banana yogurt muffins

[kirsty_lee]

Bought a mini muffin tray right so proud .. been thinking of yummy things to make for ava. So found a recipe for banana yogurt muffins. Its says plain yogurt, but I don't have plain yogurt, but I have normal yogurt would that be ok to use? AND can I freeze them? or will they be stale?

[christy]

What flavour normal yogurt? If its something like vanilla etc, it will have added sugar in it or sweetener, so if you were going to use that than you should use less sugar. Especially if it has bananas in it

[amberj]

Hm, does it mean plain as in vanilla yoghurt (sweet) or plain as in natural (non-sweet) yoghurt? I think you will be fine, but if it means plain (sweet) and you only have plain (savoury), then add extra sugar.

You will be fine to freeze, they will come out yum.

[*charmalea*]

yum share the recipie .. they will freeze fine make heaps and keep them in snap lock bags , i do that ( make sweet and savoury muffins ) and then whack a frozen pack into my nappy bag lunch box and its OK to eat at morning tea time

[Netix]

:yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat:

Good on you for buying a mini muffin pan! You can also use it to make tiny cup cakes.

I posted several muffin recipes this arvo in the muffin recipe sticky, and it has a note about making mini muffins (cooking times).

Have fun!

[kirsty_lee]

sO quickly ran to the shop and got some plain yogurt. It asks for 1/2 cup of caster sugar.. even though it's plain yogurt i still don't want to make stuff that isn't good for her.. how do i know what is too much sugar kwim? annndddd if i lessen the sugar will it make any difference to the way the muffin cooks or just how it tastes?

[Rouge]

Check the ingredients. Make sure there is no gelatin. Natural Yoghurt is just that natural as. With all the other rubbish thats in sweetened yoghurt I'd be worried. But thats just me

[kirsty_lee]

Ingredients

* 1 3/4 cups self-raising flour
* 1/2 cup caster sugar
* 1 cup natural yoghurt
* 1 egg
* 2/3 cup vegetable oil
* 2 large bananas, mashed

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180?C. Lightly grease a 12-hole, 1/3 cup-capacity muffin pan. Sift flour and sugar into a bowl.
2. Combine yoghurt, egg, oil and 1 cup mashed banana in a large bowl. Gradually add dry ingredients, stirring until just combined.
3. Spoon mixture into muffin holes. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
4. Stand muffins in pan for 5 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely. Serve warm or cold.

there you go.. there's the recipe girls.. enjoy!

ETA; one more question.. dont kill me girls lol Chocolate @ Ava's age? Yay or Nay? There's a kickarse weetbix / banana with choc chip muffin recipe that I wanna make! Just the whole chocolate/sugar thing scares me i dont know what is appropriate and what isn't kwim?

[Campari]

yum! sounds pretty healthy to me. You can always alter the amount of sugar next time you make them if they seem too sweet.

Make sure you don't cook them for the full 20 minutes, that would be for bigger muffins I think, and the mini ones will cook much faster

ETA: you can also try using wholemeal SR flour, that goes well with banana-y or fruity kinda muffins, and is healthier too.
Good luck!

[kirsty_lee]

I just finished the muffins. Dp and his mate were working on the bike and nearly ate them all they were that good LOL that's good to know

[smiles4u]

*** Um, ... in case someone here is interested i was in KMART today & they have 30% OFF all Bakeware including all size muffins trays until next Wed (29th April) ***

[LimeSlice]

nice work hun! Sounds yum - may have to give them a go!

WRT to the sugar - 1/2 cup really isnt that much over the whole recipe. So I wouldnt add less in order to be healthier. Just be aware of how many she is eating.

[Michelle71]

If it is the recipe from the Taste website, scroll down a bit further and read through the comments made by some others who have tried the recipe. Many of them added a different yoghurt (flavoured) and had a good effect. If it isn't, check out the website and see if the comments help. It is in the muffin search.

As for the bad stuff, everything in moderation Just do what you are happy with.

[suse]

Just wanted to let you all know that I made these, and modified them with much better results (in both my, and in my tasters' opinions).

The first time I made them I reduced both the sugar to a 1/3 of a cup and the oil to a 1/4 of a cup (making up the rest of the liquid content with milk), but still found them overly sweet and way too oily. The second time I made them I used the following:

* 2 cups self-raising flour
* 1/4 cup caster sugar
* 1 cup natural yoghurt
* 1 egg
* 1 tbsp vegetable oil
* 1/2 cup milk
* 2 large bananas, mashed (1 cup)
* 1 tbsp sweet spices mix (I used Herbies Sweet Fragrant Spice mix, but you could use 1/4 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp nutmeg instead).
* 1 tablespoon (approx, maybe a little more) rosewater

This resulted in a slightly denser but still very moist consistency, and the tang of the yoghurt was not masked by over sweetness and it blended really nicely with the sweet spices and rosewater, giving it a suggestion of middle-eastern flavours.