Bananas and Baking, one of my favourite combinations. We often have a couple of bananas hanging around earmarked for mummy to bake with as no-one like over-ripe bananas in our house. This weekend I decided to move away from our beloved flapjacks and try out some muffins. I’d seen a recipe somewhere that used yoghurt and banana with hardly any sugar or fat and that had got stuck in my mind, Of course I have no idea what the recipe was or where it was and it was a wheat containing recipe…. so this is where my baking brain took me.
The result. A lovely moist, springy muffin that has little hidden gems of banana hidden inside. These are going to be come a regular in our house and lend themselves to all kinds of variations. Chocolate chips, raisins, dried cranberries mmmmm.
These muffins have 5g sugar which comes from the yoghurt and banana. The oats are wholegrain and the bananas give them a great fruit boost. Great for enjoying mid afternoon when you fancy cake or as a snack for the kids. Compare this to other toddler snacks you can buy and these are a much healthier option. These are also perfect for making with kids, I know my toddler will be having a go.
- 100g oats
- 30g brown sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 100g natural yoghurt
- 2 bananas
- Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 5 and prepare the muffin tin.
- Place the oats in a food processor and blitz to make a rough flour.
- Add the sugar, baking powder and mix.
- Next add the eggs, yoghurt and mashed banana and mix.
- Place into muffin cases and bake for 15-20 minutes.
- I used silicone muffin cases.
I made these and they were deliscious ! I substituted the sugar for honey and blitz some walnuts with the oats. I also added a little cinnamon and vanilla extract
Sounds yummy! Thanks for letting me know.
Hi Priya.
I found this fabulous recipe last week. I didn’t have ordinary natural yoghurt to hand, but I did have plain Skyr which I used instead (adding extra protein?). I also had some strawberries that were going to go to waste so I chopped and added them to the mix. They have really kept me going as I often don’t find time to make myself a sensible breakfast before I have to help my husband with his dialysis.
Lorna
Oh that is wonderful to hear I am so pleased that the recipe has helped you! Thankyou for taking the time to comment.
Hi
Are these standard size muffins or the smaller ones. Thanks
Hi Georgie these were fairy cake sized. Hope you enjoy them.
Love this recipe!! Can these muffins be frozen? (Even though I could probably eat a whole batch at one if I wanted to!)
Thanks Taimia! Lovely to hear from you. I think they will freeze fine, but I’ve not tried it myself. If you try it please let me know!
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Great! Came together in no time, high protein and our toddler loved them. Add that to the fact that the ingredients are minimal and always around the house – a winner!
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These look great. Perfect for toddlers 🙂 Sorry I’m popping over later than usual from #recipeoftheweek – Linky Tools went down! Thanks for linking up. I’ve Pinned and Tweeted this post and a fresh linky is open over on the blog x
thanks so much Emily x
Hi Priya, sounds lovely…I will try them. When you say oats do you mean something like regular porridge oats? Thankyou.
Hi Liam, yes regular porridge oats are what I use 🙂
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Great, low calorie source for getting in some good carbs. Thanks for sharing!
I usually eat muffins in the morning for breakfast. I will have to give this recipe a try.
I like to incorporate oats in a lot of recipes too. Like homemade protein bars for example.
Thanks so much Randy, I hope you enjoy the muffins. I love oats!