13 Hot cross muffins • 135g dried cranberries • 1 cup (150g) currants • 2 1/2 cups (375g) self-raising flour • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda • 2 tsp ground cinnamon • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg • 2/3 cup (165ml) sunflower oil • 1 cup (250ml) buttermilk • 2 eggs • 200g caster sugar, plus extra 2 tbsp • 80g icing sugar • 1 tsp lemon juice Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease a 12-hole muffin tray and line with paper cases. Soak dried fruit in just enough boiling water to cover for 10 minutes. Drain well, then pat dry with paper towel. Sift the flour, soda and spices into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, buttermilk, eggs and sugar until combined. Add to the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Gently stir in the fruit. Divide the mixture among muffin cases, then bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. Meanwhile, place the extra 2 tablespoons sugar in a pan with 2 tablespoons water and simmer over low heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Brush the glaze over the muffins. Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add lemon juice and just enough hot water to make a thick, pipable icing. Use a piping bag or drizzle from a spoon to draw a cross on each muffin, then serve. Prep 20m Cook 25m Makes 12 Congrats February Winners! $50 GIFT CARD SUDOKU: M. Ford, Pacific Pines CROSSWORD: D. Hocking, Upper Coomera FAR FROM HOME BOOK COMPETITION S. Merrett, Oxenford | G. Potter, Pimpama F. Lockhart, Helensvale | J. Atwood, Paradise Point J. Block, Helensvale LOVE UNEDITED BOOK COMPETITION W. Parish, Gaven | S. Neil, Coombabah D. Smith, Ormeau | M. Bell, Merrimac K. McDonald, Ormeau Congratulations to our winners! We receive hundreds of entries for our competitions each month so keep on entering, you might be the next lucky winner! BOOK GIVEAWAY TWO WAYS TO ENTER ... EITHER POST OR EMAIL... POST: Write your name, address & phone on the back of an envelope and post to: Winners book prize will be couriered so please provide a phone number. You may put phone number inside envelope if you are worried about scams... thankyou! Enter To Win THIS HOUSE OF BURNING BONES By Stuart MacBride It’s not going well for NE Division: half the force is off sick, all leave has been cancelled, someone has firebombed a migrant hostel and there’s a massive climate change protest march happening this Saturday. With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers - aka DS Steel’s team - until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions. But, as bad as everything seems, there’s something far more sinister lurking in the heat haze of this sweltering Aberdeen summer: something that’s been building for years. Something that longs to sing its horrible song . . .And it’s clear that things are going to get much, much worse before this is over. ISBN: 9781761770302 | Pub Date: 27/05/2025 | Category: Crime & Mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime | Imprint: Macmillan THE HOUSE OF BURNING BONES PO Box 3302, Burleigh Town 4220 OR EMAIL: info@localnewsletters.com with THE HOUSE OF BURNING BONES in the SUBJECT LINE. Please include your name, address and phone number in the email • Entries close 10.05.2025
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