Raisin Muffin with Chocolate Chips
Topic: Snacks
We were fasting yesterday with my hubby and we were late to go home from our work, it was only less than one hour left for Iftar time, therefore, we must have to cook whatever is easy and quick to prepare. I planned to make Spaghetti but I have to thaw the meat first, so I decided to make Spaghetti ala Pancit since we have some baked chicken leftovers and it would be a great flavor for that. My hubby said he wanted to bake muffins, I told him that we don’t have enough time for it since Iftar time was already near and besides I was already preparing some scrambled eggs as a fillings for the Pita bread that we had and that would be enough for Iftar but he still insisting. He said he can make it on time, I said okay do it if you can even though I knew that he will disturb me by asking how to make it perfectly, it’s okay. The original plan was just a plain raisins muffins but when I saw him mixing the batter, I remembered that we have some chocolate bars so I suggested to add chocolate chips on it by cutting the chocolate bars into tiny cubes and he agreed. He then said, what if we add chocolate syrup on it to have more chocolaty taste? He said that when he finished filling the muffin cups already, lol…! I said, okay next time we will make chocolate muffins Insha Allah. The muffins was done while were in the middle of our Iftar time.

Ingredients:
2 ? cup all-purpose flour
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup chocolate chips
? cup milk
? cup white sugar
? cup melted butter (any cooking oil will also do)
1 egg, beaten
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 pinch of salt

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Grease muffins tins, or line cups with paper liners.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs and vanilla. Stir in milk.
4. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together. Fold in raisins and chocolate chips. Do not over mix. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.
5. Bake for 25 minutes.

Tips: Do not smooth the top part when filling the muffin cups. Muffins should be lumpy. You can also add more chocolate chips if you like.