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• veronika

  08 November 2007

  veronika rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I absolutely LOVE these! And you know what... they do make you feel good :)

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• rybinkina

  29 November 2007

  rybinkina commented on this recipe

  Everyone loved them!!! Very easy to make:)))

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• andrea

  27 January 2008

  andrea rated and commented on this recipe

  

  really delicious, worked well with walnuts instead of pecans. Hard to believe that something tasting this good was so easy to make

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• iphook

  13 March 2008

  iphook commented on this recipe

  Easy to make, fantastic taste, used fat-free milk + lemon juice as I had no buttermilk.

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• Zoe

  13 March 2008

  Zoe commented on this recipe

  I doubled everything, as I wanted 24, and ended up with 35 (large) muffins.....thank goodness they tasted FAB (and freeze well)

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• Vicky

  20 March 2008

  Vicky rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I stole this recipe off my mother in law (didn't realise she'd taken it from here!) I've made these loads of times and they never fail. They're so big and are perfect country cooking!

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• Margaret

  25 March 2008

  Margaret rated and commented on this recipe

  

  We made these, and they were really nice (particularly the pecans). My OH had been at the prunes, so had to use half prunes & half dried apricots, which worked well. We don't like things too sweet, so I used 70g sugar. They still rose, and were still a bit over-sweet. We'll try with 50g next time.

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• linkevica

  02 April 2008

  linkevica rated and commented on this recipe

  

  my favourite muffins

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• Jo Doyle

  10 April 2008

  Jo Doyle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are absolutely delicious ( I'm eating one as I write! ) Didn't have bicarb so used baking powder and added an extra 1/2 tsp, didn't have buttermilk so used natural yogurt, didn't have prunes but used dates, and used walnuts instead of pecans. The rest of the recipe remained the same!

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• Bwyd Mared

  12 June 2008

  Bwyd Mared rated and commented on this recipe

  

  REALLY tasty muffins!

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• LV20000

  22 August 2008

  LV20000 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Excellent muffins! even though there's almost 500 calories in each one!!!

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• maiyanis

  05 September 2008

  maiyanis rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really good, I used less sugar though, 90g and they were still quite sweet still

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• Clare

  06 September 2008

  Clare commented on this recipe

  I substituted buttermil for skimmed milk, used less sugar (90g) and did an equal mix of prunes, dates and chopped apricots and these muffins still tasted fantastic.

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• sylclift

  12 September 2008

  sylclift commented on this recipe

  I was about to make these muffins for my grandchildren until I sawthe calories in each one .how can that be healthy even as an occational treat that is far too many

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• Truffle

  07 October 2008

  Truffle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very easy to make, tasty and filling. I think I will cut down the sugar levels next time as previously suggested.

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• mzprim

  03 November 2008

  mzprim commented on this recipe

  There seems to be some confusion about the number of calories in these muffins. The analysis say it's 478kc. This does not make sense. The short form for kilo calories is kcal and 1kcal is 1000 calories. I think it should be 478kj which is only 113 calories. sylclift may feel more confident in baking them for the grandchildren if that is the case. Does anyone else agree with this?

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• saiqa

  23 November 2008

  saiqa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Gorgeous, lovely & moist, I used brazils to really up the fat but they are still very healthy & delicious. Will definatly make again. Thank you

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• June

  21 January 2009

  June rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I just love these muffins and make them often. I use Rice Dream instead of buttermilk and I have used natural molasses sugar when I ran out of light muskovado. They are just the best muffins ever!!

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• Jayne

  15 March 2009

  Jayne commented on this recipe

  Wow! These muffins are delicious. Never made muffins before but will definitely be making these again. I couldn't find any buttermilk so I substitued this with plain natural yoghurt. The prunes give just the right amount of sweetness and you can taste just a hint of cinnamon coming through...lovely :-)

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• Alex

  29 March 2009

  Alex commented on this recipe

  I agree that 478kcal is very unlikely for just one of these muffins

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Ingredients

• 175g self-raising flour
• 50g porridge oats
• 140g light muscovado sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg , beaten
• 150ml ¼ pint buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 tbsp sunflower oil
• 175g stoned prunes , chopped
• 85g pecans

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Serves 6 - 8

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Prep 10 mins

Cook 25 mins

Ingredients

• 175g self-raising flour
• 50g porridge oats
• 140g light muscovado sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg , beaten
• 150ml ¼ pint buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 tbsp sunflower oil
• 175g stoned prunes , chopped
• 85g pecans

Per muffin

478 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 66g, fat 22 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 2g, sugar 24g, salt 0.66 g

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