Mmm.....Muffins

We seem to have been inadvertently stockpiling blueberries recently. You know the thing, the 2 for 1 label calls out at you in the supermarket and you know the little one loves blueberries in her lunchbox, but you end up having two thirds of a punnet sitting in the fridge quietly going soft. Well not this week! I decided to get to work using up those little bursting berries of loveliness and stumbled upon a low fat recipe for blueberry and apple muffins. The only fat comes from fat contained within the egg yolk ( I would have thought they would probably work just as well by only using egg whites, making them fat-free!) Anyway, after a blissful hour baking, here are the results:-

and here is the recipe......

Ingredients

250ml skimmed milk

250g caster sugar

2 medium eggs

1tsp vanilla essence

350g plain flour

4 tsp baking powder

200g blueberries

2 medium apples peeled cored and chopped

zest of one lemon, grated

preheat the oven to gas mark 6 or 180*c and then line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cases.

mix the eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla extract in one bowl and set aside.

In another bowl sift the flour and baking powder then add the blueberries, lemon zest and chopped apples and mix well. Make a well in the centre and then gently fold in the wet ingredients. Spoon into the muffin cases filling each one almost to the top. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. Enjoy with a steaming hot cup of tea! Alternatively these would make a great low fat breakfast option......enjoy!