Apple muffins

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Ingredients

• 2 cups self raising flour (for Gluten-free see notes below)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 1/3 cup (80mL) olive or vegetable oil
• 1 cup low fat natural yoghurt
• 2 eggs
• 1 red apple, grated
• ½ cup pecans, chopped (or walnuts or almonds)
• ½ cup dates, chopped

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C and place paper cases in muffin tray (12 large or 18 cupcake size).

Sift flour and cinnamon into large mixing bowl, add caster sugar.

In a glass jug, measure out oil (to 1/3 cup), add yoghurt (to 11/3 cup) and eggs, whisk to combine.

Pour liquid into dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

Stir in apple, pecans and dates.

Spoon mixture into paper cases.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the muffin comes out clean.

Notes:

• If you need to hide the fruit, peel the apple before grating and puree the dates with some hot water to make a paste.
• The pecans add a lovely crunch to these muffins, but omit if you are a nut-free household.
• This is a great way to use up that challenging-tasting natural yoghurt that you bought in a healthy phase, but is now languishing at the back of the fridge!
• Make gluten-free by using gluten-free plain flour (e.g. Orgran) and 3 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder. A smidgeon (about 1/8 teaspoon) of xanthan gum (from health food shops and some supermarkets) gives the ‘gluten-like’ consistency.
• Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot.

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