Cranberry and Nutmeg Breakfast Muffins (dairy free)

Here's a fresh batch of relatively healthy muffins that will fill you up for breakfast, but are light enough not to weigh you down as you head out the door.

Best of all, you don't have to drag yourself out of bed in the early hours of the morning to get these ready for breakfast time. (Well, unless you wanted to of course.)

Even by my slow standards, these only took me 10-15 minutes to prep. Pop them in the oven for 20 minutes whilst you get ready for work, and they'll be done before you know it.

These sweet muffins stay lovely and moist so can be kept for a few days in the fridge and still taste fresh. They freeze well too, so you could easily make a batch and freeze separately, and take one out the night before for a ready-made breakfast.

You can also experiment and use whatever berries you like, but I love using cranberries - that extra tartness just helps to wake you up that little bit more :-)

• Cranberry and Nutmeg Breakfast Muffins (dairy free) Makes 12:
• 150g bran flakes, crushed
• Juice of 2 oranges (about 200ml)
• 2 small bananas
• 100ml grapeseed oil
• 100g plain flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 100g brown sugar
• 100g fresh cranberries (though dried should work too)
• 3 tsp rolled oats (optional)

1) Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Put the crushed cereal in a bowl with the orange juice, leaving to soak up for 10 minutes.

2) Meanwhile, sift the flour into a large bowl with the baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix in the sugar and cranberries - retain a couple of spoonfuls of the fruit to top the muffins later.

3) In another bowl, mash the bananas well with the oil. Tip into the flour mixture along with the soaked cereal, folding until everything is just mixed.

4) Spoon the mixture into a lined muffin tray. Top each muffin with a sprinkling of oats and extra cranberries if desired.

5) Bake for 20 minutes or until you can pull a toothpick out clean.

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