Sift flour into a bowl and stir in sugar. Whisk together eggs, milk and butter. Pour into dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.

Add ingredients for preferred variation. Spoon the mixture into 12 buttered 1/2 cup capacity muffin pans and bake at 200degC for 20 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan and cool slightly on a wire rack. Ice with best ever frosting if desired, or serve warm with butter.

Best Ever Frosting

250g Australian cream cheese, softened
60g Australian butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Beat cream cheese and butter until light and creamy. Add icing sugar and lemon juice beating well until incorporated. Ice each muffin with frosting.

Handy Hints

Muffins are best eaten the day they are made. Muffins can be frozen in airtight containers for up to 3 months.

Muffins can be baked in mini muffin pans (1 tablespoon) for 10-15 minutes or in Texas muffin pans (1 cup) for 20-25 minutes. Mixture makes 48 mini muffins or 6 Texas Muffins

Alternatively spread muffin mixture into a lamington pan and bake at for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through.

Food 4 Life: Friday, 11th May 2007

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