banana & date

muffins
ingredients
MAKES 12 vegetable
oil cooking spray,
for oiling (if using) method
225 g/8 oz plain 1 Spray a 12-cup muffin pan
flour with vegetable oil cooking spray, or
2 tsp baking powder line it with 12 muffin paper cases.
1
/4 tsp salt
1
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt
/2 tsp allspice and allspice into a mixing bowl.
5 tbsp caster sugar Add the caster sugar and mix
2 large egg whites together.
2 ripe bananas, sliced
55 g/2 oz no-soak
2 In a separate bowl, whisk the
egg whites together. Mash the sliced
dried dates, pitted
bananas in a separate bowl, then add
and chopped them to the egg whites. Add the
4 tbsp dates, then pour in the milk and
skimmed milk 5 maple syrup and stir together gently
tbsp maple to mix. Add the banana and date
syrup
mixture to the flour mixture and then
gently stir serve warm, or place them on a wire
together until rack to cool.
just combined.
Do not overstir
the mixture — it
is fine for it to
be a little lumpy.
3 Divide the
muffin mixture
evenly between
the 12 cups in
the muffin pan
or the paper
cases (they
should be about
two-thirds full).
Bake in a
preheated oven,
2000 C/4000 F,
for 25 minutes
or until risen and
golden. Remove
the muffins from
the oven and