Muffins

jnk062602

DD is obsessed with those mini muffins that you can buy in the snack food/bread area.  But I am guessing they are pretty bad for you right?  I don't know bc I never really look at labels.  She asks for them at every meal (which we obviously don't indulge that often).  So if I were to make a bunch - would making them from the box mix be any healthier?  Or would I have to go from scratch?  And any good (and easy) recipes that you guys like?

NikCole

from scratch is always healthier. the box mixes have so many preservatives. plus muffins are probably the easiest thing to bake from scratch.

Here are a few of my favorite muffin recipes... you could easily make them in mini sized, just bake them for way less time. 

oatmeal blueberry applesauce muffins  (super healthy)

cranberry apple muffins  (I usually omit the figs)

pumpkin muffins (I just made these w/ a little cream cheese icing drizzle, and they were amazing!)

Irisheyes1247

Scratch is probably best, I just got that jessica Seinfeld book about hiding veggies in foods. You can also use whole wheat flour or flaxseed to bulk them up. Just as an FYI, the Wegmans blueberry mini muffins now have a serving of whole grain in each muffin (I think) because they are partially whole wheat flour, but they also have a lot of oil, so there's the trade-off.

wendyj

I make these all the time. Both are really easy to make:

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/banana-muffins-ii/detail.aspx (it says sift the dry ingredients, I just whisk them together to get the same effect)

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/to-die-for-blueberry-muffins/detail.aspx

I always do the banana muffins in a mini muffin pan, then freeze the leftovers to use as daycare breakfasts later.