Baseball + Healthy-ish Raisin Walnut Coffee Cake Muffins

Last night the baby was sick, just for a few hours, and it was so sad, poor princess. Makes you feel terrible. Luckily she was all better just a few hours later. Maybe she decided to get sick to get out of Andy's baseball game, she probably figured she would be heading to a lot this coming long weekend...

Tonight we head halfway to North Carolina for the College World Series! We are so excited to watch Uncle Joey play there! (Thanks Mom and Dad Wendle for taking us along)

Here are some pics from when we went to regionals - we just love our baseball games...

We miss Annie! Thanks Mom and Dad for watching her and Charlie!

I decided to make a healthy snack for our trip and have been seeing lots of recipes for coffee cake muffins, which sound delicious! I decided to go with a healthy base, plus I had some home made baby food (ie. pear sauce and a little sweet potato puree) to use up before we left.  I used this as my idea base for the muffin and this crumb topping recipe. 

Walnut-Raisin Muffin

1 cup rolled oats (not instant)

1 cup reduced-fat milk, I used 2%

1/2 cup home made baby food - mostly pear sauce + a little sweet potato puree - could sub applesauce

1 egg

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. espresso powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon 

1/2 cup golden raisins

1/2 cup almond flour

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup walnuts

Topping

3 Tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes

1/2 cup flour of choice, I used 1/4 cup almond flour + 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

3 1/2 tablespoons sugar, I mixed light brown sugar with regular granulated

1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1. Soak the oats in milk for approximately 1 hour.

2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.

3. Combine the oat mixture with baby food/applesauce and egg, and mix until combined.

4. In a separate bowl whisk together dry ingredients.

5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. 

6. Add nuts or raisins, stir in.

7. Put about 2 tablespoons in 12 sprayed muffin tins

8. Make topping: combine all ingredients by hand

9. Sprinkle on top of each muffin

10. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes

Eating her rice cereal - she can't wait to try muffins like this one day

Have a great Memorial day Weekend!