Apple, Pear & Date Muffins

Apple, Pear & Date Muffins

Ingredients

Serves 10:

Knob of plant butter + 12.5g Kwerky (for butter whip)
250g self raising flour
2g baking powder
1g bicarbonate soda
1g salt
90g caster sugar
120g medium eggs
12.5g Kwerky + !25ml cold water (for muffin batter)
90g dates
1g cinnamon
1g nutmeg
100g granny smith apples
100g pears
30g demerara sugar

Method

  1.   Pre-heat the oven to 170°C.
  2.   Peel and dice the apples and pears into 1½ cm pieces and place in a baking tray. Sprinkle the light brown sugar on top and roast it at 170°C for 25 minutes. Reserve.
    Melt in a pan or microwave; 12.5g Kwerky with 125ml water and a knob of plant-based butter)
  3.   Chop and soak the dates in warm water.
  4.   In a mixer with the paddle Attachment, whip the butter with caster sugar.
  5.   Drain the dates and add to the butter and sugar mix.
  6.   Add eggs and Kwerky milk, then mix well.
  7.   Sieve the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate and salt together. Fold into the mix.
  8.   Pipe 70g of the muffin mix into Muffin cases. Place a full spoon of the roasted apples and pears on top.
  9.  Bake it at 170°C for about 20 minutes.
Apple, Pear & Date Muffins