Breakfast Muffins

Makes 36 mini muffins or 16 regular muffins

Start yours and your baby’s day off right with these delicious and super nutritious breakfast muffins. Made using wholesome ingredients like carrots, apples, sunflower seeds, Greek yogurt and wholemeal flour, these muffins are the perfect breakfast finger food for your little one to enjoy in the morning.

INGREDIENTS

• 240g (2 cups) wholemeal flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 75g (1/2 cup) sunflower seeds finely crushed
• 35g (1/3 cup) desiccated coconut
• zest orange
• 60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
• 250ml (1 cup) milk
• 2 eggs
• 125ml (1/2 cup) Greek yogurt
• 3 medium carrots grated
• 2 sweet apples grated

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF.
2. Add the dry ingredients to a bowl and stir well.
3. Add the wet ingredients; oil, milk, eggs and yogurt to a large mixing bowl and whisk until smooth.
4. Empty in the dry mixture, grated carrot and apple and stir until fully combined.
5. Divide the mixture into a lightly oiled mini muffin tin (for mini muffins) or a lightly oiled standard muffin tin.
6. For mini muffins - bake for 15 minutes. For standard muffins - bake for 25 minutes. They are done when a skewer comes out clean.
7. Leave to cool before serving. Store in an airtight container or freeze for a handy quick breakfast idea.