Chocolate chip carrot muffins

Nurainy Darono | Crumbs

Nurainy Darono | Crumbs

Having leftover ingredients are my primary reason to experiment in the kitchen. I honestly never tried carrot cake, until I wasted my carrots by making these muffins. I threw some semi-sweet chocolate chips in just because I think it would taste great — it certainly does.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups grated carrot
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a big bowl, combine sugar, oil and vanilla.
3. Add egg, and mix thoroughly.
4. In another bowl, combine flour with cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
5. Add half of the dry batter to the wet batter. Add the rest of the dry batter. Stir well.
6. Add carrot and chocolate chips.
7. Spray butter muffin tin and place the batter three-fourths full.
8. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until baked thoroughly.

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