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Muffins are one of my favorite breakfasts treats!

I had a lot of sourdough discard, so I decided to make a bunch of sourdough discard muffins!

These are very soft, but you can make them firmer if you wanted to

You can also remove the chocolate chips and add other inclusions

So have fun!

How to get the round muffin top

If you gave made homemade Muffins before, you know that you don’t get the dome shaped muffin top usually

To get that top, turn up your oven to 450 degrees for the first 5 or 10 minutes of the bake time

This causes a seal to form over the top of the muffin so it doesn’t spread, and it makes it rise faster to get the dome shape

Don’t forget to let your oven get back to 450 degrees before putting a new batch in!

Should I use oil or butter in muffins?

Oil and butter are interchangeable in bread recipes, but there is a difference

Oil gives bread a really soft texture, but not a lot of structure

Butter gives good structure, but isn’t soft

If this recipe, I use all oil because I love the soft muffins

But you can substitute some or all the oil for butter to get that firmer texture

How to make other flavors of muffins

You can change the inclusions of these muffins all you want

You can’t just make chocolate muffins by adding cocoa powder though

Cocoa powder is very dry and it would throw off the ratios

But you can exchange the chocolate chips for something else like blueberries or almonds

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup sourdough Discard

1 cup sugar

½ cup milk

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2tsp salt

2 eggs

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees

In a bowl or mixer, combine the flour, discard, and sugar

Add the milk and eggs

Mix until fully combined

Let rest for an hour for a better rise (optional)

Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla extract

Mix

Add chocolate chips and mix

Add batter to oiled muffin tins about 90% full

Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes

Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake for 15 more minutes

Test doneness with a toothpick

It should come out clean

Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees while these rest

Repeat until batter is gone

Optional: you can top the batter with more chocolate chips to make them prettier