healthy blueberry banana pancake muffins
Today was life changing. I have seen pancake bites and pancake muffin recipes everywhere on pinterest, but many are based on high sugar pre-made pancake mixes.
Today I learnt that my favourite healthy pancake recipe works baked in the oven!
Blueberry banana pancake muffins are perfect for so many things and even more perfect as I don't need to stand at the oven flipping the pancakes.
All 3 kiddos have decided they are an absolute winner! As I was testing the recipe they have literally had them for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, but there were no complaints!
These healthy pancake muffins are loaded with protein and fibre and very low in added sugar, to tell the truth you could definitely get away with no added sugars or syrups especially if the bananas you use are very ripe.
The end result is a super soft muffin, that does not crumble. So brilliant for Baby Led Weaning. I know banana. blueberry and oats were all huge favourites for my kids when they were starting finger foods. So I am sure this combo would be a BLW winner.
A great friend of mine has suggested I call these "puffins" pancakes crossed with a muffin.. Thanks Faye of Baby Led Blog
Recipe Video for blueberry banana pancake muffins
Blueberry Banana Pancake Muffins
Blueberry Banana Oat Pancake Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 medium bananas
- 1 Cup oats
- 1 Cup cottage cheese
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
- ½ Cup Frozen Blueberries
Instructions
- Place everything excluding the blueberries in a food processor or blender
- Whizz until you have a nice smooth consistency
- Pour into greased muffin tray (I used a silicon muffin tray with a spray of olive oil
- Top with the blueberries
- Bake at 180 degrees Celsius / 350-360 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 - 30 mins
- Leave to cool in tin for 5-10 mins
- Remove from tin, they ready to serve
Notes
- Under ones please do not use honey
- If your bananas are nice and rip you will probably not need any maple syrup or honey
These look great! Might you be able to swap the cottage cheese for cream fraiche? Really want to give these a go, but don't have any cream cheese! Thanks
Potentially you could. Although no garuntee! I think it would work though.
Oooo these look so yummy. Love they are somewhere in between a pancake and a muffin. A puffin...?
New name!!! Puffins it is!
Pancake muffins? These sound AMAZING!!!
Puffins for the win! Love the mix of pancakes and muffins and with blueberries? Where do I sign up to get a dozen in the mail??!
Ha ha ? a dozen puffins heading your way!
These look great! Will give them a try. Could yoghurt or ricotta work instead of cottage cheese?
Ricotta will definitely work. I only use cottage cheese as it's cheaper. And I have had some say they have used Greek yoghurt without problems but I haven't tested it myself
Thanks :). Made them with Ricotta and they turned out great!
Oh cool!
Definitely making these with my boys on the weekend, they look delicious!
180? Is that Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Celsius. Sorry should have specified. I have updated the recipe
What type of oats?
Rolled oats, the ones you use to make porridge or oatmeal. I have used both the quick cook type oats and the whole jumbo oats and both have worked
180 seams really low. I tried it on that but they are not cooking?
I work in Celsius . I'll edit the recipe to have Fahrenheit too
Sorry that's Celsius. Just updated the recipe it converts to 350-350 degrees Fahrenheit
Hey have you tried freezing them? Cheers
I made these this morning for my 6 month old and 3 year old! They were a big hit and so easy to make. I didn't have enough cottage cheese so used what I had and added yoghurt. I can't eat blueberries so I added chopped up dried cranberries on top which added a nice sweetness. Thank you for the recipe 🙂
Oh yum!! Glad they were a hit
Are these mini muffins or regular sized?
The muffin tin I've used is in between the two.
I believe over here there are only three sizes of muffin tins, jumbo, regular/standard, and mini. Do y'all really have another size or should I just do the standard/regular?
I just measured the volume of the muffin tin I used it holds ¼ of a cup. Which is slightly less than the regular muffin tin I have which holds ? of a cup. I think regular would be fine
These are really good!! Curious if anyone tried substituting applesauce for the banana... one of my friends was asking because she doesn't like bananas. Any input would be appreciated!
I haven't tried that with this recipe... but they usually do swap quite well.. I might give it a go and let you know
Made these today and they were a hit with adults and kids. Just to let you know, there is a typo at the start of the recipe. It says prep 30 mins and cook time 5mins. Should be the other way round 🙂
Thank you!!!
These turned out great!
Are they ok to freeze?
Yes you can freeze them, they defrost ok, but not as good as a traditional muffin. My kids are ok with them frozen and then defrosted