Wednesday 13 July 2011

Fruity "Pouch" Muffins

I love doing baby led weaning with our DD and she seems to really love food so we've never had to do purees at all. So when someone kindly gave me one of those fruit puree pouch thingys I wasn't sure what to do with it! But then I got thinking that it would go quite nicely in some muffins... And here's the result!

Forgive the american cup measurements, it's (heavily) adapted from a recipe for Apple and Coconut Muffins in "Superimmunity for Kids" by Leo Galland.

Pouch Muffins

Ingredients
1 cup plain floud
1/2 cup wholemeal spelt flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp vanilla powder (or use more vanilla essence)
1 egg
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
1/4 cup flaxseed oil
2 tbsp apple juice concentrate
2 tbsp sugar free apricot spread
2 tbsp milk
One pouch of fruit puree (I used a blueberry, vanilla and banana one)

Recipe
1. Preheat oven to gas mark 6 (400 degs F). Line a 12 cupcake tray with cupcake cases.
2. Mix the dry ingredients together.
3. In a separate bowl combine the wet ingredients (except for the pouch contents).
4. Combine the wet and dry, mixing enough to blend together but not over beaten.
5. Put 1 tsp of mixture in each cupcake case. Squeeze over approx 1/2 tsp of pouch contents in each case. Top with 1 tsp of muffin mixture. Swirl with a skewer to make a nice pattern!
6. Bake for approx 10-15 mins until lightly brown.
7. You will probably have some of the pouch contents left so now you have to find something else to do with it; mixed into yoghurt is quite nice.