We are nearing the end of our Cooking With Kids A-Z series! I can’t believe that my daughter and I have cooked our way through the alphabet for the past year. She loves cooking with me and I love the bonding time, so it’s been a fun year of creating new recipes together. We’re up to Y for Yogurt and have come up with a Banana Greek Yogurt Protein Muffin Recipe that my kids are gobbling up. It’s a breakfast, snack, and lunchbox addition that is filling and moist. You won’t believe how healthy this muffin recipe is!
Besides the sugar in the yogurt and the natural sugar in milk and applesauce, there is no added sugar. (OK, I take that back. I totally sprinkled brown sugar on the top of the muffin. But, your getting such a small amount, and I mean, what is a muffin without crunchy brown sugar??) BUT, you can leave the brown sugar topping off and just add the oats.
Healthy Banana Greek Yogurt Protein Muffins
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You’ll need a few ingredients for this recipe:
2 soft bananas, peeled
1/2 cup Greek Yogurt
1 egg
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup milk
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup rolled oats
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup ground flaxseed meal
For the topping, you’ll need:
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 Tablespoons dark brown sugar
To make the muffins, mash together the bananas and the Greek yogurt with a fork. Pour the mixture into a mixing bowl. Add in the wet ingredients: egg, peanut butter, milk, and apple sauce. Mix to combine.
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, rolled oats, baking powder, and ground flaxseed meal
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Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix until combined.
Scoop the batter into a lined muffin tin
. Combine the rolled oats and dark brown sugar to create a crumbly topping. Sprinkle this on top of the uncooked muffins.
. Combine the rolled oats and dark brown sugar to create a crumbly topping. Sprinkle this on top of the uncooked muffins.
Place the muffins into the oven and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Immediately take the muffins from the tin and let them cool on a cooking rack
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Enjoy a healthy banana Greek yogurt muffin with assurance of a healthy snack!
You’ll want to stop over and see all of the yogurt recipes that the Cooking With Kids team have come up with this week:
Cinnamon Roll Bread | Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Looking for more recipes to make with your kids in the kitchen? Try these:
M is for Mushrooms: Veggie Quesadilla Recipe | N is for Nuts: Honey Roasted Nuts Popcorn | O is for Olives: Antipasto Skewer Kabobs | P is for Peppers: Asian Chicken
