Oaty nutmeg breakfast muffins

  • Portion size: Makes 12
  • Hands-on time 20 min, oven time 25 min
  • Difficulty: easy

These spiced oat breakfast muffins will give you energy for the day ahead. They’re also great as healthy after-school snacks for children. Or, make them with your kids and serve to mum as a Mother’s Day breakfast in bed.

Or, how about these savoury all-day breakfast muffins, which cram the bacon and egg experience into baked goods.

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Ingredients

  • 3 large free-range eggs
  • 150g light muscovado sugar
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 small, ripe banana (about 150g), mashed
  • 1 large carrot (about 105g), coarsely grated
  • 225g butter, melted and cooled

For the topping

  • 25g light muscovado sugar
  • 25g demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1½ tbsp sunflower oil
  • 75g unsweetened muesli

You’ll also need… 

  • 12-hole muffin tin and 12 muffin cases
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 190ºC/170ºC fan/gas 5. Line the tin with the cases.
  2. Beat the eggs and 150g sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer for about 6 minutes until pale, thick and moussey. Sift the flour and 2 tsp nutmeg into separate medium bowl.
  3. Using a large metal spoon, gently fold the banana, carrot and butter into the egg mixture, followed by the nutmeg-laced flour. Spoon the mixture into the cases.
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  5. Mix the topping ingredients in a bowl, then sprinkle evenly over the muffin mix. Bake for 25 minutes or until risen and golden.
  6. Remove the muffins from the tin to a wire rack to cool. Serve warm.

Nutrition

  • 343kcals Calories
  • 19.4g (10.8 saturated) Fat
  • 4.9g Protein
  • 36.2g (20.2 sugars) Carbs
  • 2g Fibre
  • 0.6g Salt

Make Ahead

Cool, cover and store in a cool place for up to 48 hours, or freeze in bags for up to 3 months, then defrost. Refresh in a warm oven (or in the microwave for a few seconds) to serve.

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