COCONUT PLUM MUFFINS

Ready in: 45 minutes

4 plums

1-2 teaspoons runny honey

2 cups plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

cup almond meal

1 cup brown sugar, loosely packed

cup coconut thread

1 teaspoon mixed spice or cinnamon

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

cup olive oil

1 cup natural yoghurt (for example, Greek)

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease medium-sized muffins tins, enough for 18 muffins. Dice plums 1cm and discard stone. Add to a medium bowl with honey and mix to coat plums. Set aside while you prepare the wet and dry mixtures.

In a large bowl, sift in flour and baking powder then add almond meal, brown sugar, coconut thread and mixed spice/ cinnamon. Use the back of a spoon to break up any brown sugar lumps. Mix to combine, then form a well in the dry mixture.

In a medium bowl, add eggs, vanilla essence, olive oil and yoghurt and lightly whisk until mixture reaches a smooth, uniformed consistency.

Gently pour wet mixture into the well in bowl with dry ingredients. Add plums to bowl with all remaining muffin ingredients. With a metal spoon, use large, swooping movements to mix together mixture until only just combined, careful not to overmix or the muffins will become tough.

Gently spoon mixture into