Michelle Darmody's Traditional Apple Muffins

Name: Michelle Darmody's Traditional Apple Muffins
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 120ml light olive oil; 60ml apple juice; 180g light muscovado sugar; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 small banana, mashed; 210g grated cooking apples or crab apples; 220g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 3 tsp powdered cinnamon; ½ tsp mixed cake spice; ½ tsp powdered nutmeg; 20g butter, melted; 80g granulated sugar; 4 tbsp stewed apple, cooking or crab

Recipe by: Michelle Darmody

You can use native crab apples to make this recipe, or cooking apples also work very well. Both have a lovely tartness that offsets the sweet cinnamon crust. The muffins are the ultimate taste of autumn and the perfect celebration of the noble apple.