Courgette Muffins

Get kids busy in the kitchen with these scrummy courgette muffins, perfect for cooks aged between 8-14

• Cooking Time Prep 35 mins
  Cook 25 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Makes 12

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  272

• Protein

  4g

• Carbs

  35g

• Fat

  14g

• Saturates

  9g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  16g

• Salt

  0.5g

Ingredients

• 50g courgettes, cut into chunks
• 1 apple, peeled and quartered
• 1 orange, halved
• 1 egg
• 75g butter, melted
• 300g self-raising flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 100g golden caster sugar
• handful of sultanas
• 1 tub soft cheese mixed with 3 tbsp icing sugar, to make icing

Directions

1. Brush the muffin tin with oil. Ask your grown-up helper to switch the oven to 190C/ 170C fan/gas 5.
2. Grate the courgettes and put them in a large bowl. Grate the apple and add to the bowl. Squeeze the orange and add the juice to the bowl.
3. Break the egg into a bowl; if any bits of shell get in, scoop them out with a spoon. Stir the butter and egg into the courgette and apple mix.
4. Sieve the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into the bowl. Add the sugar and sultanas.
5. Mix with a spoon until everything is combined, but don't worry if it is lumpy.
6. Spoon the mixture into the tin. Ask your helper to put it in the oven and cook for 20-25 mins. Cool in the tin, then spread some icing on each.

Categories: Cakes & Baking, Family & Kids, Occasions