Spiced Sweet Potato Mini Muffins for Baby + Toddler
These Spiced Sweet Potato Mini Muffins for Baby + Toddler are moist, tender and absolutely perfect for baby’s first muffin! Great for baby-led weaning or the finger food stage.
Spiced Sweet Potato Mini Muffins for Baby + Toddler
These mini muffins are gluten-free, refined sugar-free, nut-free and dairy-free (phew, that was a mouth full) but are full of nutritious sweet potatoes, warming spices, a ripe banana and healthy whole grain oats.
The best part, they are made in a blender and take less then 5 minutes to prep!
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Get the recipe: Spiced Sweet Potato Mini Muffins for Baby + Toddler
Ingredients
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 ripe banana
- 1/4 cup Beech-Nut just sweet potato puree (see notes for alternatives)
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp maple syrup or agave nectar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Spray or line 16 mini muffin cups with cooking spray or paper liners.
- In a blender, add in the oats, banana, puree, egg, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger and allspice and blend on high for 1-2 minutes, scrapping down sides when needed, or until the oats are completely broken down and the batter is smooth.
- Add in the baking powder, baking soda and salt and blend on low for 20 seconds.
- Pour batter into muffin cups until they are 2/3 of the way full. Place muffin tin in over.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown on the top. Let cool and enjoy.
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19 Comments on “Spiced Sweet Potato Mini Muffins for Baby + Toddler”
If I wanted to make this without the oats, what else could I use?
Nice Recipe! I would like to try this one for my 11 months old son. I have not introduced any sugar/ external sweetener for him yet. Would you recommend a substitute for maple syrup and agave nectar ? Would unsweetened apple puree work for example? how much would you add in this case? Thanks! 🙂
Ps.
I have already tried your Spinach pankace and bluberry sheet pancake recipes since he was 6 months and they are still his top favorites. I have also pinned many of your muffin/ cupcake recipes but again because they contained maple syrup or sugar, I have not tried them yet. But thanks alot for all of them!
You can definitely try applesauce instead of the maple syrup. I would start by using the same quantity of applesauce as maple syrup and going from there.
Any chance we can leave out the egg? Maybe a flax egg instead? My son has an egg allergy. Love all your recipes and your books! They have changed my life! 🙂
Not sure how severe his allergies are but my daughter has an egg allergy as well and I was told by an allergist to allow her to have eggs when they are in baked items like muffins or cakes. Apparently the egg protein is broken down and it’s fine for them to have it. Given my daughter had egg yolks several times after her first allergic reaction to a full egg and she was fine. Just thought I would share.
Hubby has strong egg allergies & is fine to have egg in anything that is baked.
Add chia seeds and coconut flakes for an extra edge 🙂
Love those additions!
Is there a difference in cook time if you make these in a regular muffin tin as opposed to the mini muffin tin?
Yes – regular muffins cook at 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
My kiddies adored these… but they didn’t keep their shape. Looked wonderful when they came out of the oven but deflated as they cooled down. What am I doing wrong???
So glad your kiddos love these! But bummer about deflating. Here are some things to try next time – don’t overbeat (or blend the dough) the dough – so maybe reduce the time in the blender to 1 minute. Make sure you have fresh baking powder and soda – they only stay fresh for 3-4 months. Make sure your oven isn’t too hot. Let me know if any of these tips help.
This recipe is a life saver my granddaughter is a very picky eater I was on the verge of pulling my hair out. I tried 5 other recipes before I found this website, my granddaughter love these… Thank you
So happy to hear she likes these! She may also like my pumpkin muffins, spinach pancakes or banana pancakes as well.
Hello! Can I replace the oats with oat flour??
I haven’t tried it, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. If you try it, let us know how they turn out.
Hi there, my kiddo left me without any bananas what can I use instead? Maybe avocado?
Tried many of your recipes and loved them all! I am going to try this sweet p muffins but want to use oat flour. Internet says use 3/4 oat flour for 1cup old fashioned. Fingers crossed 🙂
So glad you love our recipes! Please let us know how the oat flour turns out in these muffins.