chocolate chunk muffins, with their tall shape, “fancy” parchment liners, and glistening sugared tops, will look like they came from your favorite bakery. Their richness and intense buttery flavor come from adding nutty browned butter to the batter. Like most muffins, they are made using a mixing method called the “muffin method”: combining the wet ingredients and then folding in the dry ingredients. This means you can simply stir these muffins together—no stand mixer needed. Gently folding in the dry ingredients prevents overmixing and limits gluten formation, keeping the muffins tender. Instead of chocolate chips, irregularly sized chocolate chunks
