22 Street Lane Nursery - Dish of the Month

July 2021 Dish of the Month Recipe

Apple, Carrot and Maple Syrup Muffins Ingredients: • 75g Self-Raising flour • 150g Plain wholemeal flour • 50g Brown sugar

• 1 ½ tsp Baking powder • ½ tsp Ground cinnamon

• ½ tsp Ground ginger • 125ml Vegetable oil • 60ml Organic honey • 60ml Maple syrup • 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten • ½ tsp Vanilla extract • 1 large apple, peeled, cored and grated • 75g Carrots, peeled and grated • 65g Raisins

Method: 1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C.

2. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a mixing bowl. 3. In a separate bowl, combine the oil, honey, maple syrup, eggs and vanilla extract. 4. Beat lightly with a wire whisk until blended. Add the grated apple, carrots and raisins to the liquid mixture and stir well. 5. Fold in the dry ingredients until it just combines, but don’t over mix or the muffins will become heavy. 6. Line a muffin tray with 12 paper cups and fill until two-thirds full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. You can also make mini muffins which are ideal for children, they will take 15 to 20 minutes to bake. 7. Leave the muffins to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.