My son the Muffin Man

{ Posted on Apr 23 2009 by Lisa @ModEcoKIDS }
Categories : FAMILY LIFE

secret to perfect muffins is yogurt

I know someone who owns a local coffee shop where they sell organic snacks including the most delicious and moist muffins. One day she shared with me her secret ingredient for the muffins: yogurt! Of course I went home and googled muffin recipes with yogurt and found one that I’ve been using ever since, though we do still stop at the coffee shop once in a while for a treat.

Last week my son and I made these muffins together. I especially love this recipe because the muffins don’t crumble all over the place when my kids are eating them! I’ve been inspired by this post at goodLife {eats} to do more baking and cooking with my kids. Right now they are so interested in “helping” in the kitchen I figure I should make the most of it while it lasts!

Banana Muffins

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
cinnamon (optional)

6 tbsp softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cream the putter and sugar using a mixer. Beat in the sugar and rest of wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients.

{You can also add a cup of blueberries. Once I replaced the banana with chunks of apple pre-cooked slightly to make a sort of apple sauce. I also plan to experiment with using vegetable oil instead of butter since I usually forget to get the butter out ahead of time to soften!}

Bake at 375 F for 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.

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10 Responses to “My son the Muffin Man”

  1. By Unni on Apr 23, 2009 | Reply

    Thank you for the recipe! I will try it when my friends come to visit on saturday!
    I usually use this recipe. I put the link here, if you’d like to try it.
    http://unnistrand.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html

  2. By Lisa on Apr 23, 2009 | Reply

    Mmmmm those muffins look good too Unni! I hope you like my recipe when you try it.

  3. By Ariana on Apr 23, 2009 | Reply

    Yum! I’ll have to give them a try sometime.

  4. By michelle on Apr 23, 2009 | Reply

    wow!! i love the ingredients! i’m going to have to make these :)

  5. By ning fathia on Apr 23, 2009 | Reply

    Thank you for sharing the recipe!! Going to try this one! say hello to the adorable muffin man!

  6. By Katie @ goodLife {eats} on Apr 25, 2009 | Reply

    Have so much fun baking with your kids! We will have to try these ones sometime. Logan won’t eat banana bread, but he will eat banana muffins - even if it is made with the exact same recipe!

  7. By Unni on Apr 26, 2009 | Reply

    Tried it, love them!

  8. By Ariana on Apr 27, 2009 | Reply

    Just wanted to let you know we tried these muffins and my kids LOVED them. Even my husband loved them- said they were definitely a remake :) yay
    I also blogged about it,
    http://arianaandfamily.blogspot.com/2009/04/muffins-again.html

    Thanks again for sharing :)

  9. By Lisa on Apr 27, 2009 | Reply

    Thanks everyone who shared that they tried the recipe, and I’m so happy to hear that the muffins were a hit!

    You can read another review of the recipe here:

    http://threelittletreesclothing.blogspot.com/2009/04/mmmm-muffins.html

    I love the idea of using fruit yogurt. I’ll definitely try that next time!

  10. By Steph Bond @ Bondville on Aug 19, 2009 | Reply

    Hi Lisa, I found your recipe via the Millie Molly Moo blog, via the Three Little Trees blog and love it too! I took Kerri’s advice (Millie Molly Moo) and used passionfruit yoghurt and they were incredible. Pics and review on my personal blog now too:

    http://stephbond.blogspot.com/2009/08/crumbless-banana-passionfruit-yoghurt.html.

    Thanks again!

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