SHOW ME SOME DESERTS SWEETENED EXCLUSIVELY WITH FRUIT! HOW TO MAKE CARROT AND APPLE MUFFINS Once you have prepared all your ingredients (grated carrots & apples, mashed bananas, chopped nuts), preheated the oven and greased a muffin tray, then making the muffins can be done in four easy steps: grated apple mashed banana grated carrot apple puree (apple sauce) egg spelt flour almond flour milk spices (cinnamon & ginger) baking soda coconut oil (What kind of crazy recipe doesn't give the amounts?!) Mix the wet ingredients together (milk, egg, apple puree, grated carrot, grated apple, mashed banana, coconut oil) in a large mixing bowl. Mix the dry ingredients (spelt flour, almond flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda) together in a separate bowl. Combine the wet and dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and gently stir until just combined. Divide the batter evenly between 12 muffin cups, top with chopped walnuts (optional) and bake for 35 minutes, or until the muffins are golden and a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. TOP TIPS Use very ripe bananas – The apple, banana and carrots provide the sweetness. The riper the banana the sweeter the muffin will taste and this recipe works best with really ripe ones Be organized – Preheat the oven, prepare your muffin tin, measure your dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls all before combining the wet and dry ingredients. Once the raising agents in the batter are activated, (when the baking powder gets added to the liquid mixture), you need to capitalise on this chemical reaction quickly so that the heat of the oven can set the air bubbles in place. Keep an eye on the baking time – Take the muffins out of the oven too soon and they will be sticky and uncooked. Bake them too long, and you run the risk of dry muffins. Every oven is different, so while you should still follow the bake time in this recipe, use a skewer to test your muffins a couple of minutes before the end of the bake time. Your skewer will come out clean if they are ready. Pump up the sweetness – if you are looking for something a little bit sweeter then why not try adding 1/2 cup of sultanas (soak in boiling water and drain before stirring through the muffin mixture).
COCONUT AND MANGO OAT BREAKFAST BITES INGREDIENTS 40g (1/4 cup) Raisins / Sultanas 1 Ripe banana, mashed 195g (2 cups) Rolled oats 33g (1/3 cup) Desiccated coconut 250ml (1 cup) Coconut milk 140g (1 cup) Frozen Mango Pieces 1 Egg, beaten INSTRUCTIONS Pre heat oven to 190°C / 375°F / Gas 5 Pop the raisins in a small bowl and soak in boiling water. To a large mixing bowl add the banana, oats, coconut and coconut milk. Stir until combined. Add the mango pieces and stir until they start to break down (I like around half of the mango broken down into the mixture and the other half as chunks) Add the beaten egg and mix until combined. Drain the raisins and mix them through the oat mixture. Grease a baking tray/ dish with coconut oil, add the mixture and smooth out. (Mine tray was 22cm /8.5 inch by 22cm / 8.5 inch) Bake for approx. 28 mins. Allow to cool before slicing into bite size pieces. RECIPE NOTES Suitable for freezing
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