Raisin muffins recipe

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  • healthy
Makes12
SkillEasy
Preparation Time5 mins
Cooking Time25 mins
Total Time30 mins
Cost RangeCheap
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories202 Kcal10%
Sugar15.1 g17%
Fat6.2 g9%
Saturated Fat1 g5%
Salt0.2 gRow 4 - Cell 2
Protein4.6 g9%
Carbohydrates32.1 g12%
Salt0.2 gRow 7 - Cell 2

It takes just a handful of ingredients to make these extra moist raisin muffins.

Whip up a batch of these mouthwatering recipes in just 30 minutes. The raisins add a burst of sweetness to each mouthful. Serve warm with a cuppa. This recipe uses caster sugar, but this could be easily swapped for brown sugar instead for an extra deeper flavour.

Ingredients

  • 300g (10½ oz) self-raising flour
  • 60ml (4tbsp) sunflower oil
  • 100g (3½ oz) caster sugar
  • 225ml (8fl oz) milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g (3½ oz) raisins or luxury mixed dried fruit (such as blueberries, cherries and cranberries)
  • Icing sugar, for dusting

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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4).
  2. Line 12 muffin tins with muffin cases. Mix the flour, oil and sugar together in a bowl. Then add the milk, eggs and vanilla extract and stir well.
  3. Add half the dried fruit and fill each muffin case three-quarters full with the mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining fruit and cook for 25 mins or until well risen and firm. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
  4. Serve dusted with icing sugar.

Top tips for making raisin muffins

Don't want all your dried fruit to sink to the bottom of your muffin casing? Before adding them to the mixture, lightly dip the raisins in flour. This will help suspend them in the mixture and prevent them from sinking to the bottom during the baking process.

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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies