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chocolate chip sourdough muffins cooling on wire rack.
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Sourdough Chocolate Chip Muffins

An easy to make muffin recipe that uses your discard sourdough starter. Chocolate chips plus a sugar topping make this a crowd-pleasing snack or breakfast!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: sourdough breakfast recipes, sourdough chocolate chip muffins, sourdough muffin recipe
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 241kcal
Author: Katie

Equipment

  • Muffin tin

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil (can substitute melted butter)
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • ½ cup starter
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • sparkling sugar for topping

Instructions

  • Preheat. Preheat oven to 400℉ with the rack in the center. Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
  • Mix. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the vegetable oil, milk, egg, and sourdough starter. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not over mix. The batter will be thick. Add the chocolate chips and gently stir until mixed in.
    dry ingredients in bowl, wet ingredients in bowl, batter mixed together with chocolate chips.
  • Fill. Fill the muffin tin with the batter about ⅔ of the way to the top. Sprinkle with sparkling sugar.
    muffin batter in muffin tin with liners.
  • Bake. Bake in for 18-23 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Finished muffins will have golden tops. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. Serve warm or room temperature. Muffins will stay fresh two days at room temperature or can be frozen up to one month.
    baked muffins in pan and muffins cooling on wire rack.

Notes

To freeze muffins, allow to cool completely, then wrap individually in plastic wrap and place wrapped muffins into a freezer zip-top bag.  Defrost in microwave on DEFROST setting for 90 seconds.
If you can't find sparkling sugar, just top them with regular sugar. 

Nutrition

Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 175mg | Potassium: 68mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 26IU | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg