For awhile, we made these mini muffins at least once a week, froze them, and then took them along with us on playdates. Big hit!
While making these one morning, I wrote down 4 consecutive statements of hers - these just came out one after another:
"It's all googly" (when stirring the wet ingredients into the dry)
"Yuck! It smells like sugar, but it doesn't TASTE like sugar!" (when I let her try a bit of cinnamon from my fingertip).
"This will take a lot!" (referring to how much stirring is necessary to get it thoroughly mixed).
"Wow, look at the fork, it stands up!"
That is the great thing about cooking with kids - they are really making so many observations, and are just fascinated with the process.
Here is our recipe, if you want to try it yourself!
ZORA's ZUCCHINI MUFFINS
makes 4 dozen mini muffins or 2 dozen regular sized
3 eggs
1 cup oil or applesauce or a mix (we do 1/2 oil 1/2 applesauce)
1 cup sugar (white or brown or a mix - we do a mix)
2 cups grated zucchini (about 2 large zucchini)
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups flour (we do a mix of whole wheat and unbleached - 2/3 regular and 1/3 wheat)
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp (or less) salt
Preheat oven to 350
line muffin tins or spray HEAVILY with organic pam spray - these will stick to the tin, if not.
Medium bowl - beat the eggs, then mix in oil/applesauce sugar. Combine with grated zucchini and vanilla (all wet ingredients)
Large bowl - combine all dry ingredients
Mix them all together now in the Large bowl
spoon into muffin pans - well greased or lined! (Zora is really good at this part).
Bake for 14 minutes (mini) or 20-24 minutes (regular sized) - you will know they are done when your child says, "wow, those smell good." I frequently bake until that perfect smell hits - that is the true gauge.
Freeze half of them for later - these freeze really well.
Enjoy! Zora has 3 at a time (of the minis).
ps. we have a KinDer Perch, and find that this makes cooking so much fun. We highly recommend it.
http://www.tinybirdsorganicbabytoys.com/cgi-bin/item/WickedDecentKinderPerch/search/Wicked-Decent-Kinder-Perch-Learning-Tower
2 comments:
Yay, Kate! Thank you for sharing! My heart jumped into my throat and I did a little dance in my chair when I refreshed the page and saw this post <3
Otto LOVES your mini muffins (as do I) and I insist that you keep us on your "muffin outreach program" list (what can I say, we love accepting muffin donations, and popsicle donations, and famous kate's iced sugar cookie donations, &c &c &c!
I also wanted to share with anyone who's dealing w/ a teething baby that these muffins, when frozen and cut into slivers, make yummy healthy treats that sooth the gums.
I have some zucchini in my fridge that is just looking for an opportunity to be a part of a recipe! Looks like they've finally found a purpose! I can't wait to try this one.
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