Make easy dessert muffins with a proudly South African ingredient, maize meal! You CAN make these dessert flavoured muffin recipes with your favourite maize meal porridge flavour in the easiest way! We flavoured these easy muffins with our favourite and easiest desserts: s'mores, strawberry cheesecake and banana bread! These versatile muffin recipes make a great snack, easy sweet treat and even better lunchbox addition SUBSCRIBE to our channel to join our Foodies fam & HIT that notification bell so you'll never miss a new delicious recipe!FULL RECIPESS'MORES MUFFINSMakes 12Hands-on time: 25 minutesHands-off time: 35 minutesINGREDIENTS cup (120g) butter, softened cup light brown sugar2 large eggs1 cups double cream plain yoghurt1 cup self-raising flour1 cups White Star Instant Maize Porridge Chocolate Flavour1 tsp baking soda tsp salt cup dark chocolate chips12 white marshmallows4 crushed coconut biscuitsMETHOD1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a 12-hole muffin tray with muffin liners.2. In a large bowl, add the butter and sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat until the mixture is softened and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined and glossy.3. Spoon the yoghurt into the bowl.4. Sieve the flour into bowl and sprinkle the White Star Instant Maize Porridge Chocolate Flavour over the flour. Add the baking soda, salt and chocolate chips. Fold gently, using a wooden spoon, until just combined.5. Spoon the muffin batter into the prepared muffin liners, filling them way full. Add a marshmallow into the centre of each cup over the batter. Spoon more batter over the marshmallows to cover and sprinkle the crushed biscuits over the top. *Chefs Tip: Use an ice cream scoop for easy scooping of the batter6. Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes, or the muffins pull away from the side slightly.7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly for 5 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool further.8. Transfer the muffins to a serving platter, serve and ENJOY!STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE MUFFINSMakes 12Hand-on time: 20 minutesHands-off time: 40 minutesINGREDIENTS cup (120g) butter, softened cup light brown sugar2 large eggs2 cups double cream plain yoghurt1 cup self-raising flour1 cups White Star Instant Maize Porridge Strawberry1 tsp baking soda tsp salt1 cup chopped strawberries cup cream cheese, chilledMETHOD1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a 12-hole muffin tray with muffin liners.2. In a large bowl add the butter and sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat until the mixture is softened and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined and glossy.3. Spoon the yoghurt into the bowl.4. Sieve the flour into the bowl and sprinkle the White Star Instant Maize Porridge Strawberry Flavour over the flour. Add the baking soda and salt. Fold gently until just combined. Spoon the chopped strawberries into the batter, folding until evenly distributed.5. Spoon the softened cream cheese into a smaller bowl. Beat the cream cheese to slightly soften.6. Spoon the muffin batter into the prepared muffin tray, filling them way full. Layer with a spoonful of the cheesecake filling, and top with more muffin batter until way full. *Chefs Tip: Use an ice cream scoop for easy scooping.7. Bake the muffins for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.8. Remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool slightly for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool further.9. Transfer the muffins to a serving platter, serve and ENJOY!BANANA BREAD MUFFINSMakes 12Hands-on time: 20 minutesHands-off time: 40 minutesINGREDIENTS cup (120g) butter, softened cup light brown sugar2 large eggs1 cups double cream plain yoghurt1 cup (240g) mashed bananas cup self-raising flour1 cup White Star Instant Maize Porridge Banana Flavour1 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp baking soda tsp saltMETHOD1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a 12-hole muffin tray with muffin liners.2. In a large bowl, add the butter and sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat until the mixture is softened and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined and glossy.3. Spoon the yoghurt and mashed bananas into the bowl, and stir until mixed through. 4. Sieve the flour into bowl and sprinkle the White Star Instant Maize Porridge Banana Flavour over the flour. Add the cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Fold gently, using a wooden spoon, until just combined.5. Spoon the muffin batter into the prepared muffin tray, filling them way full. *Chefs Tip: Use an ice cream scoop for easy scooping.6. Bake the muffins for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.7. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool further.8. Transfer the muffins to a serving platter, serve and ENJOY!
