Blackcurrant, chocolate and sweet clover muffins
This recipe for blackcurrant, chocolate and sweet clover muffins is very simple. It only takes 15 minutes to prepare and around twenty minutes to bake. Despite its simplicity, it should not be underestimated! These muffins have become essentials for us, to which we return again and again. Their light and airy dough explodes with tangy, chocolate and vanilla flavors in the mouth. You absolutely must enjoy these muffins straight out of the oven, hot, with a knob of butter.
Blackcurrant is a small fruit that we don't talk about much in Québec. However, it is a very interesting emerging culture. With its sweet and tangy taste, as well as its powerful aroma, the small black berry lends itself very well to being cooked, which has the advantage of concentrating its sugars and reducing its sharp acidity. This muffin recipe is ideal for getting to know blackcurrant, since it is combined with chocolate chips and the sweet muffin batter. This beautiful company balances its acidity and makes the berry absolutely irresistible.
Bonus: for variety, blackcurrants can also be replaced with other berries, such as haskap, wild blueberry or Saskatoon berry . You can then adjust the quantity of sugar in the recipe according to the profile of the chosen fruit.
Makes 12 muffins
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 tablespoon of “Magic” baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of sweet clover powder
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 cup frozen blackcurrants (or frozen haskap berries )
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 425 F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and powdered sweet clover. Reserve.
- In a medium bowl, mix the beaten eggs and sugar using a whisk.
- Add the melted butter and milk, then mix.
- Pour the egg, butter and milk mixture over the dry ingredients.
- Mix until smooth, then stop. At this stage, avoid mixing too much.
- Add the frozen blackcurrants and chocolate chips, then fold the dough gently to distribute them.
- Pour into muffin molds.
- Bake for 5 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 375 F.
- Cook for 15 minutes. Test for doneness by pricking the muffins with a toothpick or metal skewer: the toothpick or skewer should come out clean when the muffins are cooked.
- Enjoy your delicious blackcurrant, chocolate and sweet clover muffins and enjoy the fact that your whole house now smells extraordinarily good.
