Chocolate Ricotta Muffins Food

CHOCOLATE-RICOTTA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 18 cups of a muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray that contains flour.
• Mix flour, sugar, chocolate chips, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Place ricotta cheese in a bowl and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Whisk in milk and vanilla extract until blended.
• Fold cheese mixture and canola oil into flour mixture until just blended. Spoon batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Remove muffins from the pan immediately and let cool on a wire rack.

RICOTTA, WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP, AND WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Coat muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• In a small bowl, blend flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• In a large bowl, whisk ricotta, canola oil, egg, sugar, vanilla and 2 tablespoons water until blended. Add flour mixture and stir until combined. Add chocolate chips and walnuts to mixture and stir until just combined.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE RICOTTA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Lightly spray 12 standard-sized (2 1/2-inch-diameter) muffin cups with nonstick spray.
• Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, cocoa, and sugar in a medium-sized bowl.
• Place the ricotta in a second medium-sized bowl, and add the eggs one at a time, beating well with a medium-sized whisk after each addition.
• Add the milk and vanilla, and whisk until thoroughly blended.
• Pour the ricotta mixture, along with the melted butter, into the dry ingredients.
• Using a spoon or a rubber spatula, stir from the bottom of the bowl until the dry ingredients are all moistened.
• Fold in the chips, but don't overmix; a few lumps are okay.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• For smaller muffins, fill the cups about 4/5 of the way.
• For larger muffins, fill them even with the top of the pan.
• If you have extra batter, spray one or two additional muffin cups with nonstick spray and put in as much batter as you have.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for to 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned on top, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove the pan from the oven, then remove the muffins from the pan and place them on a rack to cool.
• Wait at least 30 minutes before serving.

BANANA RICOTTA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400F. Grease and prepare a 12 muffin tin.
• Mix the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
• Whisk the canola oil, eggs, milk and vanilla extract together in a medium sized bowl. Gently mix in the ricotta and mashed banana.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in three additions, mixing until just combined. Don't over mix the batter.
• Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Divide the batter evenly between the 12 muffin tins.
• Put the tray in the oven and immediately decrease the temperature to 375F. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.