What I love about muffins is how easy it is to add whatever you like once the mix is made - blueberries, cherries, raspberries, chocolate chips - whatever you or your family's favourite is.
These can be eaten right away, or frozen and defrosted for many breakfasts to come - just take them out the night before for a great breakfast, or pop one in your lunchbox for a mid-morning or lunchtime snack.
These delicious breakfast muffins for kids are made with Onken Plain Grain, a slightly sweetened plain yogurt made extra delicious with addition of 5 grains - Barley, Oats, Rye, Wheat and Rice. I absolutely love the texture of Onken Plain Grain - it’s creamy, chewy, refreshing and satisfying. It's that soft-but-chewy texture that I think makes it perfect for baked goods like these.
So, on with the cooking! This fab recipe for a healthier summer breakfast treat makes 24 muffins, with an oatmeal-y, flapjack-y texture.
Ingredients
- 450 g (15.9 oz) Onken Plain Grain yogurt
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 120 ml (4.1 floz) maple syrup
- 2 bananas
- 400 g (14.1 oz) oats
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1.5 tbsp mixed spice
- 50 g (1.8 oz) dried apricots chopped
Equipment
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). In a large bowl, mix the yogurt, eggs, vanilla, maple syrup and mashed bananas.
Add the oats, salt, baking powder and mixed spice and mix until well combined.
Add in the apricots and mix well.
Divide the batter between two greased 12 hole muffin trays. Top with your choice of fresh fruit or chocolate chips.
Bake for 30 minutes until cooked through. If during baking, the toppings look to be catching on top, cover the whole tray with a hat of tin foil until baked.
Enjoy!
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Fruity Breakfast Muffins for Kids Recipe
Ingredients
- 450 g (15.9 oz) Onken Plain Grain yogurt
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 120 ml (4.1 floz) maple syrup
- 2 bananas
- 400 g (14.1 oz) oats
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1.5 tbsp mixed spice
- 50 g (1.8 oz) dried apricots chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). In a large bowl, mix the yogurt, eggs, vanilla, maple syrup and mashed bananas.
- Add the oats, salt, baking powder and mixed spice and mix until well combined.
- Mix in the apricots.
- Divide the batter between two greased 12 hole muffin trays. Top with your choice of fresh fruit or chocolate chips.
- Bake for 30 minutes until cooked through. If during baking, the toppings look to be catching on top, cover the whole tray with a hat of tin foil until baked.
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Lauretta at Home and Horizon says
This looks delicious! I love how detailed your procedure is. The kinds will adore these.
Meals and Makes says
These look really delicious- what a great idea for a breakfast, and a nice change to cereal and toast. I imagine the yoghurt in the mix makes the muffins lovely and moist. #recipeoftheweek
Rhian Westbury says
I need to try something like this as I am so bad at not having enough time for breakfast, these look great as you can pre-make them x
Sarah Ann says
I've never tried breakfast muffins but these sound and look delicious! It's a great way to use up fresh berries too because I always find I have so many leftover and it would be nice to do something a little more interesting with them.
Becca Talbot says
I've never seen a recipe to make muffins with yoghurt before, so this is a new one for me. They look divine though! Am pinning this now! x
Donna says
I had no idea you could make muffins with yoghurt - such a fab idea for the kids too!
Natasha Mairs says
Never tried this yoghurt before bit sound really good especially for adding in muffin and break bar recipes
MELANIE EDJOURIAN says
These look delicious. I bet my kids would love to have them for breakfast.
MELANIE EDJOURIAN says
These look delicious, I love that you can add fruit in and make them perfect for kids for breakfast.
Elodie says
These look so good and perfect for a summer breakfast! It's currently 35° where I live and I can't deal with my usual morning porridge right now.