Yellow Plum and Yoghurt Muffins

Stone fruit season is my favorite time of year, days are longer, weather is warm, less clothing and a huge variety of produce. Yellow plums come in season towards the end of autumn and these muffins are a good way to use up some of the early season fruits sweet and tart.

450g plain flour

150g white sugar

75g butter

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

150ml milk
150ml natural yogurt
2 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
200g Yellow Plums diced

Method:

Melt the butter, in separate large mixing bowl add the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, and plums. beat the eggs and vanilla in with the butter and pour into flour mixture with milk and yoghurt cut through the muffin mixture with a butter knife till just under mixed this is the trick to making a good muffin. Grease a 12 muffin pan (3inches in width and 1inch deep) evenly spoon the batter into muffin pan and sprinkle extra sugar on top, bake in oven at 180oC for 30 minutes, once baked cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.