Sometimes you want to make something so you search and search for a recipe that suits but never find it. Sometimes you make the closest thing but sometimes you decide to get creative. Today was options 2. I started by making my new favorite super spicey gingerbread muffins. Seriously, I love them. I think they taste like Christmas. However, I was also in the mood for something super chocolately, but not my famous death by chocalate brownies. So I decided to make muffins (I'm on a kick, what can I say). I spent a good 30-40 minutes looking for a chocolate muffin recipe I likes and came up with bubbkiss so I decided to create my own. I have never made my own baking recipe before. Cooking is a bit different. You add a little spice here, a little something there and can sort of fix it. Baking, once it is in the oven if it doesn't work there is no going back. You have a heap of crap on your hands. So I was nervous. Thankfully, my housemate Brendan's brother, and my favorite guinnea pig, Stephen was here to be my test subject.... again. After they came out of the oven and cooled a bit, I offered him one and got the "These are gorgeous" thumbs up and actual mouth words too. So I will be making them again. And I'll even post the recipe for y'all to make 'em yourselves.
Strangely I was also in the something different music wise too. Earlier this year my friend Mirek introduced me to this French band Woodkid. I don't even know how to classify them, but I totally dig them. Like a strange mix between post-progressive and French pop, they are a weird mix of angst and joy, longing and hope. I highly recommend them.
Gillie's made-up chocolate muffins.
2 1/2 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp dutch chocolate cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
250 grams mix of semi-sweet and milk chocolate squares
1/2 cup butter
2 medium eggs
pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
Melt chocolate squares and butter together in pot.
mix dry ingredints together, including vanilla extract
fold in eggs
add cup of water
pour in chocolate/buttter mixture
stir until smooth.
Fill paper muffin wrappers until anywhere between 1/2-3/4 full depending on how big you want muffins to be.
bake for 35 minutes.
makes anywhere between 9-12 muffins.
