Spiced Christmas muffins
Made with yoghurt, these spiced muffins are moist and offer a taste of Christmas with flavours of cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange. Recipe and image courtesy of Yeo Valley, yeovalley.co.uk
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Total: 30 mins
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 250g Plain flour
- 100g Caster sugar
- 2½ tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp Ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- 2 Oranges (zest and juice)
- 200ml Yeo Valley Organic natural yoghurt
- 75ml Vegetable oil
- 1 Egg (beaten)
- 175g Dried cranberries
- Icing sugar (optional)
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 170°C/150°C fan/gas mark 3 and line a muffin tin with 12 cases.
Step 2
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, spices and orange zest. In another bowl, combine all the wet ingredients and stir into the dry mix.
Step 3
Add the cranberries and divide into the paper cases. Bake for about 20 minutes then leave to cool. Dust with icing sugar, if liked.
