Apple and Cinnamon Muffins

It has been a good few weeks since my last post and I can only apologise. I started back with a really simple recipe, Apple and Cinnamon Muffins!

Ingredients: (makes 16-18 muffins)
2 cups caster sugar
3 cups plain flour
1 cup sunflower oil
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
2-3 large apples, peeled, cored and chopped into bite size pieces
2-3 tbsp of brown sugar (optional for the topping)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line pan with muffin cases.
2. Mix together the oil, eggs, sugar and extract.
3. Add the flour, baking powder and and cinnamon. Mixture will be stiff.
4. Add in the chopped apples and fold the mixture to ensure the apples get to the bottom of your bowl.

 5. Using a tablespoon, fill your cases about 3/4 full. If using, sprinkle the brown sugar on top.
6. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

 

 Recipe can be originally found here. 

These are delicious both warm and cold. They are also really easy to make as it is pretty much just a 'throw everything into the bowl and mix' recipe!

Check out more tasty treats at Sweets for a Saturday!

Pecan and Banana Bread

Whipped up a quick Pecan and Banana Bread when I was stranded at home due to the snow! You can't go wrong with a warm Banana bread and the pecans were just an added bonus.

Ingredients:

125g self raising flour

65g caster sugar

65g light brown sugar

125g butter

2 eggs

2 ripe bananas

50g pecans

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a loaf tin with baking paper or grease with butter.

2. Cream together the sugars and the butter until light and fluffy.

3. Stir in one egg before adding half the flour. Repeat.

4. Mash up the bananas in a seperate bowl before stirring into the cake mixutre.

5. Chop up the pecans into small pieces and fold into the mixture, saving some for the top.

6. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin, before sprinkling on your remaining pecans.

7. Bake for around 30-40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

I'll be back tomorrow with a Christmas related post which I used as a procrastination for revision! So, I'll leave you with a photo of my back garden in the snow...

 

Easy Chocolate Truffles

My flatmate makes these whenever there's a bakesale and they're really tasty and easy to do. I didn't have the recipe to hand, so a quick google led me to 16 digestive biscuits, a can of condensed milk and 6 heaped tablespoons of drinking chocolate. Very easy!


First of all, smash the digestives into crumbs. I put mine in a large bowl and bashed them with the end of a rolling pin.


After the digestives have been crushed, add six heaped tablespoons of drinking chocolate and mix together.


Then, add the whole can of condensed milk and mix thoroughly until you have a sticky mixture. Refridgerate for 10-20 minutes until the mixture keeps it shape when you mould them.



Pour some drinking chocolate in a bowl. Roll the mixture in between your hands until you have a ball shape and then roll in the drinking chocolate powder. Repeat!