I searched high and low for the right muffin recipe for my 9-month-old that used common ingredients. Couldn't find it, so I tweaked five or six different recipes and came up with this one!
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil , or as needed
- 0.25 cups raisins
- 1 cup warm water
- 0.25 cups coconut oil , softened
- 0.25 cups butter , softened
- 0.5 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs , beaten
- 2 ripes bananas , mashed
- 4.5 ounces applesauce
- 0.67 cups grated carrot
- 0.5 cups bread flour
- 0.5 cups whole-wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
- 0.5 teaspoons baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups with 2 teaspoons coconut oil.
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2
Soak raisins in warm water in a small bowl until rehydrated, about 10 minutes; drain. Chop raisins.
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Beat 1/4 cup coconut oil, butter, and brown sugar together in a bowl. Add eggs, mashed bananas, applesauce, and grated carrot; beat to incorporate. Gently fold bread flour, whole-wheat flour, flax seed, chopped raisins, baking soda, salt, and vanilla extract into the banana mixture using a rubber spatula; pour into prepared muffin cups.
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4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
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