Muffins and Tea

Good morning sunshine. Oh how you thaw me out and warm me up! How can it not be a good morning with buttercup yellow crockery (a delightful find last week at the Op Shop), the sun to bask in and tea with muffins.  A small one for wee Jasper and a bigger one for the not so wee Mumma. I returned a moment after setting these down to find the big one had disappeared and shortly after the little one had too or should I say two. I found Jasper with one in each hand with a bite out of each looking very content. 

Chocolate and Date Muffins (courtesy of the Trident dates packet)

INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup dates chopped

3/4 cup of boiling water

100g soft margerine

1/2 cup of castor sugar

2 tbsp either pecans or almonds, chopped

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp carb soda in 1/4 milk

1 3/4 cups of Self Raising Flour

1/2 cup chocolate chips

METHOD

Pour boiling water over dates in mixing bowl. Add margerine in small quantities and stir until it melts (or warm for 30 secs in microwave). Add sugar, nuts, egg, vanilla, soda and milk, mix well. Add flour and stir in quickly with chocolate chips. Bake in moderate oven 210C for 18-20 mins.

Enjoy – makes 12 muffins

Cheers to Trident – these are mighty nice especially not long out of the oven.

Amanda