Now that Bird is finally done nursing, I’m excited to enter the stage where she gets to try new food! However, it’s always nice to have something on hand that I can give her to feed herself while I prep meals for Bean or myself (especially at lunch time).
I scoured the internet for different ways to turn pureed baby food into something she could pick up, and I basically ended up just looking for recipes that required pureed fruit or vegetables.
Many recipes were just too dry or required something I didn’t have on hand. Together, Bean and I put together this recipe which produced a delicious mini muffin even he and I enjoyed!
Our favorite flavor combination was the sweet potato, which I’ve included here, but we also liked the apple-blueberry combo, and a carrot-cinnamon one. You could really dump in almost any baby food combo you have available, though I wouldn’t use anything green or meat… 😉
Let me know what you try and like! These are perfect for tea parties where everyone can be involved!
- 1 1/3 c flour
- 3/4 c baby oatmeal
- 2/3 c white sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 c milk
- 2 jars baby food - sweet potato (though you could do any flavor)
- 1/4 c applesauce
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin tray with Pam. (If you want your muffins to slip out easily, you need to spray the pan between EVERY batch!)
- Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately.
- Combine together, mixing until just wet.
- Bake for 20 min, or until toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly.
You really can do almost any combination of flavors with these muffins. We've tried apple/blueberry, carrot, and sweet potato so far and sweet potato was our favorite. Adding the cinnamon is a boon to any of the flavor combinations.