Banana oats atta muffins are healthy and perfect for a toddler snack that can be prepared in advance yet are homemade and balanced for your baby or toddler.
Mix together - maple syrup or honey and oil with a whisk
Add the eggs and beat again.
Mix in the mashed bananas and milk, followed by the baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
Next, add the atta or whole wheat flour and oats. Gently fold to combine without any lumps
Grease your muffin pans with some olive oil (if needed) and pour the batter in, filling about 3/4 of the way
Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the muffins comes out clean
Cool in the muffin pan for 10 minutes and gently invert onto a cooling rack
When completely cool, store in an airtight container. Keeps at room temperature for up to 2 days and in the refrigerator for 4 days.
Gently warm before serving to your toddler. You can also pat some butter to the warmed muffin before serving.
Notes
Note that honey is not safe for babies under 1 to consume so use maple syrup or other sweeteners of choice if you are serving this to your baby under 1
If your banana is really ripe, you can cut down the sweetness further. I cut it down from the original recipe and our muffins were just fine
If you want to make eggless banana oats atta muffins, try this recipe with flax seed meal - mix 1 tbsp flax seed powder with 3 tbsp warm water and use in place of 1 egg. If you try this out, please let me know how it turned out
The cinnamon lends a lovely flavour so I don't add any vanilla. You can add some if you'd like
You can also add nuts like almonds or walnuts, finely chopped, to the muffins
The milk I used is full fat cow's milk. Again, if serving to babies under one, use a nut milk or add water.
If you want to replace the olive oil with melted butter, note that you will need to make other changes to the recipe as well. Here's a good guide on replacing oil with butter in muffin recipes.