Spiced Apple Muffins
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About the bake
These are easy midweek baking, making good use of delicious eating apples. Add a pinch of black pepper for a more grown up flavour to tingle the palate.
Ingredients
For the Batter
- 250gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 150gUnsalted butter (softened)
- 3Apples (peeled & sliced)
- 400gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour
- 2 tspBaking powder
- PinchSalt
- 2Free range medium eggs
- 100mlWhole milk
- 100mlSunflower oil
- 1 tbspUnrefined golden caster sugar (for sprinkling, we use billington's)
- 1 tspGround cinnamon (for sprinkling)
- 2 tspGround cinnamon
Method
Step 1
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.
Step 2
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.
Step 3
Mix together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cinnamon. Rub in the remaining butter.
Step 4
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.
Step 5
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.
If you like the flavour of apple in your bakes. Try making our mini apple cheesecakes. They're divine!