Dairy Free Apple Muffins

I’ve had the recipe leaflet for Dairy Free Apple Muffins from Countdown supermarket stuck to the freezer for ages and keep thinking I should make them one day. One day finally happened ……. and now this recipe is filed in the ‘I should make these again one day’ section as they’re pretty good muffins. The …

Banana & Chocolate Bran Muffins

I haven’t baked in a while (like a couple of weeks) and it is shows.  I got my muffin mixture all spooned out into the muffin papers and ready for the oven when I noticed my bowl of soaked sultanas was still on the bench. Oh well, my Sultana, Banana & Chocolate Bran Muffins just …

Mango Muffins with Coconut & Chai

Last year, the Anster offered to rebuild my pantry as my birthday present.  It was a great idea as my current pantry was a mix-match of shelves at different heights.  It worked much better than the previous version which involved banana boxes stacked one upon the other.  I was forever stacking and re-stacking boxes when the …

Winter woes + delicious apple shortcake

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsWinter is not my favourite season when the weather is wet and cold but when the sky is blue, the air is crisp and the sun gently warms as it delivers a dose of Vitamin D, I can’t complain.  In fact, I get a little antsy sitting inside…… I need to be out in the garden …

Searching for the ultimate bran muffin: Home Style Bran Muffins

My mum made the best bran muffins I have ever tasted – moist muffins with plump raisins, utterly …… well I was going to describe them as unctuous as unctuous goes so well with utterly but I thought I should make sure the word meant what I thought it meant. Turns out not…. the muffins …

Food Foraging: Apple & Caramel Muffins

Food Foraging As mentioned before, anytime we travel to another town or city in New Zealand I have a strong urge to visit the supermarkets, markets and specialist food shops to search out new and interesting products.  As we hadn’t been away for a while, I decided to mooch around our local food establishments and …

Easter baking: Hot Cross Muffins

Hot Cross Muffins These muffins have all the flavour of hot cross buns without the effort of rising & kneading the dough (and without the waiting for the buns to be ready).  Cinnamon, mixed spice & ground cloves add plenty of spice.  I have used currants but you can use raisins or sultanas or even …

Apple & Cranberry Muffins with Toasted Seedy Sprinkle

Muffins are super easy to whip up in about 10 minutes.  Bang them in the oven and you have a tasty treat for morning or afternoon tea.  Muffins are great lunch box fillers for school and are robust enough to withstand a few knocks (unlike cupcakes which get frosting/icing smooshed against everything else in the …

Apple Banana Chocolate Muffins aka ABC Muffins

ABC Muffins One of the very first cookbooks I bought for myself was the big & bright red ‘Best of Alison Holst’.  The book has faded to a dull pink and looks like a visit to the book doctor is in order for some binding support.  Everything is a bit loose and saggy from regular use. There are recipes …

Too many top muffins…..

….maketh a muffin top I have lost count of just how many batches of muffins have been processed through the kitchen in the last few weeks.   I know I sampled enough to create a little muffin top of my own.  Bran muffins are quite healthy but even healthy muffins need to be eaten in moderation.  …