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Chocolate Chip Muffins

These chocolate chip muffins are deliciously moist and fluffy, the perfect hand held school lunch box treat! I’ve been making this recipe for a few years now.  I was looking for a muffin recipe that was slightly healthier than a piece of a cake – i.e a little less butter and sugar! Don’t get me wrong these muffins are not a health food but they are a yummy treat with not as much butter as say, your average snack cake recipe! Their secret is a blend of non-fat yogurt and buttermilk which I think gives them a great texture and amazing flavour.

I found the original recipe here: http://www.thecurvycarrot.com/2011/04/13/chocolate-chip-sour-cream-muffins/ but adapted it to use ingredients I had on hand and reduce the sugar.

My kids absolutely love these chocolate chip muffins – they feel they are getting a real treat akin to going to Starbucks. What I love about them, though,  is the portion size is much smaller and I am in control of what I put in them – also much cheaper than coffee shop baking!  So if you are looking for a mid morning coffee snack that is the perfect size and not too sweet, but still a treat, these muffins are for you! Hope your family enjoys them as much mine! Happy Baking!!

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Chocolate Chip Muffins
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Serves: 12 muffins
 
Deliciously light and fluffy chocolate chip muffins - perfect for the lunch box!
Ingredients
  • 5 Tbsp. melted butter
  • 1 egg
  • ½ c non fat greek yogurt
  • ½ c low fat buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1½ cups flour
  • ¾ tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ tsp.baking soda
  • scant ⅔ c sugar
  • dash of salt
  • ½ - ¾ c chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
  3. Combine melted butter, yogurt, buttermilk, egg and vanilla in a medium sized bowl.
  4. In another bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  5. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients and gently blend until just combined. Batter should be stiff.
  6. Gently mix in the chocolate chips.
  7. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
  8. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden and tester comes out clean.

Italian Prune Plum Crisp

In the Okaangan, it’s harvest time and the abundance of fresh fruit has me busy baking (and posting) again!  This Italian Prune Plum Crisp is hard to beat if you are looking for a quick, fresh, and super tasty dessert. I first came across these lovely plums quite a few years ago when a friend gifted me with literally a laundry basket full of them. She had a tree in her back yard and the harvest was beyond plentiful! Although the name prune plum doesn’t sound terribly appetizing these plums are one of my favourite stone fruits to bake with. They are also totally delicious to eat fresh, and my kids love them.

Prune Plums

If you can get your hands on a basket of these you should definitely try baking with them though, and here’s why – they completely change when baked. Their yellow flesh turns the most wonderful shade of deep purple and they have a delicious tartness to them that is divine.  One of the things I love most about them is how they stay relatively firm when baked into a cake or a crisp and produce such a deep purple/red colour!  If you’ve never tried baking with prune plums here’s your chance! – super easy and quick but soooo delicious! These small purple plums are a wonderful fruit to bake with – no peeling required!

Simply cut the plums into quarters or halves if you wish – the stone comes apart from the flesh very easily once you cut into the fruit. I cut my plums right into my un-greased baking dish (easy peasy) right?!  Sprinkle a bit of sugar on top and stir. At this point your crisp will look this:

unbaked crisp

Now you are ready to make the simple crumble topping – this is a very delicious crisp topping and I recommend using it for lots of your fruit crisp recipes, not just this Italian Prune Plum crisp. Just melted butter, flour, a bit of sugar, spices and nuts if you’d like some crunch and you’re good to go! This has been a summer dessert go to when we have company very, very simple but a real crowd pleaser! Pretty much a near end of summer must! Trust me – make this and savour the flavours of summer – it’s almost September – but for now, pretty purple plums!

prune plum cris

 

Italian Prune Plum Crisp

For the Fruit: 

I large basket of prune plums about 2 lbs.

1/4 cup of sugar
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For the crisp topping: 

1 1/4 cups of flour

coarsely chopped almonds or walnuts if desired

1/4 brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar (I used half of this)

1/4 tsp cinnamon and nutmeg

1/2 cup of unsalted butter melted

Method: 
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pit and quarter the plums into your baking dish sprinkle with sugar and stir to combine.
  2. In a large bowl combine flour, brown sugar, white sugar, and spices. Slowly drizzle in melted and butter and crumble mixture with spoon or fingers into small  pieces no bigger than an inch.
  3. Evenly sprinkle the crumb mixture on top of the fruit.
  4. Bake crisp until fruit is bubbling and the topping is browned, about 50 minutes.