• Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees and grease 12-hole muffin tin.
• Mix dates, sugar, bicarb of soda and cinnamon in a bowl and pour over boiling water and allow to sit for 5 mins.
• Add the flour, baking powder, melted butter & beaten egg and carefully stir.
• Fill muffin holes to ¾ full and cook for 20-30 mins depending on your oven. Mine take 20 mins.

Thermomix Instructions

• Chop dates for 5 seconds, speed 6 and pop into medium sized bowl together with the sugar, bicarb of soda, cinnamon and boiling water, and allow to sit for 5 mins.
• Melt the butter at 100 C for 2 minutes, speed 1.
• Add all remaining ingredients to the thermomix (including date mixture) and mix 5 seconds on speed 6.
• Push down the sides and mix a further 2 seconds on speed 5.
• Fill the greased muffin holes to 3/4 full and cook for approx 20-30mins depending on your oven. Mine take 20 mins.