Date and walnut breakfast muffins

Tasty and bursting with flavour, these breakfast muffins are ideal for on-the-go snacking

Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 12

Published: October 18, 2022 at 2:02 pm

Date and walnut breakfast muffins

If you need a tasty ‘grab-and-go’ for busy work mornings or to nibble en route to a race, try making a batch of my date and walnut muffins with cinnamon streusel topping.

Sweet, moreish and surprisingly healthy, these provide you with slow-releasing carbs, healthy fats, fibre, potassium and iron.

Dates provide antioxidants; flavonoids and phenolic acid, which have anti-inflammatory properties; and carotenoids, proven to promote heart health.

Ingredients

  • 150g white self-raising flour
  • 150g wholemeal self-raising flour
  • 2 tsps baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 80g coconut sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 75g chopped walnuts
  • 120g dates
  • 2 eggs
  • 90ml vegetable oil
  • 1tbsp runny honey
  • 80ml milk
  • 80ml natural yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 25g butter softened

Methods

  • Step 1

    Make the topping. In a small bowl combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon then rub in the butter with your fingertips until you have a crumbly mixture.

  • Step 2

    In another bowl, mix the flours with the salt, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, sugar and spices. Stir in walnuts and dates.

  • Step 3

    Pour into the bowl with the dry ingredients and combine. Don’t worry if lumpy. Spoon into the cases, add the topping to each and bake for 15-20mins until risen and golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Get more vitamins and minerals: Reduce sugar to 40g at step 2 and add a nutrient-rich mashed banana at step 3.