.
- Evenly spoon the batter into the greased or paper-lined muffin cups, filling almost to the edge of the muffin cups.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the muffin comes out clean about 18-20 minutes.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes before removing them and placing onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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tucionacreations says
January 24, 2015 at 5:38 PMThey look really delicious ! I know the drill when you cook with your kids, but I must say I have been quite lucky lately as each time, my 8 year old also helps with the cleaning ! 🙂
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 24, 2015 at 7:23 PMWow, you’ll have to share your secret, how do you manage get your kid to help you clean up?
tucionacreations says
January 25, 2015 at 5:03 AMLOL ! Let’s see for how long it last … 🙂
Eleanore Brickell says
January 12, 2015 at 4:52 PMaww, your kids are the cutest!! These muffins look great! nice job on the photos as well!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 13, 2015 at 12:16 PMThanks Eleanore! I think they’re pretty cute too
Sadia Mohamed says
January 11, 2015 at 8:34 AMA very nice and healthy recipe. Love love loooove your pictures. Very talented you are.
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 11, 2015 at 10:41 AMThank you so much Sadia for the lovely compliment 🙂
spiceinthecity says
January 10, 2015 at 3:47 PMI love anything with brown butter, these sound amazing love that they are made it whole wheat!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 10, 2015 at 8:56 PMThanks! Yes browning the butter truly makes a difference.
Ginger says
January 10, 2015 at 2:14 PMSuch a lovely recipe to bake with kids! The pictures look lovely, by the way 🙂
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 11, 2015 at 5:03 PMYes, cookies and muffins are their favourite to make. Thank you so much 🙂
Sue says
January 10, 2015 at 1:14 PMWow these look so simple and wholesome, I love it. They remind me of muffins my mom makes, just no nosense and delicious!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 10, 2015 at 1:18 PMThank you, yes very simple to make and delicious.
Born and Bred in Brooklyn says
January 10, 2015 at 10:51 AMThese sound amazing! Thanks for sharing 😀
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 10, 2015 at 12:55 PMThanks, it’s my pleasure!
Serena @ foodfulife says
January 10, 2015 at 9:54 AMWonderful adaptation of the recipe! I love the hand picture, just beautiful!!! 🙂
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 10, 2015 at 12:54 PMThank you Serena! I love that one too, even though it’s a bit blurry, it’s hard for a child to keep still 🙂
skd says
January 10, 2015 at 8:04 AMBaking with the girls is a beautiful experience. Something to cherish down the line 🙂 I am sure you had lots of fun. Sounds healthy and look fantastic 🙂
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 10, 2015 at 12:56 PMYes it is. I hope they will keep good memories of those times. Thanks for stopping by.
Arielle says
January 10, 2015 at 1:38 AMOh wow they look so delicious! Your pictures are beautiful! <3
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 10, 2015 at 2:26 AMThanks so much Arielle!
apsara says
January 9, 2015 at 9:22 PMSuper-healthy whole wheat muffins. Looks fabulous!
Sweet and Savoury Pursuits says
January 9, 2015 at 11:40 PMThanks so much Apsara!