Pear and Oat Mini Muffins
Soft mini muffins sweetened only with ripe pear, no added sugar. An easy, portable baked snack for toddlers.
- prep
- 15 min
- cook
- 18 min
- total
- 33 min
- serves
- 12
- level
- easy
These are the kind of baked snack that is genuinely easy to keep stocked: a batch freezes well, and the only sweetener is the grated pear folded into the batter.
No added sugar, and nothing stops you from doubling the batch and freezing half the moment you taste how much a ripe pear can do on its own.
If your little one is still earlier in the journey, start with our Baby's First Foods guide.
Part of our 20 toddler meal ideas list.
method
Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F) and line a mini muffin tin with paper liners or grease it well.
Mix the oat flour, plain flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg, milk, oil and grated pear together.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined; a few small lumps are fine.
Spoon the batter into the mini muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full.
Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, until risen, lightly golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool completely on a rack before serving or storing.
chef's tips
- Grated pear is the only sweetener here. It is genuinely enough; resist the urge to add sugar on top of it.
- Mini muffins are the right size for a toddler snack as they are, so there is no need to cut these down further once cooled.
- These freeze well. Bag them individually once fully cool, and a frozen one thaws in about an hour at room temperature.
- Check a ripe, soft pear is used. An underripe, firm pear grates into harder pieces and adds less natural sweetness.