Chocolate Chip Muffins

For those of you following along on my kitchen remodel roller coaster - I'm here to update you. 🎢For those of you who stop by the blog just to get new recipes and could care less about my kitchen drama - skip down to the recipe.  #itwonthurtmyfeelings 😅 

This week we got our first look at our new kitchen design.  We're working with an amazing designer who was able to take all of my crazy ideas and put them together into a workable and realistic plan.  She worked her magic and sketched my dream kitchen that included everything I ever wanted in a kitchen and some things I never even knew were possible. 😂 I was flying high until I saw the price tag that was attached to my kitchen. 😢 Turns out - my dream kitchen comes with a really big price tag . 💵 wha waaaaaaaaah

After I got over the sticker shock, (and picked myself up off of the floor) I revisited my kitchen plan and made some adjustments to the original design.   We also had a meeting with both our designer and our contractor that lasted nearly 3 hours and in the end, I think that we came up with a plan that's more within our budget and still significantly improves our current space. I may not have gotten EVERYTHING that I wanted in the new kitchen but I'm happy with the compromises that had to be made.  

My head was absolutely spinning by the end of our marathon kitchen planning session. 😶So many decisions to be made in such a short amount of time.  (No one ever said designing a kitchen would be easy.)  😅 Chocolate is a non-negotioable on kitchen planning days. 🍫Turns out - a chocolate chip muffin takes the sting out of  having to give up cabinet space to fit in duct work. 💁🏻‍♀️

Chocolate Chip Muffins
3 cups flour 
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
1/3 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/3 cup sour cream
1 cup milk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 and 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
coarse sugar for sprinkling

Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.  

Whisk together butter, oil, sugar and eggs. 

Whisk in sour cream, milk and vanilla.

Gently fold into dry ingredients.

Fold in chocolate chips. 

Divide batter between 6 greased jumbo muffin cups. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.

Bake 5 minutes at 425.  Reduce heat to 350 and bake another 25 minutes.  Cool 10 minutes in pan.  

Make your muffins jumbo...

or make them mini.

Chocolate chip muffins should be a staple on every weekend breakfast menu.  Bacon, eggs, pancakes, waffles - chocolate chip muffins.  🍽  Sweet vanilla muffins studded with dark chocolate chips and sprinkled with sanding sugar is just about the most perfect way to start (or end) my day.  

Ciao!

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