Here's an easy recipe for mothers who want to bake with their toddlers. All you have to do is be able to count to 3 (or be teaching them to count to 3!), have one bowl, spoon, and a muffin tray. No scales are needed at all. It's also a super quick recipe for when your children have unexpected friends for tea - all it takes is 5 minutes to mix, and then 20 minutes in the oven. Voila, freshly baked muffins! Make them healthier with wholemeal self-raising flour and fresh/frozen berries, or as a special treat by replacing the fruit with chocolate chunks. My children prefer raspberry yoghurt with fresh raspberries, but why not try vanilla yoghurt with blueberries or combine strawberry yoghurt with white chocolate chunks?

Yoghurt Pot Muffins. Makes 12 muffins. 

You will need:

• 1 pot (100-150g) flavoured yoghurt.

• 3/4 pot sunflower or vegetable oil

• 1 large egg

• 1/2 pot milk

• 1 pot caster sugar

• 3 pots self-raising flour

• 1tsp baking powder

• 1 pot chopped fruit / chocolate

Pre-heat the oven to 180C.

Measure out the wet ingredients using the yoghurt pot as a guide. Mix them together.

Measure out the dry ingredients on top of the wet, then put the chocolate/fruit on top. Stir the dry ingredients gently into the wet mix, but don't over-mix. It should be just combined.

Spoon into 12 muffin cases and bake for 20-25 minutes.

            Delicious!

 Kaarina Leong-Smith.