Caramel Easter-egg Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 2/3 cup caster sugar
• 125 g butter, melted, cooled
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 12 small caramel-filled chocolate easter eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c; line a 12 x 1/3-cup capacity muffin pan with paper cases.
• 2 sift flour into a large bowl. stir in sugar. whisk butter, milk, eggs and vanilla essence together.
• 3 add butter mixture to dry ingredients. use a wooden spoon to mix until just combined (don't over-mix or your muffins will be tough). spoon batter into cases so each is one-third full. place an unwrapped easter egg into the middle of each muffin. spoon over remaining muffin batter.
• 4 bake muffins for 18 to 20 minutes, or until light golden and cooked through. stand in pan for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.