Prune muffin

I made some prune muffins some days back as my son was constipated. Oh, the wonderful things of parenthood! I was quite skeptical about the recipe at first but it turned out wonderful! I substituted part of the canola oil with yogurt. The end product was very moist, definitely a keeper!

To make these muffins, you'd need:

1 cup prunes
1 cup sugar (I used 3/4 cup)
3 whole eggs
1 cup canola oil
1.5 cups of self raising flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup buttermilk (or add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to almost a cup of milk to make 1 cup of buttermilk)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 175C.

2. Cover prunes with water in a small saucepan. Bring to boil and cook until soft and mashable (~8 min). Mash and set aside.

3. Whisk oil, sugar and eggs together.

4. In another bowl, sift dry ingredients.

5. Combine wet and dry ingredients together. Add buttermilk and vanilla extract and stir gently. Do not overmix!

6. Pour into buttered/lined muffin pan and bake for 20 minutes.

(I had this recipe for a long time and don't remember the source. If you are the owner of this recipe, please notify me. I'll be glad to link it to your site. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!)