Yogurt Muffins

Boomette's Note:

A recipe I made a few years ago. These muffins are great. I don't remember where I took the recipe.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 muffins

• 1 cup plain yogurt or 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips or 3/4 cup raisins

Garnish

• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Grease muffin pan. Set aside.
2. In a bowl, mix yogurt and baking soda. Set aside.
3. In another bowl, beat butter. Add eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Set aside.
4. In another large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add the egg mixture and then pour the mixture of yogurt, stirring just to moisten the dry ingredients. Incorporate the chocolate chips. Stir a little bit. Pour in the muffin pan.
5. Mix all ingredients of the garnish. Distribute on the muffins. Bake in oven 30 to 35 minutes. (check the muffins after 20 minutes as I wrote 20-25 minutes as a note, so maybe my muffins were ready after 20-25 minutes. As I said it's been a while since I made them).

Reviews

[cnklilly]

These are amazing!
I will for sure keep this in my recipe arsenal.
Using the recipe for 12 muffins, I managed to make 24 mini muffins and 6 regular muffins.
All I had to do was increase the amount for the garnish.
I plan on giving them as gifts, and can't wait to see how others react :)

[DeeVaFoodie]

I've had some really great muffins in my time, but these are exceptional! The muffins are great on their own, but the topping is what puts them way over the top. I used yogurt and followed the recipe exactly as written. These are the kind of muffins you would make to impress, like on a brunch buffet or to give in a gift basket. Keeper! Thanks for sharing the recipe Boomette, made for Pick-A-Chef Fall 2011.

[averybird]

These were great, I followed the recipe exactly (using yogurt) and pulled them at 20 minutes. I loved the contrast of the pure white muffin with the dark chips sprinkled throughout. And the fancy topping makes them feel bakery-style! Only change would be to cut back to 1/2 tsp cinnamon next time on the topping, as personal preference. Thanks Boomette!