Boxing Day Muffins
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Prep time: 15 mins, cook time: 25 mins
- Easy
- Makes Muffins
Ingredients
- * 1 Egg
- * 75ml Milk
- * 25g Butter, melted
- * 2 tbsp Irish whiskey, brandy or sherry
- * 125g Christmas pudding
- * 125g plain flour
- * 1 tsp Baking powder
- * 1 tsp Mixed spice
- * 75g caster sugar
* icing sugar, for dusting
- * icing sugar, for dusting
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Line a muffin tin with paper cases.
- STEP 2Whisk the egg in a bowl and add the milk, melted butter, sherry, whisky or brandy and the pieces of Christmas pudding.
- STEP 3Sift the flour, baking powder, mixed spice and sugar together. Make a well in the centre and add the wet ingredients and mix together until a soft lumpy batter forms.
- STEP 4Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake in the oven. 20-25 minutes for large muffins, 15-20 minutes for cupcake size and 10-15 minutes for mini muffins.
- STEP 5Allow to cool on a wire rack and dust with icing sugar before serving.
- STEP 6Alternatively pipe a little buttercream on the top.
- STEP 7Makes 12 large or 24 medium muffins.