Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt (fine sea salt preferred)
  • 2 large Eggs (lightly whisked)
  • 1 cup Full-Fat Cottage Cheese
  • 1/2 cup Milk (Whole or 2%, room temperature)
  • 1/4 cup Melted Unsalted Butter (cooled slightly)
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (pure extract)
  • 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (plus 1 Tbsp for sprinkling)

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease thoroughly.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined. Create a small well in the centre.
  3. In a separate medium bowl, whisk the cottage cheese, eggs, milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract until the cottage cheese is mostly broken down.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the well of the dry ingredients. Fold gently with a spatula until just combined. Stop mixing as soon as no streaks of dry flour remain; lumps are okay.
  5. Gently fold in 1 cup of the chocolate chips.
  6. Divide batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups, filling each about ¾ full. Sprinkle the reserved 1 Tbsp of chocolate chips over the tops of the batter.
  7. Bake for 5 minutes at 400°F (200°C). Then, reduce the oven temperature to 375°F (190°C) without opening the door, and continue baking for another 15–19 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  8. Let the muffins cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.