Did I mention that I love to bake? I guess you already know that. But, I especially love to bake when something turns out well beyond expectations.
That happened this weekend on Saturday. I was shocked. I was floored. I was flabbergasted. all after one bite. I closed my eyes and savored the flavor and the texture and for a moment I was an eight year old little girl on Sunday morning all over again.
I didn’t think it would ever happen, but my sister (who also loves to bake) found a recipe for chocolate chip mufffins that recreates the Tim Horton’s chocolate chip muffins. Oh how I loved a chocolate chip muffin from Tim Horton’s with an ice cold milk.
Yummmmm….. (my mouth just watered thinking about it.)
If you don’t know about Tim Horton’s, I’ll have to enlighten you in a separate blog post. Or maybe you can do a google search.
Of course, I drank coffee on Saturday from my Tim Horton’s mug while eating my muffin – anything else could have been considered sacrilegious…
For now, I’m going to share with you the recipe. Because you need it. And frankly, as my sister says, “Muffins are a good excuse to eat cake for breakfast.”
You can make it up to me later. I hope you love them as much as we did. I have plans to make them again soon!
(Saturday morning breakfast is typically accompanied by playing with legos… )
(almost) Tim Horton’s chocolate chip muffins:
Ingredients:
2 C all purpose flour
1/3 C sugar
1/3 C light brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted & cooled
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 C buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 C chocolate chips (semisweet)
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Set pan aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, baking powder and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, stir together melted butter, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla extract until well blended. Make a well in the dry ingredients and gently stir in wet ingredients until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Bake 17 – 20 minutes. Cool before serving.
Note: I usually take either turbanado sugar or decorator sugar crystals and sprinkle a pinch on top of each muffin before baking.
ENJOY!!!
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Can’t wait to try this recipe!! I am wondering, however, in the recipe you don’t state how much butter. It says ” 1/2 unsalted butter”. Is that supposed to read 1/2 cup?
Yes, 1/2 cup of butter. Hope you enjoy them. 🙂
Melody, these were absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing this.
Its one of my favorites! So glad you liked it! 🙂
Is there any way of replacing the buttermilk with milk? I try not to keep buttermilk in the house.
But oh my goodness, either way, I am going to make these. I just moved to the U.S. a year ago and I get homesick specifically for Timmy’s. Muffins, sandwiches, and iced caps especially. Haven’t quite figured out how to make the iced cap, but boy, I sure have become creative since moving. Nanaimo bars, iced cap attempts, bread baking… all the tastes of home that there are just no replacements for down here.
I know just what you mean! Glad you found this recipe to help with the homesickness! 🙂
As far as buttermilk – put a tablespoon of vinegar into a cup of milk that should substitute nicely. Hope you enjoy them – don’t skip the sugar on top – it really makes it perfect!
Fantastic. Great tip which I will remember. Will regular sugar do as a poor substitute on top?
oh, I think so – it just creates a little bit of a nice shiny “crust”
can’t wait to try this !!!
Is the batter supposed to be so thick? Because it’s
Yes- its pretty thick, if i remember correctly. Havent made them in a while. I suppose you could add a few tablespoons of buttermilk to loosen up the batter…
Have a batch cooking now can’t wait to try them!
Yum! Still my favorite!!!
These are our new favorite muffin. I use vanilla yogurt instead of buttermilk, and they come out great every time!
I’m so glad you love them like we do!
They are perfect they do taste like Tim’s excellent I will make them all the time
They are just right, aren’t they?! So glad you liked them!
Made these muffins for the first time today😃
Yes, the batter was thick but workable. I did mix semi- sweet & dark chocolate chips plus topped them off with a sprinkle of turbinado sugar and the result is delicious!
Thank you for sharing your recipe!