Ingredients

• 250 g - plain flour
• 3 tsp - baking powder
• 3 tsp - castor sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 175 ml - milk
• 75 g - butter (melted)
• 1/3 cup - mincemeat
• 12 hole muffin tin
• grated zest of 1 orange
• salt to taste

How to Make Mincemeat Muffins

• Preheat the oven to 200 degree C.
• Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
• Then stir in the sugar and half a teaspoon of salt.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, zest and milk.
• Stir the melted butter into the milk mix, then pour this into the flour.
• Stir with a large metal spoon for a dozen or so strokes, then stop.
• The mixture will be lumpy and not all the flour stirred in.
• Spoon half of the cake mixture into the cases.
• Then add a heaped teaspoon of mincemeat to each.
• Then cover with the rest of the mixture.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until risen and golden.
• Leave to settle for a couple of minutes before removing them from the tin.