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Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Muffin Tops

Start your holiday morning off right with delicious, warm, freshly baked Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Muffin Tops.

Chocolate Chip Muffin Tops

This recipe was created for my client, Madhava, but all opinions are my own.

When I opened the door to retrieve the newspaper Friday morning, I was greeted with falling flakes and a porch coated with snow. Yes, snow. My coworkers call it a dusting … though since I could measure it in inches, I see it as a bit more than that.

But hey, whatever. It was mostly gone by the evening.

Still, this is Maine, and we are bound to see much more of that white stuff as the holidays approach. Often. As the temperatures drop here and snow becomes a more common occurrence, it’s so tempting to just trade our usual veggie- and fruit-filled meals with heavy, warm foods like cheesy baked dishes and thick stews. I mean, those are the foods that bring comfort to cold bodies in winter, right?

But you don’t have to totally fall down the comfort food rabbit hole to enjoy something warm and toasty. I mean, with a few simple substitutions you can turn a favorite food into a better-for-you version of itself. For instance, trade the white potatoes for sweet potatoes in your favorite stew. Or use less cheese in your favorite baked pasta dish.

Another option? Trade our your standard sugar for a better for you blend like I did in these easy muffin tops.

Madhava Better Baking Blend in Muffin Tops

Madhava‘s Better Baking Blend combines coconut sugar and cane sugar in a ready to bake mixture that is a 1:1 swap for regular sugar. But what is coconut sugar? Coconut sugar is made from the sap of the coconut palm tree. Lower in fructose than regular sugar, it’s a natural option that falls within that better for you range — and since it’s blended with cane sugar in this, it behaves as you’d expect sugar to.

I love the flavor — which is sweet without aftertastes.

As for these muffin tops? They are heavenly. These babies bake up fluffy and airy with a nice crust. Finish them off with a sprinkle of sweet Madhava Organic Coconut Sugar on top.

Best of all? This is a quick and easy recipe.

Swear.

Why not whip up a batch for the holidays? Whether for your breakfast on Thanksgiving or Christmas brunch or something else, these will become a fast favorite.

Muffin Tops

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Psst! Guess what? Madhava has a pretty awesome Healthier Holidays with Madhava Giveaway happening on their Facebook page right now. Madhava wants to help you celebrate healthier holidays so we are giving away a #MadSweetHolidays gift pack! Just pop over to enter to win.

Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Muffin Tops

Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Muffin Tops

Yield: 10 muffin tops
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cup self-rising flour
  • 2 tbsp sugar or Madhava Organic Better Baking Blend, (Coconut/Cane Sugar Blend)
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • coarse sugar or Madhava Organic Coconut Sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and then set side.
  2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, Madhava sugar blend and salt (a wire whisk is great for this). Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the 1/4 cup of cold butter into the flour mixture until it looks like coarse crumbs. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and buttermilk until well-combined. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the egg mixture. Stir gently from the inside out until well combined.
  4. Using a large cookie scoop or a tablespoon, drop the batter into lumps on the prepared cookie sheet. Sprinkle with Madhava Organic Coconut Sugar.
  5. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until cooked through and golden.
  6. Enjoy hot from the oven or let cool and store in an airtight container at room temperate for up to two days.

Notes

This recipe was created for my client Madhava, but all opinions are my own.

Donna

Friday 21st of November 2014

The syrups all look wonderful.

Linda

Friday 21st of November 2014

I would love to try the raspberry refresh drink mix.

Nikki @ NikSnacks

Wednesday 19th of November 2014

I've never used coconut sugar before. Maybe this will be the opportunity for me to try it! So um... what happened to the muffin bottoms? Did you make them into a muffin bottom pie? (It's a joke from Gilmore Girls, if you're not familiar) :)

Melanie

Tuesday 18th of November 2014

Love coconut sugar! And I love someone who encourages muffin top consumption. The best part for sure!

Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes

Tuesday 18th of November 2014

Love this and the giveaway! Thank you! Muffin tops are the best :)

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