Butternut or Marrow Muffins

Nice sweet muffins, to compliment a savoury meal...

Serves: 10 to 12 Muffins

Preparation time: 15 Minutes

Cooking time: 15-20 Minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 Free-range eggs
• 250ml Plain yoghurt or buttermilk
• 375ml Sunflower oil
• 200g Sugar _ i would use less next time
• 1 t Gound cinnamon
• 240g Flour
• 2 t Baking powder
• 125g Butternut or baby marrow, grated

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Mix the eggs, yoghurt or buttermilk, oil, sugar and cinnamon together in a mixing bowl.
3. Gently fold in the flour, baking powder and grated butternut or baby marrows.
4. Take care not to overmix.
5. Let the batter rest at room temperature for 30 minutes before spooning into a greased muffin tray.
6. Bake at 180°C for 15 to 20 minutes.

**Tips**

*  For something a bit fancier, use a patterned punch to make decorative holes in pieces of wax paper and use them to line the muffin tray.

Credit: https://taste.co.za/      (Abigail  Donnelly)