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Freeze-ahead muffins

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Get ahead with lunch-box snacks and whip up a batch of these pumpkin and blueberry muffins. Once cooled, you can freeze them for up to 3 months.

  • Serves12
  • Cook time30 minutes
  • Prep time5 minutes
Muffins served on a cooling tray and on a small serving plate

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (300g) self-raising flour
  • 3/4 cup (165g) brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated Kent pumpkin
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 150g fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1 Coles Australian Free Range Egg
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) vegetable oil or canola oil
  • 3/4 cup (185ml) buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup (65g) toasted muesli
  • Blueberries, extra, to sprinkle

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 12-hole, 1/3-cup (80ml) muffin pan with paper cases.

  2. Step 2

    Combine the flour, sugar, pumpkin, cinnamon and blueberries in a large bowl. Whisk the egg, oil and buttermilk in a jug. Add the egg mixture to the pumpkin mixture in the bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined (don’t overmix).

  3. Step 3

    Divide mixture among the paper cases. Sprinkle with the muesli and extra blueberries. Bake for 25-30 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centres comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature.

    Freeze-ahead muffins

    Freeze-ahead muffins
    • Serves12
    • Cook time30 minutes
    • Prep time5 minutes
    Ingredients
    • 2 cups (300g) self-raising flour
    • 3/4 cup (165g) brown sugar
    • 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated Kent pumpkin
    • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
    • 150g fresh or frozen blueberries
    • 1 Coles Australian Free Range Egg
    • 1/2 cup (125ml) vegetable oil or canola oil
    • 3/4 cup (185ml) buttermilk
    • 1/2 cup (65g) toasted muesli
    • Blueberries, extra, to sprinkle
      Description

      Get ahead with lunch-box snacks and whip up a batch of these pumpkin and blueberry muffins. Once cooled, you can freeze them for up to 3 months.

      Method

      1. Step 1

        Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 12-hole, 1/3-cup (80ml) muffin pan with paper cases.

      2. Step 2

        Combine the flour, sugar, pumpkin, cinnamon and blueberries in a large bowl. Whisk the egg, oil and buttermilk in a jug. Add the egg mixture to the pumpkin mixture in the bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined (don’t overmix).

      3. Step 3

        Divide mixture among the paper cases. Sprinkle with the muesli and extra blueberries. Bake for 25-30 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centres comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature.