Coconut and Blueberry Muffins

It's pretty safe to say I love nuts, I could eat them all day and coconut is no exception so I have taken it upon myself to cook with it as much as I can haha...firstly was the chickpea and spinach coconut curry with coconut rice a little while ago and I'm following on with a sweet coconut recipe...Coconut and Blueberry Muffins :) I enjoy a good muffin but these are amazing...moist, soft, flavoursome! I wanted to find a way of making sure I captured a good coconut flavour so I actually use both dessicated coconut and coconut cream in the recipe and it works brilliantly. These muffins are so easy to make and taste wonderful. I've already received comments on my Facebook page from people who have made them saying how good they taste :))

Coconut and blueberry muffins

300g self-raising flour

150g caster sugar

40g  desiccated coconut

100ml oil

125ml coconut cream

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs, lightly whisked

100g blueberries

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a muffin tin with muffin cases.

Combine the flour, sugar and coconut and salt in a bowl. Add the blueberries and stir through.

Add the oil, coconut cream and egg to a jug and whisk until slightly frothy. 

Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients and gently fold until just combined, no more than 10 stirs. 

Spoon into the muffin cases.

Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centres comes out clean. Allow to cool

Apple Spiced Muffins

We were meeting up with a friend this week and i obviously had to make a little something haha so I made my famous Apple Spiced Muffins! These are not like shop bought muffins...these are proper muffins, soft moist and delectable! The secret is not to over mix the batter mixture, once you've added all the ingredients, don't fold the ingredients more than 10 times, don't worry if its not all incorporated it will be fine :))

Best Apple Spiced Muffins

200g plain flour
50g caster sugar
100g soft brown sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tsp cinnamon
90ml milk
80ml vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large apples - peeled, cored and chopped
Demerara sugar to sprinkle on top

Preheat oven to 200 C/ 180 c and add paper cases to a muffin tray.
Measure out the flour, sugars, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Add the apples and mix in to coat well with the flour mixture.
Add the milk, oil, egg and vanilla extract to a jug and mix until well incorporated and a little frothy
Pour the milk mixture in with the flour mixture and fold in until just combined...no more than 10 times. This is the secret to good muffins (mixture will still be a little lumpy).
Spoon the mixture in to the muffin cups. Add a sprinkle of Demerara sugar on top of each one.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown on top, and enjoy!