Chocolate Chip Crumb Muffins

Filipino Style Recipe: Chocolate Chip Crumb Muffins is very easy to prepare recipe for novice bakers. Perfect for giveaway to friends and meryenda (mid-afternoon snack) for your kids. They will definitely love the chocolate in every bite and the crunch of the crumb toppings.

Good for 6 muffins

Ingredients:
Muffin Mixture:
1 1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon buttermilk powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips

Crumb Mixture:
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoon butter, melted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and buttermilk powder until well combined. Set aside.
2. In a one cup measuring cup, put the vegetable oil and egg then add with milk just enough to fill the cup and stir a bit.
3. Add the oil mixture to the dry mixture and mix until just combined.
4. Use as few strokes as possible, fold in the chocolate chips. Set aside.

Part 2
1. To make the crumb topping, combine the sugar, flour, butter, and cinnamon then mix until it forms small crumbs.

Part 3
1. In a greased muffin pan lined with muffin cups, fill in the muffin mixture until almost full.
2. Sprinkle the crumbs on top then bake in preheated oven over 350 Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
3. Let it cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Banana Crumb Muffins

Filipino Style Recipe: Banana Crumb Muffins is another delicious pastry similar to banana bread. Mainly made up of bananas mixed together with muffin mixture, topped with crumb. This muffin has a very delicious and good smell while the crumb gives a crunchy texture.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes
Estimated time of baking: 20 minutes
Yield: 10 muffins

Ingredients:
Banana Mixture:
4 medium overripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Flour Mixture:
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Crumb Mixture:
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon flour

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon until well blended.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together the bananas, white sugar, vanilla, and egg until well blended.
3. Combine the banana mixture with the flour mixture until just blended or sticky. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, and sugar until it they form small crumbs.
2. In a muffin pan lined with muffin cups, spoon the banana-flour batter until almost full.
3. Sprinkle the crumbs on top then bake in preheated oven over 350 Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.
4. Let it cool for 5 minutes before serving.