Apple and rhubarb muffins

Another easy to make muffin recipe. Those muffins are fluffy, with apple and rhubarb bits coated with crunchy cinnamon sugar. The recipe comes form 'The Australian Women's Weekely' magazine. 

Ingredients for  12 muffins:

• 225 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100g brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 66g soft butter
• 90 ml buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 100g can pie apples
• 165g chopped rhubarb

 Cinnamon sugar:

• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

 Prepare cinnamon sugar. Ina  small bows whisk together the sugar and cinnamon and set aside.

Chop the rhubarb into small pieces and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin tin with paper cases.

In a big bowl sift the flour, brown sugar and spices mix together Rub in the butter.  In separate jug combine whisked egg wit buttermilk. Pour in this mixture into the dry ingredients, add apples and rhubarb. Combine all ingredients together.

Spoon the batter into paper cases. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for 20 minutes.
When baked transfer to the wire rack to cool down.