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Cucumber and pear streusel muffins

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 45 mins
  • Serving: 12 people (makes 12 muffins)
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, roughly chopped
  • 1 ¾ cups self-raising flour
  • ½ cup rolled oats, plus extra
  • 2 tablespoons
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice, plus extra ¼ teaspoon
  • ½ cup chopped pecans, plus extra 2 tablespoons
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 large pear, skin intact, grated
  • ⅓ cup reduced-fat natural yoghurt
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Place the cucumbers in a bowl and blitz with a stick blender until almost smooth.

    2 Combine flour, oats, spice and pecans with 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar in a large bowl; make a well in the centre. Add cucumber to bowl with eggs, pear and yoghurt; mix until all ingredients are moist, then spoon evenly into muffin tin.

    3 Combine extra oats, spice and pecans with remaining sugar to make streusel topping; mix well and scatter over muffins. Bake for 25 minutes, or until lightly golden. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.

    Variations

    Make it dairy-free: Swap yoghurt for 50g melted dairy-free spread.

    HFG tip

    Store muffins in an airtight container in a cool, dry spot.

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