Pumpkin Muffin for Halloween Feast

Kids will love to help making pumpkin muffins for Halloween
Preparation Time: 25 mins
Cooking Time: 12-15 mins
Serves: 14

Ingredients:

• 115g butter or margarine
• 175g brown sugar
• 115g golden syrup/honey
• 225g cooked and mashed pumpkin/squash
• 1 egg, beaten
• 200g plain flour, sieved
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp grated nutmeg
• 50g currants/raisins

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 200C and place 14 paper cases in a muffin tray.
2. In a large bowl cream the butter until soft. Add the sugar and golden syrup and beat until light and fluffy.
3. Stir in the beaten eggs and pumpkin until well mixed. Sift over the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Lightly fold these ingredients into the mixture.
4. Stir in the currants or raisins and spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin cases. The cases
   should each be about two thirds full of the mixture.
5. Bake in the centre of the oven for 12-15 minutes.

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