School Hunger Buster Muffins

This simple muffin recipe makes a perfect treat for school lunch boxes that your children will love. You’ll rest easy knowing your kids are eating a healthy snack.

• Ingredients
• Method
• Nutritional content

Ingredients

Makes 12 muffins

• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• A pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 cup chopped apple
• 1/4 cup raisins
• A pinch of cinnamon
• 1 egg

Method

1. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
2. Add the egg, milk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients until just moistened.
3. Mix in the apple and raisins. Pour into non-stick muffin cups.
4. Cook, cool and start eating!

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Difficulty rating: Easy
Tips

• Add different types of fruit to keep the kids guessing! Banana and berries are also great muffin ingredients. All fruits contain micronutrients that will help keep your body healthy.
• Use wholemeal plain flour instead of white flour. Wholemeal flour and other whole-grain products contain more fibre than their white equivalents. Fibre is an important micronutrient used by the gastrointestinal system for digestion.
• Get the kids involved. Making muffins is a great way to keep them entertained on a rainy day.
• Serve with a dollop of low-fat cream cheese. It’s delicious and you’ll get extra calcium, which will maintain the health of your teeth and bones. Some people have higher calcium requirements, including:
  • Breastfeeding women; and
  •  Adolescent girls or mature women.
• Use a gluten-free flour like rice flour to make this recipe gluten free and suitable for people with coeliac disease.

These muffins come fresh from Andrea’s oven in Nerang, QLD.

Nutritional content

Nutritional analysis per serve:

Energy	659 kJ 158 cal
Protein	2.6 g
Total fat	5.5 g
Saturated fat	0.5 g
Carbohydrates	24.5 g
Total sugars	14.4 g
Fibre	1.0 g
Sodium	533.3 mg
Cholesterol	18.7 mg
Potassium	172.7 mg
Calcium	57.8 mg

 

More information

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