Fruity muffins
Easy
12 servings
3.5 serves of fruit
20m preparation
20m cooking
Ingredients
- olive or canola oil spray
- 1½ cups wholemeal flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- ½ cup bran*
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup sultanas
- 1 medium apple, core removed and diced, skin left on
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup)
* Either ‘natural bran’ like wheat germ, or ‘processed bran’ like Allbran© may be used. Alternatively use oat bran or extra oats.
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 until firm (15 minutes for mini muffins or 20 minutes for larger ones). You’ll know they are ready when a knife can be inserted into the centre and comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto a wire rack.
Alternatives
- Instead of buttermilk add 1 teaspoon white vinegar to ¾ cup low-fat milk.
- Replace sultanas with currants, dried cranberries or chopped dried apricots.
- Replace apple with pear to vary the flavour.
Storage Suggestions
- Muffins freeze well in snap-lock bags for up to 3 months, but are best eaten on the day they are made.
Equipment List
- muffin tray
- muffin cases
- large bowl
- sieve
- medium bowl
- fork
- spatula
- spoon
- cooling rack
Acknowledgement
Recipe from LiveLighter® campaign © State of Western Australia [2012] reproduced with permission.
