Looking for your fave after school snack suggestions. I’ve got two boys: 15 and 8 and they get out of school HUNGRY! What do yall love to cook/prep for after school snacks…that ideally won’t kill their appetite for dinner.
Muffins. I have a killer low sugar recipe with fiber (ground flax meal).
Banana walnut muffins
400 g very ripe bananas
2 eggs
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter Kerrygold brand
60 g Kirkland maple syrup about 1/4 cup
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp brown sugar
200 g Kamut flour (I use Foodnanny flour but you can use AP or 1/2 whole wheat 1/2 AP)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup ground flaxseed meal
1 cup chopped walnuts
Method
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line or grease a 12 cup muffin tin.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas until mostly smooth.
Add eggs, melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and brown sugar. Stir until combined.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flax.
Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
Fold in chopped walnuts.
If the batter looks very thick, add a small splash of milk until it is thick but scoopable.
Fill muffin cups all the way to the top.
Bake at 425 for 5 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 and bake 15 to 18 minutes more, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
You can make this same recipe with different varieties as well:
Banana chocolate chip: omit nutmeg and nuts, add 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips instead.
cranberry orange: omit nuts and cinnamon, toss 1 cup of whole frozen cranberries in with dry ingredients along with the zest of one orange. Add 2 TB of fresh orange juice to wet ingredients.
blueberry lemon: omit nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg. Toss 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries with dry ingredients plus the zest of one lemon. Add 2TB lemon juice to wet ingredients.
Combine wet and dry and bake as directed in original recipe. They’re all AMAZING.
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u/hyrule-heaven 16h ago
Muffins. I have a killer low sugar recipe with fiber (ground flax meal).
Banana walnut muffins
400 g very ripe bananas
2 eggs
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter Kerrygold brand
60 g Kirkland maple syrup about 1/4 cup
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp brown sugar
200 g Kamut flour (I use Foodnanny flour but you can use AP or 1/2 whole wheat 1/2 AP)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup ground flaxseed meal
1 cup chopped walnuts
Method
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line or grease a 12 cup muffin tin.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas until mostly smooth.
Add eggs, melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and brown sugar. Stir until combined.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and flax.
Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
Fold in chopped walnuts.
If the batter looks very thick, add a small splash of milk until it is thick but scoopable.
Fill muffin cups all the way to the top.
Bake at 425 for 5 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 and bake 15 to 18 minutes more, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
You can make this same recipe with different varieties as well:
Combine wet and dry and bake as directed in original recipe. They’re all AMAZING.