Chocolate Chip Muffins

(For the Mummy who makes the best Chocolate Chip Muffins!)

INGREDIENTS
250 g butter
190 g caster sugar
4-5 eggs
250 g strong bread flour
20 g baking powder
60 ml milk
100 g chocolate chips
150 g drinking chocolate
20 squares of dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids

METHOD
1. In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with a wooden
spoon until white and fluffy.
2. Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well with each addition, and
whisk together for 5 minutes.
3. Sift the flour and baking powder, add to the butter mixture and fold
together until well-blended.
4. Add in the milk and the drinking chocolate and mix for 1 minute. Fold in
the chocolate chips.
5. Refrigerate the mixture for 2 hours.
6. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6.
7. Line muffin trays with paper cases, making 20 muffin cases in all.
8. Place a teaspoon of the muffin mixture in each case. Top each case with
a square of chocolate, then add another teaspoon and a half of the muffin
mixture on top.
9. Bake the muffins for 15-20 minutes until cooked through and risen.
Remove and serve warm from the oven.
Recipe by Paul Hollywood