Spiced Apple Muffin

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

These are easy midweek baking, making good use of our delicious eating apples. Add a pinch of black pepper for a more grown up flavour to tingle the palate. TOP TIP: Apples softened in this way can be added or spooned over other desserts too-pancakes, ice cream or waffles

Preparation Time	20 minutes
Baking Time	25 minutes
Portions	makes 12
Skill Level	Easy
Average Rating

Ingredients

250 grams	Billington's Golden Granulated Sugar
150 grams	Butter Diced softened
3	Apples, eating finely chopped
400 grams	Self Raising Flour
2 tsp	Baking Powder
	Salt pinch
2	Eggs Beaten
100 ml	Milk
100 ml	Sunflower Oil
	Billington's Golden Granulated Sugar For Sprinkling

Method

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Pre heat the oven to 180 C/ 170 C fan/ gas mark 4. Line the muffin tin with muffin papers or grease and flour each hole.
Take a tablespoon each of sugar and butter and melt over medium heat in a small pan. Add the apples and stir over heat for 2 minutes until slightly soft. Remove from heat.
Mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Rub in the remaining butter. make a well in the middle and add the eggs, milk and oil. Stir all together until blended. Stir all together until blended. Stir in the apple.
Spoon the mix into the muffin tin and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a skewer comes our clean when inserted into the middle. Cool on a rack. Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.