Bran, bacon and cinnamon muffins

Ingredients

• 25 g/1 oz bran
• 125 ml/4 fl oz milk
• 100 g/3½ oz self-raising flour
• 100 g/3½ oz wholemeal flour
• 2 tsp fine demerara sugar
• pinch baking powder
• 75 g/3 oz smoked bacon lardons, cooked until browned
• 1 lemon, zest only
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3 tbsp clear honey
• 75 g/3 oz butter
• 1 free-range egg
• 100 ml/3½ fl oz plain yoghurt
• extra butter, to serve

Preparation: Less than 30 mins
Cooking: 10 to 30 mins
Makes: 12

Method:

• Soak the bran in the milk for five minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
• Sift the flours, sugar and baking powder into a bowl. Add the bacon, lemon zest and cinnamon.
• Heat the honey and melt the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat. Off the heat, beat in the egg, yoghurt and bran with its milk.
• Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients in the bowl.
• Spoon the batter into muffin cases and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Serve with butter.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk

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