Toddler Muffins (Easy Muffin Recipe for Kids) | The Worktop (2024)

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How do you serve muffins to a toddler? ›

It's back to whole mini muffins for your newly minted toddler (or maybe two or three, depending on her appetite). For full-sized muffins, cut them in quarters and serve just one or two.

The Big Muffin Trick to Make Sure the Tops Are Round

If you fill only every other muffin cup and leave the others totally empty, when your muffins rise, they won't have neighbors for the tops to run into and stick to. Instead, you'll end up with perfectly round tops on your muffins.

Applesauce is a wonderful way to add moisture to your muffins. You can use it in place of the oil your muffin mix calls for. You'll want to measure carefully and replace the oil with half as much applesauce. For instance, if your mix calls for one cup of oil use one-half cup of applesauce.

Option #1: Overnight Batter Rest (my favorite!)

Chilling your muffin batter overnight in the fridge is the BEST thing you can do for amazing muffins. It makes them more moist, tender, and TALLER!

Baby led weaning takes practice and patience. For 6-9 month olds, you can serve mini muffins whole so baby can pick it up with the palmer grasp. Once baby develops the pincer grasp around 9 months, you can break the muffin up into smaller pieces.

Muffin mix is recommended to be stored no longer than nine months and should be kept in a cool, dry place. More information on food storage is available at the extension office or on our website at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/lyon/.

If the top is your favorite part of the muffin, then skip the bottoms and make muffin tops. They are baked directly on a lined baking sheet which lends itself to all that wonderful nuance in texture, they brown and caramelize a bit more yielding better flavor, and you don't need any special pans or paper cup liners.

Two types of belly fat may contribute to a muffin top: subcutaneous fat (the soft, pinchable fat just below the skin) and visceral fat (a deeper layer of fat surrounding the abdominal organs).

The secret to produce a crispy, crackly muffin top was to sprinkle a generous amount of sugar over each muffin. The sugar melts the muffin top, causing it to spread more, and gives it a crunchy texture. I decided to try this same technique on this banana muffin recipe, too.

Try adding raisins and dried cranberries to the muffin mix, along with a cup of chopped walnuts. Sprinkle the top with some extra cinnamon sugar mix for a coating of sweetness to add to the multitextured layers. The flavors of nutty, fruity, chewy, and sweet play well with each other.

How do you make boxed muffins taste like homemade? ›

Use melted butter or oil: Instead of using the shortening called for in the recipe, use melted butter or oil to give the muffins a richer flavor. Add in spices: Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, or pumpkin pie spice can give your muffins a warm and cozy flavor. Add in a fruit: Fresh or froz.

Rest the Muffin Batter

The first, most hands-off way to make your muffins pop (literally) is to let the batter rest. Make the batter, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let the batter rest at room temperature for about 1 hour. If you're short on time, just 30 minutes can make a difference.

The best bakery-style crumb muffins start with cake flour

Cake flour is more finely ground and has less protein, which leaves the muffins with a fine, light crumb and soft texture. Using cake flour is an easy way to avoid heavy, dense muffins even if you end up stirring just a bit too much.

The baker had forgotten to add baking powder. Baking powder is a mixture of baking soda (sodium hydrogencarbonate) and a mild edible acid such as tartaric acid.

For 9+ month olds, you can cut into bite-sized pieces so your baby can practice their pincer grasp. I do recommend continuing to serve big pieces of food so your baby can learn to take bites. When can babies eat muffins? As soon as they're ready to start solids, which is usually around 6 months of age.

Muffins are great for baby-led weaning because they are the ideal soft, safe, moist texture that is easy for babies to pick up on their own, chew and swallow! Muffins are often neutral in flavour (not super sweet or spicy) and have a soft, pleasing texture making them well-accepted and loved by (most) babies!

Slice those tender muffins in half and slather with warm butter, cream cheese or peanut butter. If you want to get fancy, try them with hazelnut spread, Greek yogurt or cookie butter.