Another Chocolate muffin..Ground oats and Wheat Bran

Ground Oats and Wheat Bran Chocolate muffin

 I can't get enough of chocolate. It is my son's favourite flavour and for me ..the second favourite, coffee being my first love. But hey..who cares what the adults love, it is the toddler who rules the roost. So chocolate it is. I keep trying various ways to make it healthy and wholesome. Here is another winner of a recipe.

The recipe took shape out of sheer necessity. My microwave is broken and I had to use the stove to melt chocolate and butter. One thing led to another and I landed up with another luscious recipe to pack for my little one's snacks for school
The recipe makes six decent sized muffins. 

 Ingredients

 

• 50 gms dark chocolate(I use Amul)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp coffee powder
• 2/3 cup cane sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup ground oats(give a quick pulse in the grinder to the quaker oats)
• 1/3 cup Whole wheat
• 2 tsp wheat bran (ordered from Amazon)
• 2 tsp cocoa powder(used Hersheys)
•  1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• chocolate chunks/chips to top

Instructions

1. In a saucepan,heat the milk. When the milk starts boiling, tip in the butter.Once the butter has melted(in a matter of a moment) switch off the gas. Add the chocolate and whisk to a homogenous mixture.Mix the instant coffee granules.
2. Add sugar and mix nicely. The mixture should have cooled by now. If not wait for it cool before you break  in the egg.
3.Break in the egg and give a nice stir to the entire mixture.
4. In a separate bowl,Sieve in the dry ingredients together ie whole wheat flour, ground oats, wheat bran ,cocoa powder,baking powder and baking soda together.
5. Add the dry mix to the chocolate batter in batches and mix gently.

     Scoop out the batter in a greased muffin tray and top it with chocolate chunks. I use chocolate chips generally but when I run out of it ,I conveniently break the amul dark chocolate bars with my rolling pin and use the resulting chocolate chunks.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.