Bacon, Olive & Cheese Muffins

Snack happy with these little beauties. They also make a good Breakfast Muffin…

Serves: Makes approx 10

Difficulty: Not too tricky

Ingredients

• 1½ cups Self-Raising Flour
• 1½ tsp Baking Powder
• 1 Tbsp dried Mint
• ¾ cup Olives Et Al Olive Oil
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 Egg
• ½ cup warm water
• ½ Brown Onion, finely chopped
• 4-6 Bacon Rashers, cooked and roughly chopped
• 1 cup Olives Et Al Pitted Kalamata Olives, chopped
• 250g Haloumi Cheese, finely chopped

Method

Preheat oven to 190°C. Spray a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking Oil. Put Flour, Baking Powder and Mint in a large bowl. Mix to combine.

In a second large bowl put Oil, Milk, Egg and Water. Stir to combine. Make a well in center of dry ingredients. Add oil mixture. Mix to almost combine. Stir Onion, Olives, Bacon and Haloumi into batter, reserving 2 Tbsp Olives and ⅓ cup Haloumi. Mix until just combined.

Spoon batter among prepared tins. Top with reserved Haloumi and Olives. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in tins for about 5 minutes, then turn out and serve warm.