Spinach Muffins For Toddlers

3 green spinach muffins stacked in a tower, a fourth muffin sits on the right of the tower

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Spinach Muffins For Toddlers, an easy healthy veggie recipe sweetened with bananas perfect snack for kids, refined sugar-free

Prep Time7

Cook Time20

Total Time27

Course: Baby Led Weaning

Cuisine: Baby Led Weaning

Keyword: baby led weaning ideas, banana spinach muffins, blw recipes, s toddler muffins, spinach banana muffin, Spinach muffins

Servings: muffins

Calories: 173kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

2 bananas approx 250g skin on, 160g peeled
100 g frozen spinach
½ cup milk or milk alternative
2 tablespoon maple syrup
1 egg
3 tablespoon oil or melted butter 45ml
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup flour
3 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients, (oats, flour, baking powder)
In a blender blend the remaining ingredients (banana, spinach, oil, maple syrup, egg and milk into a green smoothie
Pour the smoothie mix into the dry ingredients
Mix with a wooden spoon
Fill a greased muffin tray with the mix, I tend to use a silicone muffin tray. From the mix, I get 9-10 large , muffins or 24 mini muffins
In a fan-forced oven bake at 160 degrees Celsius or 180 degrees C if using a standard oven. Regular muffins bake for 20-25 minutes, mini muffins bake for 15-20 minutes
Cool and serve
Store in an airtight container for 2-3 days or freeze

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Notes

When I make this recipe I use either coconut oil, rice bran oil or a mild flavoured olive oil you can use melted butter or any mild flavoured oil

This recipe makes 9-10 standard-sized muffins or approx 24 mini muffins.

This recipe has a large component of banana, this means the muffins are quite a moist muffin, once cooked they should feel spongy when you press the center of one of the muffin tops.

Any milk alternative can be used if dairy allergy or intolerance is an issue

This recipe does work with a gluten-free baking mix (ie a combination gluten-free flour such as the Edmonds gluten-free flour)

Please note this recipe is wheat-free when a gluten-free flour is used, but will not be gluten-free if traditional oats are used

You can use honey as a sweetener in this recipe, but your child should be over one year old to have honey

If your bananas are very sweet you can skip the maple syrup altogether

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