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  • 225 g (9oz) plain flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder (not needed if you use SR flour)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 100g (4oz) caster sugar
  • 60g (2oz) butter
  • 225ml semi-skimmed milk
  • 110g (4oz) apple - peeled, cored and chopped. (2 medium apples)

*You could also add other fruits such as sultanas, apricots maybe choc chips for more taste! :)

  • *You could also add other fruits such as sultanas, apricots maybe choc chips for more taste! :)
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    Method

    • step 1

      Preheat oven to 180C/gas mark 6.
    • step 2

      Grease 12-cup muffin tin or line tin with muffin cups.
    • step 3

      Cream together the sugar and butter.
    • step 4

      Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into the mixture alternately with the milk.
    • step 5

      Fold in the fruit and spoon into muffin cases.
    • step 6

      Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.
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    A star rating of 3.6 out of 5.6 ratings

    dkbrooks8902069

    3 tsp baling soda was way too much. They are barely edible

    tori_enigma

    tip

    Chop the apple up small or put less in. I put 2 medium size in and although they taste amazing, they don’t hold their shape when trying to eat and crumble apart.

    tori_enigma

    I always make with plain flour and I agree they don’t hold very well so I tried with SR flour in my last batch and kept apples small with a little more butter too and they’ve held brilliantly. More like cake consistency. About to make again now so we’ll see if works again. 🤞

    CarmelBe

    I used margarine instead of butter and they were still yummy.

    kimmibobsaXS3vMFy

    question

    Would this still work if I used full-fat milk and threw some prunes in?

    tori_enigma

    I don’t know about the milk but yes to prunes, I add whatever I have in the cupboard. Do the apples small otherwise they don’t stick together very well. Super tasty though.

    trina85

    A star rating of 4 out of 5.

    This is a good basic recipe that can easily be altered to suit, they rose pretty well and weren't too stodgy. I made with my 4 yeAr old she is allergic to dairy as well as egg so used half coconut oil and half vitalite instead of butter and oat milk for milk. Also used 100g each of wholemeal and…

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