Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients
250g Butter

190g caster sugar

4-5 Eggs

250g strong white flour

20g Baking powder

60ml Milk100g chocolate chips1

50g drinking chocolate20 squares of dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids

Directions

In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until white and fluffy.

Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well with each addition, and whisk together for 5 minutes.

Sift the flour and baking powder, add to the butter mixture and fold together until well-blended.

Add in the milk and the drinking chocolate and mix for 1 minute. Fold in the chocolate chips.

Refrigerate the mixture for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6.

Line muffin trays with paper cases, making 20 muffin cases in all.

Place a teaspoon of the muffin mixture in each case. Top each case with a square of chocolate, and then add another teaspoon and a half of the muffin mixture on top.

Bake the muffins for 15-20 minutes until cooked through and risen. Remove and serve warm from the oven.

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