Apple-icious

Thanks to the lovely GeeGee, I have been making lots of her divine banana muffins which have been scoffed by all who are fortunate enough to sample them. A batch even went to my parents where my nephew turned his adorable 7 year old face to me and told me that "banana is my absolute favourite thing". Needless to say, I didn't crack and give him one! I was especially delighted I didn't share, given that himself & his little sister physically wrapped themselves around my legs yesterday as I was trying to leave the house. Have you ever tried to peel two kids off your ankles while not kicking either of them in the head? It's bloody difficult and I had to think creatively to make it to the car intact...

This morning, I wanted to make more muffins but I was getting a bit banana-ed out, so I decided to substitute them for apples. On a whim, I bought a can of apple slices from Tesco the other day and decided they would do the job.

I followed the recipe as usual

1/2 cup sugar
1 can apple slices - mashed
1 egg - lightly beaten
3oz butter - melted
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix all of these together & add to the following

1.5 cups plain flour - sifted
1 tsp each Bicarbonate of Soda & Baking Powder
1/2 tsp salt

Give it a good mix until everything is well combined & then use an ice cream scoop to fill 12 paper muffin cases (I get mine in Marks & Spencer) in a 12-hole muffin tin. This mix makes exactly 12 muffins.

Bake for 20 minutes at 175/Gas 4 and then cool on a wire rack. They taste the best on the day they're made. And mine are nearly cool enough to scoff... time to put the kettle on!