late night baking

[sororcula]

I found a muffin recipe that looked good and I thought, hmm, I'd like to make that!

But the recipe was in Spanish.

But I took two semesters of Spanish!

But that was like five years ago.

But they're chocolate muffins.

So I went for it! They're in the oven now. Cross your fingers.

Comments

[sororcula]

They turned out pretty good! Kind of chewy/dense but moist, and kind of tangy because they have yogurt. Okay so here's the recipe: http://ellabellavita.blogspot.it/2013/04/muffins-de-chocolate-tipo-starbucks.html Mine looked nothing like the pictures on the blog so idk if it's because I didn't make them right or just that I didn't fill the cups as full as she did.

Ingredientes (para 12-14 muffins):
225 g de harina (225 g flour -- I used whole wheat pastry flour)
50 g de cacao en polvo sin azúcar (50 g unsweetened cocoa powder)
150 g de azúcar (salen muy poco dulces, se podría aumentar la cantidad a 180g) (150 g sugar; increase to 180 g if you want them sweeter)
½ sobre de levadura (1/2 [????] baking powder -- this is where the recipe starts to fall apart. I assumed this was supposed to be 1/2 teaspoon? But 1/2 tablespoon would actually make more sense come to think of it. Anyway I used 1 teaspoon because 1/2 t didn't seem like enough. 1/2 T would be 1 1/2 t though)
2 yogures griegos (2 [?????] greek yogurt -- I used 2 cups regular lowfat vanilla yogurt. I feel like the batter ended up a little too wet though so I might decrease it next time)
2 huevos (2 eggs)
80 g de aceite de girasol (80 g canola oil)
4 cucharadas de leche entera (4 T whole milk -- idk why she didn't just say 1/4 c? but anyway. Maybe because cucharada is such a great word.)
100 g de chocolate (100 g chocolate -- I used chocolate chips because the recipe just has you chop it up anyway)

not called for but I also added about 1/4 t salt, 1 t vanilla, and 1/2 t coffee essence.

Chop the chocolate with a knife and set aside.

Sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder. Add the sugar [and salt] and mix well. Mix the yogurt, eggs, oil, and milk [and vanilla/coffee] and beat until mixed. I think then it says to mix the wet and dry ingredients and add the chocolate? I added the chocolate to the dry ingredients, then added the wet and mixed them together. Fill a prepared muffin pan and bake at 170 C for 20-25 min. Let cool and enjoy.

KEEP IN MIND I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW SPANISH. But I think it's something like that. Probably you could just use Google to translate it.

[mustangcandi]

It sounds delicious!!!!!!!! I think you did a good job translating and I'll have to try these sometimes.

Yours may have turned out dense just because of the yogurt and whole wheat pastry flour. I have a recipe for low-fat chocolate chip muffins that uses both of those ingredients and they are always very dense. I cut back on the flour a little bit (saves calories anyway) and that helped. I did the same thing with my gluten-free banana bread that I LOVE. Adding the correct amount of flour made it like a brick, so I used a "scant" 3/4c instead of a full 3/4 cup and now it works out perfect. OM NOM NOM.

I think that's what I'm having for breakfast. Thanks for the idea. LOL.