Mini Muffins 3 ways
Ingredients
Mini Banana Muffins
Mini Bran Muffins
Mini Blueberry Muffins (optional)
Directions
Mini Banana Muffins
- Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180º C and either grease a 12 hole muffin tin or place muffin liners into the tin.
- Step 2:
Mash bananas and sugar.
- Step 3:
In a large bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and bicarb. Add oats and coconut.
- Step 4:
To the bananas, add egg, oil and vanilla. Mix well.
- Step 5:
Add chopped walnuts, pecan nuts or raisins at this stage if you wish.
- Step 6:
Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix until completely combined.
- Step 7:
Fill muffin tins ¾ full.
- Step 8:
Bake for , until golden brown. I touch the top of the muffin gently with my finger, if it springs back quickly, it’s baked, if it doesn’t, leave the muffins for a bit longer.
- Step 9:
Place hot muffins onto a wire cooling rack.
Mini Bran Muffins
- Step 10:
Preheat the oven to 180º C and either grease a 12 hole muffin tin or place muffin liners into the tin.
- Step 11:
In a large bowl, sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and bicarb. Add bran and coconut.
- Step 12:
Beat together milk, eggs, oil and vanilla paste and add to dry ingredients.
- Step 13:
Mix well, you can add chopped walnuts, pecan nuts or raisins at this stage if you wish.
- Step 14:
Fill muffin tins ¾ full.
- Step 15:
Bake for , until golden brown. I touch the top of the muffin gently with my finger, if it springs back quickly, it’s baked, if it doesn’t, leave the muffins for a bit longer.
- Step 16:
Place hot muffins onto a wire cooling rack.
Mini Blueberry Muffins (optional)
- Step 17:
To either the bran or the banana muffins, add 125ml blueberries. (if you use frozen berries, add to your baking time)
To Finish:
- Step 18:
Thread three muffins onto a kebab stick and place in lunch box. Pack in some cheese and fruit to compliment.
