Cheese-and-Bacon Granola Muffins

Ingredients

• 200 g streaky bacon, chopped
• 100 g rolled oats
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 125 g soft semi-hard cheese, grated
• 125 g mature Cheddar, grated
• 125 g Gouda, grated
• 280 g flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp English mustard powder
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup milk
• extra grated cheese for topping

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220 C.
2. Fry the bacon until crisp and remove it from the pan.
3. Toast the oats in the bacon fat and season them.
4. Return the bacon to the pan and stir in the maple syrup, then allow the mixture to cool.
5. Mix the cheeses with the flour, baking powder and mustard powder.
6. Mix the eggs and milk, then combine the wet and dry ingredients to make a sticky batter.
7. Spoon the batter into a greased 12-hole muffin pan.
8. Top with extra grated cheese and bake.
9. Scatter over the bacon granola halfway through baking.