Gingerbread muffins

Ingredients

• ½ cup dried, pitted dates
• ¾ cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 1 cup oat flour (you can make this by quickly blending up 1.5 cups of rolled oats until fine)
• ⅓ cup wholemeal plain flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium courgette