Since winning Bake Off I feel like I've found my worth and identity. But with that has come a weight gain of a stone a year, oh yes I was over 3 stone heavier than I use to be. Lots of people have asked how I'm doing it, so when I reach my goal I really want to write up my diet plan, with each week that passes I understand how it's all working a little better.
Muffins are best eaten on the day of baking
100 g wholewheat flour
1 tsp of apple pie spice (to make:-mix together 3 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tsp of ground nutmeg, 1 tsp cardamon 1 tsp of mixed spice, 1/2 tsp ground cloves)
1 tsp of apple pie spice (to make:-mix together 3 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tsp of ground nutmeg, 1 tsp cardamon 1 tsp of mixed spice, 1/2 tsp ground cloves)
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
120 g soft brown sugar
3 small dessert apples
2 grated
1 peeled cored and sliced
120 ml butter milk or skimmed milk
100 ml fat free Greek yogurt
100 g blackberries
70 g apple sauce
2 eggs
2 tsp Demerara sugar
Preheat the oven to 170
Preheat the oven to 170
Toppings
30g Demerara sugar combined with 1 tsp of cinnamon
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl along with the grated apple
Gently mush the blackberries with a fork so the aren’t puree, just slightly broken up whisk all the wet ingredients in a jug until well combined including the berries, then fold into the dry ingredients, don’t over fold as it will produce a heavy batter.
Spoon into 10/12 muffin cases in a muffin tin I use an ice cream scoop for this as it gives a great uniformity to the muffins, add an apple slice to each muffin
Top with the Demerara sugar for a lovely crunchy topping.
Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 mins.
Cool completely on a wire rack.
*The skinny muffins texture is much better when completely cold.
*If you want to make these non-skinny just substitute the apple sauce for 90g of melted unsalted butter & replace the fat free with full fat yogurt.
* You could do half and half, the non-skinny will need a bit longer baking.
* If using Tulip cases the batter will make 10 if using muffin cases it will make 12.
* Week 5, weight loss 17lb
*The skinny muffins texture is much better when completely cold.
*If you want to make these non-skinny just substitute the apple sauce for 90g of melted unsalted butter & replace the fat free with full fat yogurt.
* You could do half and half, the non-skinny will need a bit longer baking.
* If using Tulip cases the batter will make 10 if using muffin cases it will make 12.
* Week 5, weight loss 17lb