Speckled Chocolate Muffins

Makes 15 (cupcake size)

Ingredients
50g rolled oats
275ml milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
250g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
110g caster sugar
150g plain chocolate, coarsely grated
1 egg, lightly beaten
100g butter melted

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 200c/400f. Line muffin tray with paper muffin cases.
2. Put oats in a bowl and pour over the milk and vanilla extract. Stir, then leave to soak while you prepare remaining ingredients
3. Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Stir in the chocolate. Stir the egg and melted butter in to the soaked oat mixture. Add the oat mixture all at once to the dry ingredients and mix briefly until just combined.
4. Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin cases. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until risen and golden. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.  

Tips: Use a mixture of plain, white and milk chocolate for a marbled effect.

Taken from Muffins Galore