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PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY MUFFINS

I CREATED THIS RECIPE WHEN I WORKED AT KENSINGTON PALACE. William and Harry had just come back from visiting Disney World with their mother and had a newfound love for peanut butter and jelly. This recipe makes delicious muffins with a surprise peanut butter and jelly center, great for Easter and any other Sunday morning when you have a few minutes to spare. MAKES 12

1 cup butter—melted and cooled slightly 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or extract 1 cup peanut butter—crunchy 1 cup strawberry jam

2 cups flour cup sugar 2 1 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk

1 Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Grease a 12 cup muffin tray. Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and soda to a large bowl and mix well 2 In a second bowl mix the milk, butter, egg and vanilla paste. Add the dry ingredients to the milk/butter mixture and stir together. Divide

the batter between the muffin tins and add a tablespoon of peanut butter followed by a tablespoon of Jelly to the center each muffin. 3 Bake in the center of the oven until the muffins are golden brown.

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