My Chocolate Chip Cappuccino Muffins Just like MH

So I have been working at this local major hospital for 26 years and its cafeteria has the BEST chocolate chip cappuccino  muffins in the world. I have tried asking the personnel there for recipe but all they say is they get a ready made batter from some company and they just bake it there.  I have tried so many times to copy the taste of those muffins, I have posted some recipes in past too, but by God I finally succeeded, this one is the closest of all.  Now they just have the muffins without icing but I also did some variation to put the cream cheese cappuccino spread, but I love the plain version the best.  Here is the recipe. Enjoy !

Ingredients: 

• 1/4 cup of unsalted butter melted
• 3/4 cup of oil
• 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
• 1 cup of brown sugar packed
• 2 large eggs at room temp
• 2 teaspoon of real vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of Kahlua liquor * optional
  
• 1 cup of AP flour
• 1 cup of Barley flour
• 1/3 cup of ground instant oats
  

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1  tbl spoon of instant coffee granules
• 3/4 teaspoon of sea salt
• 3/4 cup of half and half milk shaken and at room temp (You can use evaporated milk)
  
• 1/4 cup of sour cream
• 6 oz of milk chocolate chips morsels
• Some dark chocolate chips morsels to top if you desire
• Turbinado sugar to sprinkle on top of muffins.

For cream cheese topping:

• 8 oz of cream softened cheese
• 2  tablespoon of sugar or 1/3 tin of condensed milk or to desired sweetness
  
• 1 teaspoon of instant coffee granules
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 tables spoon of corn starch
  
• Some shaved dark chocolate or mini chocolate chips to top the spread.
  

Method: 

• Preheat oven at 375 and place a rack in the top 1/3 of oven at least 6" from the heat source.
• Place the  paper or silicone liner in muffin pan.
• Grease the muffin liners with cooking spray. 
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl or electric mixer mix  together butter, oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee granules, and Kahlua if using it  completely blended together.
• Add sour cream and mix again.
  
• In a medium bowl whisk together flours, ground oats, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon,  and sea salt.
• Now alternate adding flour mixture and half and half in to the butter mixture in two batches ending with half and half.
• Stir until barely combined and you will see streaks of flour.
  

• Fold in milk chocolate chips, reserving the dark chocolate chips for topping of the muffins.
• Scoop 1/4 cup of batter into the greased muffin liners and fill until barely 3/4 full.
• Let the batter sit in muffin pan for 15 - 20 min before putting them in oven, this helps them get a rise in the batter.
• Sprinkle the turbinado sugar on each muffin and top with dark chocolate chips if desired.
• Bake in preheated oven at 375 F for 18 min or until toothpick comes out clean.
• This recipe makes about 19 muffins but bake one tin at a time.
• Let the muffins cool  in tin for about 10 min then carefully take the liners out and set them on cooling rack.
• Once completely cool you can frost them with following spread but this is optional step.
  

Method to make the spread:

• Mix softened cream cheese, sugar,   (I had some left over condensed milk so I used that instead of sugar) corn starch and vanilla.
• Spread the toppings on each muffin and top with shaved chocolate or mini chocolate chips.
• If you desire you can fold mini chocolate chips in this frosting. 
• You can even omit the spread and just have the muffin plain.

 Enjoy !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Recipe and Photographs by Surekha.