Banana & Sultana Muffins

Ingredients

• 150g light margarine, melted for 20 secs in microwave
• ¾ cup caster sugar (aka superfine sugar)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla essence
• 3 bananas, over ripe,mashed
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. bi-carb soda
• ½ cup hot milk
• 2 cups plain flour, sifted (with the baking powder)
• ¼ cup sultanas

Method

1. 1Preheat oven to 200C (400F).
2. 2Set up your muffin tin and line with 12 muffin patty cups.
3. 3In a mixer place melted margarine and sugar and mix well on med speed for approx 5 mins. Add vanilla essence.
4. 4Turn speed down to low, add eggs one at a time until incorporated.
5. 5Stop mixing and with a spoon mix in mashed banana carefully.
6. 6Heat milk (in a large cup) in microwave for 30 sec so it is hot and add the baking(bi-carb) soda, it will foam.
7. 7Now add to the banana mixture, gently.
8. 8Sift in flour and baking powder together into the mixture, not all at once, in thirds.
9. 9Now gently add the sultanas, mix in with a wooden spoon.
10. 10Divide mixture into 12 patty pans and sprinkle some additional sultanas on top, optional.
11. 11Bake at 200°C for 20-25mins, testing with a skewer in centre that no mixture sticks to skewer.