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Chocolate chip banana muffins
Makes 9 Takes 35 minutes
Expend ripe bananas in these fluffy and chocolately muffins which embody coconut oil, not butter, and maple syrup in its place of sugar. You can whizz the whole mix up in a meals processor, along with mashing the bananas, which means the muffins could also be cooking away throughout the oven in minutes.
3 ripe bananas
200g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
75ml maple syrup or honey
1 egg
3 tbsp coconut oil
100g darkish chocolate chips
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4 and grease and line a muffin tin with 9 situations.
2. Get the kids to peel the bananas, break them up and pop them in a meals processor. Pulse briefly to mash them.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda proper right into a mixing bowl then add to the bananas throughout the processor bowl.
4. Add vanilla and maple syrup to the bowl, crack throughout the egg and measure throughout the coconut oil. Whizz the mixture to combine.
5. Take away the blade and stir throughout the chocolate chips with a metal spoon.
6. Divide the mixture between the muffin situations, then bake throughout the preheated oven for half-hour. Allow to relax throughout the tin for 10 minutes, then eat warmth whereas the chocolate continues to be melted or cool on a wire rack and pack in a lunch discipline. Preserve in a tin – best eaten inside two days or you can freeze them and defrost for lunchboxes or the varsity run, as wished.
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Chocolate bunny bars
Makes 9 Takes 35 minutes
I obtained right here up with these as totally different chocolate treats for Easter bunny season, nonetheless on account of they embody quite a few carrot (rabbit meals) you can even make them and identify them bunny bars all yr spherical. Along with making them just a bit bit extra wholesome than your widespread brownie, the carrot and orange zest retains these chocolately bars very good and gooey. They’re made with maple syrup (or agave nectar) as a substitute of sugar, plus coconut oil as a substitute of butter. Youngsters don’t model any of the carrot, orange or coconut – merely chocolate.
1 orange (zest solely)
100g carrot (that’s about 1 huge one)
100g darkish chocolate
150g self-raising flour (gluten-free once you like)
150g unsweetened cocoa powder
100ml maple syrup or agave nectar
3 tbsp coconut oil
2 eggs
icing sugar to brighten (non-obligatory)
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm(approx) brownie tin. Fill and boil the kettle.
2. Help the kids to zest the orange using a constructive discipline grater. Peel the carrot and grate it straight into the sector grater too alongside the orange zest.
3. Set a pan on a medium heat and fill alongside along with your boiling water. Get the kids to interrupt the chocolate up (that’s finest to do with their arms whereas it’s nonetheless throughout the foil wrapping) then pop it in a heatproof bowl and set it over the boiling water to melt.
4. Get the kids to measure out and sift the flour and cocoa collectively into an enormous mixing bowl.
5. Measure out the maple syrup (or agave nectar) and coconut oil and put immediately into the bowl of your meals processor. Crack throughout the eggs.
6. Add the melted chocolate, orange zest and carrot to the processor bowl and blend all of the items briefly to combine.
7. Use a palette knife to scrape the mixture into the bowl with the sifted flour and cocoa, then fold together with a picket spoon. Youngsters uncover this finest once you pop a folded tea towel beneath the mixing bowl to stop it from spinning.
8. Pour into your prepared tin and bake for 25 minutes. Depart to relax for 10 minutes throughout the tin then reduce into 9 bars and funky on a wire rack. You can mud with icing sugar and use just a bit bunny template to brighten once you like (ours was a felt bunny from an Easter craft set nonetheless you might use any kind or go away the icing sugar off altogether).
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Ginger dino biscuits
Makes 12 Takes half-hour
It’s also possible to make these simple gingernut biscuits using any cutters your kids fancy – we like using our dinosaur kind which is certainly meant for slicing up sandwiches, nonetheless does the job for us. The dough is made using coconut oil, not butter, maple syrup as a substitute of golden syrup, and a spoonful of ground almonds for added dietary kick.
200g self-raising flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp ground almonds
2 tbsp coconut oil
100ml maple syrup
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas mark 5 and grease an enormous baking sheet.
2. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger in an enormous bowl. Stir throughout the ground almonds.
3. Soften the coconut oil and maple syrup collectively in a pan over a gentle heat then pour into the flour mix. Stir to variety a mild dough.
4. Roll out to in regards to the depth of a £1 coin on a flippantly floured ground. Get the kids to stamp out dinosaurs and change to your prepared baking sheet. They will use a chopstick or skewer to make little eyes throughout the dough.
5. Bake for 10-12 minutes until brown. Cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet then change to a wire rack to relax totally. Retailer in an airtight tin for 2-3 days.
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Easy-mix carrot muffins
Makes 12 Takes 50 minutes
The meals processor takes all the strain when making these simple muffins – grate the carrots in yours in seconds, then swap blades and finish the cake batter in there too. As a substitute of butter, sunflower or vegetable oil, we use coconut oil; as a substitute of sugar, maple syrup. They’re gentle, fluffy and easily sweet enough – not overly so. When you want to make them gluten-free, swap the self-raising flour and baking powder for gluten-free varieties. These freeze correctly so make a batch and bag them up as quickly as cool to have the ability to always get one or two out to defrost ahead of the afternoon school pick-up. Moreover good for lunchboxes.
200g carrots
3 tbsp coconut oil
100ml good prime quality maple syrup or honey
3 eggs
250g self-raising flour (gluten-free once you like)
2 tsp baking powder (gluten-free once you like)
½ tsp ground cinnamon
a grating of up to date nutmeg
100g sultanas
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas mark 3 and line a deep muffin tin with cupcake situations. Excessive and tail and peel your carrots, then use the grater attachment in your meals processor to grate them in 5 seconds flat. Change to the same old blade and decant the carrots into an enormous mixing bowl.
2. Now the get the kids that may help you measure out the coconut oil and maple syrup immediately into the processor bowl. Crack throughout the eggs and whizz merely to combine.
3. Add the self-raising flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg and whizz as soon as extra briefly to variety a batter.
4. Pour into the mixing bowl with the carrots, throw throughout the sultanas and stir all of it up with a picket spoon. Youngsters will uncover this finest once you place a tea towel beneath the mixing bowl to cease it from spinning.
5. Spoon the mixture into your cupcake situations and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a metal skewer inserted into the middle comes out clear. Cool on a wire rack. Will maintain for a few days in an airtight tin or you can freeze in baggage and get them out in batches when you want them.
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Citrus frosting
Takes 5 minutes Ices 12 muffins
Made with mascarpone and a dollop of yoghurt, this frosting replaces icing sugar with maple syrup or honey to cut down on refined sugar. For a citrus kick, use limes, lemons or orange. Attempt using it to ice our easy-mix carrot muffins.
250g mascarpone
2 lemons (or 1 orange or 3 limes)
2 tbsp maple syrup or honey
1-2 tbsp pure yoghurt
1. Empty the mascarpone into an enormous mixing bowl and use the once more of a picket spoon to interrupt it down until simple.
2. Get the kids that may help you zest your chosen fruit, then reduce it up and juice it. Subject graters work correctly for zesting and hand-held juicers make gentle work of the job for little arms.
3. Stir throughout the zest and juice of your chosen fruit, then add the maple syrup and honey and stir as soon as extra. Lastly, add 1-2 tbsp yoghurt – it is advisable to get to a nice spreadable consistency nonetheless not too runny and this may rely on the amount of juice you got out of your fruit.
Strive remaining week’s recipes for easy do-it-yourself variations of kids’ favourites, along with rooster nuggets and meatballs. Subsequent week, Emily brings us speedy standby meals for when time is tight.
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