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Date Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups roughly chopped pitted dates
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 tsp bicarb soda
  • 100 g softened butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs – room temperature
  • ¼ tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cup self-raising flour

Butterscotch icing

  • 1/4 cup butterscotch/toffee sauce
  • 125 g softened cream cheese

Instructions

  • Pre heat oven to 175c and prepare your pans. Grease your muffin pans, or line with cases.
  • Pit your dates and roughly chop them, measure out 1 1/2 cups after chopping.
  • Place you dates, water and bicarb soda in a food processor. Make sure all the dates are covered. Leave to steep for 10 minutes.
  • While waiting for the dates, beat sugar and butter in a mixer on a medium speed until thick and creamy.
  • Process date mixture and add to the butter and sugar. Beat till the dates are mixed through.
  • Add in eggs and mix till incorporated.
  • Add in flour and beat until just combined.
  • Pour mixture into muffin pans, approx 1/3 cup or until they almost reach the top. Place in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Your muffins will be ready when a skewer pierced through comes out clean.
  • Leave to cool completely in the muffin pan then remove. Serve as is or top with cream cheese butterscotch icing.

Butterscotch icing

  • Beat cream cheese until smooth and creamy.
  • Add in butterscotch sauce and mix through.
  • Top muffins with cream cheese and enjoy!