Light Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipes

FEATHER-LIGHT MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening, sugar and egg. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Fill greased muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Let cool for 3-4 minutes. Meanwhile, combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll warm muffins in melted butter, then in sugar mixture. Serve warm.

LIGHT PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with paper liners. Spray liners with cooking spray.
• Mix pumpkin puree, egg, sugar, vegetable oil, applesauce, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
• Mix flour, pudding mix, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl. Add about half the chocolate chips; stir. Pour pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture; stir to combine. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups; top with remaining chocolate chips.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

LIGHT CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Coat a 12-muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt and set aside.
• Beat the egg, sugar and margarine with an electric mixer set on medium until smooth.
• Add the milk and vanilla and beat again.
• Mix the flour and chocolate chips into the batter by hand just until combined.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups so that each is about two-thirds full.
• Top each muffin cup with cinnamon/sugar mixture, if desired.
• Bake for about 15 minutes or until the muffins are lightly browned, puff up and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the tin set on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
• Remove the muffins from the tin and eat them warm or let them cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE-CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line one 12-muffin tin with paper liners and lightly coat with cooking spray.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
• Lightly whisk the eggs in a second medium bowl. Whisk in the brown sugar, sour cream, applesauce, oil and vanilla.
• Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry with a rubber spatula. Just before the batter comes together, fold in the chocolate chips (it's okay if there are lumps in the batter). Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups. Bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 24 minutes. Let the muffins cool in the pan for a few minutes, then remove and cool completely on a rack. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, chocolate chips, and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy.)
• Fill cups 2/3 full. Sprinkle tops of muffins before baking with a combination of 3 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoon brown sugar.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan. Serve warm.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS (LIGHT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat together bananas, sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla until well mixed.
• In another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; stir flour mixture into banana mixture.
• Stir in yogurt.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Divide among prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in centre of oven for 15 minutes or until a tester inserted in centre of muffins comes out clean.

LITE OR LIGHT PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix first 5 ingredients together; separately, mix dry ingredients.
• Blend the two mixtures together, fold in chips.
• Generously fill 24 greased or paper-lined muffin cups. (I have found the paper liners don't work very well.).
• Bake at 400 degrees F. for 16-20 minutes.