Shelly's Recipe

BANANA & POPPYSEED MUFFINS

Category: Muffins

4 1/2 oz butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp mixed spice
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup poppy seeds
2 large bananas, ground nutmeg extra

Preheat oven to 350, prepare pans. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add sugar & beat until well combined & paler in color. Beat eggs until thick & pale. Sift flour, baking powder, measured nutmeg, cinnamon & mixed spice together, add poppy seeds. Mash bananas, add to sugar mixture & stir to combine. Fold sifted ingredients, milk & egg alternately into the banana mixture until just combined. Do not over mix. Spoon into pans, sprinkle tops with nutmeg & bake for about 15 minutes. Leave in tin 5 minutes before turning out. Makes 12.