Simple Muffins

Another recipe from, The Baby Food Bible, that I couldn't wait to try were the Simple Muffins. Itty bitty likes muffins but sometimes he is picky when it comes to fruit or toppings. A simple straight forward muffin sounded perfect for his preferences.

While muffins are generally a breakfast item in our household I felt that these would make for a perfect before nap time snack. Just like the Breakfast Biscuits, these muffins are made with tiny hands, tiny mouths, and tiny appetites in mind. That is what makes these so perfect for snack time.

The no frills approach worked. He loved the muffins. They have the right amount of sweetness to them and were incredibly fluffy. For as simple as they are, they are surprisingly tasty.

Next time I will use this recipe as the base and add in blueberries or chopped peeled peaches and see if he will change his tune toward a fruited muffin.

Simple Muffins

The Baby Food Bible

Makes 6 muffins

Stars of the Show:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ½ cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp canola oil or melted butter - I used canola oil.

And Action:

Preheat oven the to 375 degrees. Grease a muffin pan. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a medium sized bowl. Mix well. Form a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the milk, egg, and oil. Stir just until combined, Fill each muffin cup about 2/3 full. Bake 15-20 minutes until the tops are golden brown.

Breakfast Biscuits

I am a regular at our local library. I tend to pick up foodie reads. The last trip to the library I came home with The Baby Food Bible and How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?. Of course the latter was for me itty bitty.

The Baby Food Bible was filled with very useful information on providing proper nutrition for your newborn on to the "high chair cuisine" ages (toddler years). There were also plenty of recipes and I bookmarked a few I wanted to try. While this book would have been helpful to have when I was pregnant, over three years ago, I found it was still helpful as a reminder as to how to fuel my toddler's little body.

One of the first recipes I knew I wanted to try were the Breakfast Biscuits. I got to thinking about how I have never made a plain biscuit. I made those delicious Cheddar Bay Biscuits but sometimes a comforting straight forward biscuit is what I need and biscuits and gravy is what I have in mind.
These biscuits are obviously made with tiny mouths, tiny hands, and tiny appetites in mind. They are the perfect size for an itty bitty or as a side dish. If a larger biscuit is what you are wanting than you would need to double the amount dropped per biscuit.



Breakfast Biscuits

The Baby Food Bible

Makes 12 2 inch biscuits

Stars of the Show:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 5 tbsp butter, softened
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey

And Action:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients. With fingers or a fork blend the butter in to the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal. In a separate bowl combine the milk and maple syrup. Pour the milk mixture over the dry ingredients and stir until all the flour is moistened. Avoid over mixing; a few lumps are okay. Drop by the spoonful onto a greased baking sheet and bake the biscuits for 15-18 minutes or until the biscuits start to brown.