• 250 g of grated apple (leave the skin on)
• 1 cup plain yoghurt
• ¼ vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• ¾ c white or brown sugar
• 1 c each of white and wholemeal flours
• ½ c chopped walnuts
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt

Preheat the oven to 190C. Place the apple, yoghurt, oil and egg in a large bowl and mix to combine. Fold in the dry ingredients. (Don’t over mix or the muffins will be tough).

Put spoonfuls of the mixture into greased muffin pans and bake for about 12 minutes.

• 100 g butter
• ½ c sugar
• 1 tbsp golden syrup
• 1 tbsp milk
• 2 c flour
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• ½ c finely chopped dried apricots

Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large saucepan. Remove from the heat, cool and add in the milk, apricots and sifted dry ingredients. Mix well and roll into balls. Place on an oven tray and flatten with a fork. Bake at 180C for about 15-20 minutes or until golden.