Kids love the taste & look of these sweet mini muffins ! School has started again - my daughter’s new term (and year !) began on Monday & as you know, her school run entails about a 3 hour round trip starting before sunrise twice a week *arrrrgghhh !*
Because we leave home at such a dreadful hour (can you tell I’m NOT an early morning person ?!) and return home after lunch, we eat both breakfast and lunch on the road (not to mention tea and coffee for a much needed caffeine kick !) and I also pack her a snack box for school - so as you can imagine I am busy for at least an hour or more the night before a school run, so that we leave the farm in the morning with a fully loaded cooler box.
I’ll do a blog post soon, on the whole packing-the night-before-a-school-run scenario (with photo’s !) & will also give you an idea of some of the things I make for the road … in the meantime though, here’s a great lunchbox filler – mini muffins. I make large batches of these and then just freeze them in re-sealable plastic bags, and simply take as many as I need out at a time to defrost and add to school lunchboxes. They are a delicious, bite sized sweet treat and a perfect size for toddlers and younger children to handle, and my daughter simply loves them !
Because we leave home at such a dreadful hour (can you tell I’m NOT an early morning person ?!) and return home after lunch, we eat both breakfast and lunch on the road (not to mention tea and coffee for a much needed caffeine kick !) and I also pack her a snack box for school - so as you can imagine I am busy for at least an hour or more the night before a school run, so that we leave the farm in the morning with a fully loaded cooler box.
I’ll do a blog post soon, on the whole packing-the night-before-a-school-run scenario (with photo’s !) & will also give you an idea of some of the things I make for the road … in the meantime though, here’s a great lunchbox filler – mini muffins. I make large batches of these and then just freeze them in re-sealable plastic bags, and simply take as many as I need out at a time to defrost and add to school lunchboxes. They are a delicious, bite sized sweet treat and a perfect size for toddlers and younger children to handle, and my daughter simply loves them !
Mini Muffins for School Lunchboxes - Strawberry & Banana
2 cups Flour
½ cup Sugar
3 ½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
1 Egg, beaten
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
¼ cup Sunflower Oil
1 cup finely chopped Strawberries & Bananas
Sift all the dry ingredients together in one bowl. Mix all the wet ingredients together in another bowl and add the chopped fruit to these. Then pour the wet ingredients onto the dry ingredients and mix just to blend & moisten (do not over mix) . Place teaspoonfuls of the batter into greased mini paper cups and bake at 190’C/375’F/Gas Mark 5 for around 20 minutes until done.
2 cups Flour
½ cup Sugar
3 ½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Salt
1 Egg, beaten
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
¼ cup Sunflower Oil
1 cup finely chopped Strawberries & Bananas
Sift all the dry ingredients together in one bowl. Mix all the wet ingredients together in another bowl and add the chopped fruit to these. Then pour the wet ingredients onto the dry ingredients and mix just to blend & moisten (do not over mix) . Place teaspoonfuls of the batter into greased mini paper cups and bake at 190’C/375’F/Gas Mark 5 for around 20 minutes until done.
