Simple Baby Oat Muffins with apples (No Banana) 

Why I Love This Baby Oat Muffins For Baby-led Weaning

Baby oat muffins are one of my favorite recipes for baby-led weaning. The best part about this recipe is that it has no banana.

If you don’t have bananas on hand, you can still make and enjoy this baby and toddler oat muffin.

A long time ago when I was looking for easy baby and toddler muffins for my son, I searched all over the internet and found nothing. 

Most of the recipes required a lot of extra ingredients I didn’t have on hand. A lot of them contained high amounts of sugar. 

We all know that sugar isn’t very good for babies who are less than a year old. In fact, sugar should be avoided as much as possible in childhood.

Because of the trouble I had with finding a good recipe for baby oat muffins, I decided to create my own. 

Keep reading to see how I make my easy oat muffins with no banana

Here are some other oatmeal recipes for your baby

• Easy Carrot & Apple Muffin For Baby-led Weaning 
• Blueberry Oatmeal Fingers For Babies
• Apple and Blueberry oatmeal for baby
• Easy Apple Muffins For Baby & Toddlers with Cinnamon Flavor

Benefits of oats for Babies and Toddlers 

Oats are a great source of fiber for babies and toddlers. Oats help kids move their bowels and prevent constipation.

Besides that, oats also have a lot of vitamins and minerals. It contains vitamins B1, B5, iron, zinc, etc. (source). 

Oats are also an excellent source of carbohydrates that gives children energy.

Feeding oatmeal as your baby’s first food? Check out my ultimate guide on oatmeal for babies

Ingredients for baby oat muffins with no banana

Yields 7 muffins 

• 1 ½ cup rolled oats
• ½ cup flour (whole wheat or white)
• 1 tsp baking soda 
• 1 ½ tsp baking powder 
• ¼ cup canola oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp vanilla 

Cooking Directions for Baby Oat Muffins with No Banana

Mix the dry ingredients together 

• Combine the rolled oats, baking soda, baking powder, flour, and cinnamon together. Mix thoroughly.

Combine wet ingredients together

• In a separate bowl, Mix together the eggs, vanilla, and canola oil.

Make the muffins 

• Combine both wet and dry ingredients and let it rest for 3 minutes.
• Scoop the mixture into a greased muffin pan.
• Bake in the oven at 375 for 19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Measure out your oats

Grate your apples

Combine your oats with the flour

Mix wet ingredients together

Combine both wet and dry ingredients

Place in a muffin pan

Recipe Variations For Baby Apple Oat Muffins (No Banana)

Add Maple Syrup for toddlers

If you’re making these oat muffins for a toddler, you can add some maple syrup as a natural sweetener.

Use Whole Wheat Flour

You can also use whole wheat flour instead of white flour.

Add Nuts or Use Nut Flour

• If you like a nutty flavor in your oat muffin, then add some ground nuts like ground almonds, pistachios, etc.
• You can also buy premade almond flour to use as a replacement for the flour in the recipe. Just make sure your baby is not allergic to these nuts before you add them.
• Also, make sure to blend them smoothly enough so they’re not a choking risk for a baby.

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• Whole wheat flour 
• Quaker Oats Rolled oats
• Almond flour 

How to store this baby-led Weaning Apple Oat Muffin

You can store these muffins in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can also freeze them for later use.

To defrost, simply leave them out overnight in the fridge. 

I’ve also successfully left out these muffins for 2 days on the kitchen counter. Just put them in a ziplock bag or airtight container.

Did you make this BLW recipe? 

Comment below and let me know how it turned out.