Kid-friendly vegetable muffins + Pizza Muffin recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the secret to moist muffins? ›

When can babies have muffins? It's perfectly fine to offer your baby foods made with multiple ingredients like muffins early on in her journey with solids. Most new noshers try their first bite of muffin sometime between 6 and 9 months.

Add some ham, mild pepper rings and pineapple for a fun Hawaiin twist. Toppings like spinach, artichoke, roasted garlic and tomatoes can add some savory flair. Toss on a combination of pepperoni, ham, bacon, Italian sausage and ground beef for a true meat lovers pizza.

There are so many different options out there for substituting eggs in recipes; you can use chia or flax seeds, mashed banana, apple sauce, chickpea water, or even a specially made egg substitute. However, in a recipe like these vegan zucchini muffins, I find that baking soda and vinegar works every time.

The best bakery-style crumb muffins start with cake flour

Cake flour is more finely ground and has less protein, which leaves the muffins with a fine, light crumb and soft texture. Using cake flour is an easy way to avoid heavy, dense muffins even if you end up stirring just a bit too much.

Yes. As long as it is modified for baby's age and eating ability and any common food allergens have been safely introduced, it is generally fine to share pizza as one part of a variety of food in the diet over time.

Look for bread made with whole grains and without honey or large seeds or pieces of nuts. Breads made with sprouted grains, alternative grains (such as spelt, buckwheat, or amaranth) can be great options. Fermented breads, such as sourdough, are also great options.

For 6-9 month olds, you can serve mini muffins whole so baby can pick it up with the palmer grasp. Once baby develops the pincer grasp around 9 months, you can break the muffin up into smaller pieces.

Kids love pizza and there are many pizza-themed gifts for them available, including pizza games, books, blankets, and even a large pizza floaty. The top seven kid-friendly pizza toppings are: french fries, pepperoni, mini meatballs, mac and cheese, hot dogs, ham and pineapple, and taco meat.

Whole eggs, egg yolks and egg whites are all used to add structure to batters. The yolk's elevated fat content helps it bind fats and liquids together through what's called an emulsion. Emulsion is just a fancy word for two liquids that don't usually blend together on their own, like oil and water.

What happens if I don't use eggs in muffins? ›

Reach for some applesauce or mash up a banana.

Both of these substitutes add moisture to the baked good, like eggs, but they can impart a little flavor to the mix (your cookies will probably taste a little reminiscent of banana bread, which isn't necessarily a bad thing).

Eggs are responsible for giving baked goods structure, which means the amount you use directly affects the resulting texture. Using too few eggs will make your desserts dense, but using too many will make them rubbery.

Oil & Butter: Oil produces a moist, tender muffin. Combine with melted butter for extra fat, moisture, and a little flavor. Milk: Milk adds plenty of moisture and lightens up the crumb.

Many muffin recipes use cooking oil instead of butter. Oil, being a liquid, distributes easily in the quick-mix batter and is readily absorbed into the baked muffin, producing a light non-greasy texture. Vegetable oil is ideal because its mild flavour doesn't compete with the main flavour of the muffin.

When I was researching muffin recipes for #weeknightbakingbook, I discovered that muffins dome really well when first baked at a high temperature like 425 (F). Doing so encourages the baking powder in the batter to react faster, causing the muffins to rise more quickly in the oven.

Rest the Muffin Batter

The first, most hands-off way to make your muffins pop (literally) is to let the batter rest. Make the batter, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let the batter rest at room temperature for about 1 hour. If you're short on time, just 30 minutes can make a difference.