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Recipe Ingredient
- 1 apple, coarsely chopped
- 3½ tbsp lemon juice
- 150g castor sugar
- 150g butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 100ml apple juice
- 225g self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 75g raisins
Instructions
- Place chopped apple, raisins, lemon juice and sugar in a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Allow to simmer, stirring for 5-6 minutes or until the sugar dissolves and the apple has softened. Set aside to cool.
- Line patty tins with paper cupcake cases and preheat oven to 190°C.
- Sift self-raising flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda onto a piece of greaseproof paper. Set aside.
- Beat butter in the bowl of an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time and add the vanilla essence. (Should the mixture curdle, add a handful of sifted flour to mix.)
- Fold in the apple mixture and lastly add in the flour. Stir in apple juice to mix.
- Fill the paper cups with the muffin mixture and bake for 25-30 minutes or until muffins spring back when lightly touched.