Banana Zucchini Muffins
Soft, wholesome banana and zucchini muffins made with wholemeal flour, great for lunchboxes, picky eaters, and sharing as a family.
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana, ripe
- 2 each egg
- 180 ml milk12.17 tbsp milk
- 60 ml light olive oil4.06 tbsp light olive oil
- 5 ml vanilla extract1.01 tsp vanilla extract
- 45 ml maple syrup3.04 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 medium zucchini, peeled and grated
- 480 ml wholemeal flour2.03 cup wholemeal flour
- 15 ml baking powder1.01 tbsp baking powder
- 60 ml chocolate chips4.06 tbsp chocolate chips
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180C (350F) and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases or grease it well.
- Mash the banana in a large bowl until smooth with no lumps remaining.
- Add the eggs, milk, oil, vanilla, and maple syrup, then whisk until well combined.
- Peel and grate the zucchini, then squeeze out the excess moisture over the sink.
- Stir the grated zucchini into the wet mixture until evenly spread through.
- Add the wholemeal flour and sprinkle the baking powder on top, then gently mix until just combined.
- Stir in most of the chocolate chips, keeping a few back to sprinkle on top.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin tin and top each one with the reserved chocolate chips.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories
- 170
- Protein
- 4g
- Fat
- 7g
- Carbs
- 24g
Tips by age
For this stage, leave out the chocolate chips and serve a finger-length strip of muffin so baby can self-feed and gnaw. The maple syrup adds sugar, so offer occasionally and in small amounts.
Choking safety: Chocolate chips are a small round choking risk, so omit them at this age. Offer soft strips rather than dense chunks.
Break the muffin into small bite-size pieces. Chocolate chips are fine in the soft baked muffin, but keep the maple syrup serving small as this is an added sugar.
Choking safety: Tear into small soft pieces to avoid large dense mouthfuls. Loose chocolate chips outside the muffin are a small choking risk.
Serve a halved or quartered muffin so it is easy to hold and bite. Offer as an occasional treat given the added sugar from the maple syrup and chocolate.
Choking safety: Cut into manageable pieces; avoid offering whole chocolate chips on their own.
Serve as written, cut into halves or bite-size pieces. A good lunchbox option, just keep to one muffin at a time as a sweet treat.
Serve a whole or halved muffin as written. Pair with fruit or yoghurt to round out a lunchbox or snack.
Serve a whole muffin as written. Great for lunchboxes and after-school snacks alongside some fresh fruit.
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