Brunches Recipes - Healthy Fruit Muffins

Ingredients

• 160 g (1 cup) chopped mixed dried fruits

• 225 g (11/2 cups) whole meal self-raising flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 150 g (1 cup) unprocessed oat bran

• 60 g (1/3 cup) soft brown sugar

• 290 ml (10 fl oz) skim milk

• 1 egg

• 1 tablespoon oil

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/ Gas 4). Grease twelve 125 ml (1/2 cup) muffin holes. Soak the dried fruit in a bowl with 3 tablespoons boiling water for 5 minutes.

2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. returning the husks to the bowl. Stir in the oat bran and sugar and make a well in the centre.

3. Combine the milk. egg and oil in a jug. Add the soaked fruit and milk mixture all at once to the dry ingredients. Fold in gently using a metal spoon. until just combined.

4. Divide evenly among the muffin holes. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool for a few minutes in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack.