Healthy Carrot Banana Muffins for Baby (Sugar-Free)

These Healthy Carrot Banana Muffins for Baby (Sugar-Free) are perfect for baby-led weaning. Naturally sweetened with bananas and cooked carrots, these are soft and delicious. I bet your baby will love it!

These healthy baby muffins are NOT very sweet, but they are ideal for babies under 2 years old who have not been exposed to sugary foods or drinks. If desired, add 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup to the blender when serving toddlers over 2 years of age. For more information on sugar for babies, read this article.

Reasons to Love These Healthy Carrot Muffins

• No added sugar: perfect first muffin for babies starting solids.
• Nutritious: this recipe is a delicious way to add carrots to your little’s meals, plus the benefits of using wholesome ingredients and no refined flours.
• Soft and moist: The muffins’ texture is perfect for babies; they are soft, moist, and not crumbly. If you prefer a sugar-free recipe with grated carrots, try my carrot cake muffins!

Ingredient List to Make Healthy Banana Carrot Muffins for Babies

• Ripe banana: the main source of sweetness.
• Eggs: used to bind the ingredients and provide structure to the muffins. Use room-temperature eggs if you can!
• Cooked carrots: Added for nutrition, and the cooked carrots also add sweetness and moisture to the muffins.
• Coconut oil: for moisture.
• Oat flour: I love baking with oat flour. It is made with whole grains and is high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, including iron.
• Flaxseed meal or Tiny Sprouts super seed boosters:  For added nutrition and omega 3.
• Cinnamon: For added flavor.
• Baking powder: To make the muffins rise.

Tools Needed

• Blender
• Mini muffin tin (regular) or silicone
• Whisk
• Spatula

Step-by-Step Instructions

• Preheat oven to 356F (180C) and grease a mini muffin tin.
• Add the cooked carrots, coconut oil, banana, and eggs to a blender and blend until smooth.
• Add the oat flour, flaxseed meal (or flour), cinnamon, and baking powder to a bowl and mix.
• Pour wet ingredients from the blender into the dry ingredients bowl and combine.
• Split the batter into 12 mini muffins or 6 standard-sized muffins.
• Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 15 minutes for minis and 20 minutes for regular-sized muffins.

Recipe Notes

• This recipe makes 12-14 mini muffins. You can make regular muffins by adding a few more minutes to the baking time.
• This is a small-batch recipe. To make a full recipe with 24 mini muffins, double the ingredients!
• Use cooked carrots. To preserve the color, steaming or roasting are preferred cooking methods. Cooking carrots in water will add too much moisture to the recipe, so drain well.
• Be sure to weigh the carrots; if too much or too little is added, the texture of these muffins may not turn out great.

Storage Instructions

• Let the carrot muffins completely cool, then store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
• To freeze, store in a freezer airtight freezer bag for up to 3 months.
• To reheat, microwave the muffins in 30-second increments until warm. You can also let them defrost overnight in the fridge.

Serving Suggestions and Substitutions

• If your little one loves nut butter, slice the muffins and top with a thick layer of natural peanut butter for added flavor and protein.
• Flaxseed meal: you may replace the flaxseed meal with flaxseed flour, oat flour, almond flour, or Tiny Sprouts super seed boosters.
• You may use a silicon muffin pan (no need for greasing), or if using a regular muffin pan, coat it with spray, butter, or coconut oil beforehand.
• Coconut oil: You may replace it with unsalted butter.
• Cooked carrots: You can replace them with cooked beets! When I created this recipe, I leveraged it from my original recipe: healthy beet muffins for babies!

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Other Sugar-free Muffins for Babies

• Healthy Spinach Banana Muffins (no added sugar)
• Banana Carrot Cake Muffins
• Healthy Beet Muffins for Babies
• Healthy Pumpkin Mini Muffins (Sugar-Free)
• Easy Banana Muffins for Baby (no added sugar)

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