Comfort In A Muffin - Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 175 g self-raising flour
• 50 g quick-cooking oats (no substitute)
• 140 g light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg, beaten
• 150 ml buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 175 g stoned prunes, chopped
• 85 g pecan nuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 200c (fan forced 180c).
• 2 butter 6-8 muffin tins or line them with muffin cases.
• 3 put the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon and bicarb in a large bowl, and then rub everything through your fingers, as if making pastry, to ensure the ingredients are evenly blended.
• 4 beat the egg, and then stir in the buttermilk, vanilla and oil.
• 5 lightly stir the egg mixture into the flour.
• 6 fold the prunes and the pecan nuts into the mixture.
• 7 divide between the tins, filling the cases to the brim, then bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and golden.
• 8 serve warm or cold.