{"id":24656,"date":"2023-06-30T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=24656"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:59:07","slug":"banana-and-raisin-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana and raisin muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week our little chefs have been baking delicious muffins, following recipes from our \u2018Tickle fingers, toddler cookbook\u2019. We have been making Dairy and Gluten free Blueberry Yoghurt muffins but we ran out of blueberry yoghurt (Plant based Alpro- soya) and blueberries so had to improvise this morning.<\/p>\n<p>We followed the same recipe but adapted the ingredients to suit what we had available. \u00a0We had a discussion on what ingredients we would use. \u00a0\u201cWe could use bananas\u201d \u201cand raisins\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We washed our hands and put our aprons on ready to begin baking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24658\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/19f38375-2c78-4b6c-925c-6be04c8b7975\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1688121743&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24658\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111132\/19F38375-2C78-4B6C-925C-6BE04C8B7975.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Working their larger arm muscles, the children began by using a potato masher to mash the banana until it was all mushy. They helped each other as it was so tough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/fcf334ea-719e-4d0b-a8b7-86c26e1c7ace\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24660\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30111805\/FCF334EA-719E-4D0B-A8B7-86C26E1C7ACE.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so tricky\u201d \u201c I\u2019m using my big muscles\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next we added all the liquids to the banana mix including \u00a0oil, honey, soya milk and gave it a good mix using the whisk.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24664\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/899e8305-d31a-4c44-8b25-0d810ca96a87\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1688122002&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24664\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113200\/899E8305-D31A-4C44-8B25-0D810CA96A87.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nThey added the raisins then used their measuring skills to weigh out the gluten free self raising flour using the scales, each child took turns to add a scoop to the bowl and watched as the measurements got higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dit\u2019s got a 3 and 4\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it\u2019s got two 6\u2019s that number is sixty six\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113815\/75BA3923-53BB-4BA9-9D37-F704DE701849.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/75ba3923-53bb-4ba9-9d37-f704de701849\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113815\/75BA3923-53BB-4BA9-9D37-F704DE701849.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"75BA3923-53BB-4BA9-9D37-F704DE701849\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113815\/75BA3923-53BB-4BA9-9D37-F704DE701849-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30113815\/75BA3923-53BB-4BA9-9D37-F704DE701849-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24665\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next they added the flour to the mix and gave it a good mix till it was the right consistency for our muffins. We filled up our muffin cases and popped them in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. We discussed how to use the oven safely using oven gloves and letting an adult put them in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/ffac25cb-2c21-4ed7-b59a-171703a5ed6d\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1688124990&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24661\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-rotated.jpeg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe muffins turned out great and are now ready to go home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dthey smell like banana\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week our little chefs have been baking delicious muffins, following recipes from our \u2018Tickle fingers, toddler cookbook\u2019. We have been making Dairy and Gluten free Blueberry Yoghurt muffins but we ran out of blueberry yoghurt (Plant based Alpro- soya) and blueberries so had to improvise this morning. We followed the same recipe but adapted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/06\/30\/banana-and-raisin-muffins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Banana and raisin muffins<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31671,"featured_media":24661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[446333,446699,446570,446334,1001,446702,445980,185,446612,8379],"class_list":["post-24656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-creativityskills","tag-finemotorskills","tag-grossmotorskills","tag-problemsolving","tag-baking","tag-health-and-well-being","tag-measuring","tag-numeracy","tag-social-skills","tag-teamwork"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2023\/06\/30112448\/FFAC25CB-2C21-4ED7-B59A-171703A5ED6D-rotated.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24656"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24670,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24656\/revisions\/24670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}