Fruity muffins
Ingredients
- olive or canola oil spray
- 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tbs caster sugar
- 1/2 cup bran
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup sultanas
- 1 apple, core removed and diced, skin left on
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
Method
- Preheat oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan forced).
- Lightly spray muffin tins with oil or line with paper cases.
- Sift flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl, returning the husk remaining in the sieve to the bowl.
- Add sugar, bran, oats, sultanas and apple and mix until well combined.
- Place buttermilk, egg and mashed bananas in a bowl and mix with a fork.
- Pour banana mixture into dry ingredients and gently fold together until just combined.
- Spoon into prepared muffin pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes for mini-muffins or 20 minutes for larger muffins until firm and a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack.
Hint
Muffins freeze well in snap-lock bags, but are best eaten on the day they are made.
Variations
- Use currants, dried cranberries or chopped dried apricots instead of sultanas.
- Replace apple with pear to vary the flavour.
- Substitute for buttermilk - add 1 tsp white vinegar to 3/4 cup low-fat milk.
Nutrition Information
| per serve | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 659 kJ | 614 kJ |
| Protein | 4.7 g | 4.3 g |
| Fat, total | 1.7 g | 1.6 g |
| — saturated | 0.5 g | 0.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 29.4 g | 27.3 g |
| — sugars | 12.7 g | 11.8 g |
| Sodium | 294 mg | 273.8 mg |
| Fibre | 3.4 g | 3.2 g |
